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While engaged in rituals and similar observations, Acolytes also gather great spiritual
strength from their faith. The knowledge that their covenant is dominant in a city — represented
by ascendant status — strengthens the faith of those in the Circle of the Crone,
allowing each member to regain a spent point of Willpower each week as they perform their
rituals (during downtime).
• The Invictus: When the Invictus is ascendant, members of the First Estate are protected
from the vampiric games of rumor and innuendo. An Invictus Prince cannot lose any City
Status dots during a month in which his covenant is ascendant, and Harpies who are not
themselves members of the First Estate must spend three points of Status for every dot of
City Status they wish to remove from a member of the Invictus. Finally, no member of the
Invictus can have his last dot of City Status stripped from him, unless the Prince or Master
of Elysium doing so is herself a member of the covenant.
• The Lancea Sanctum: When the Lancea Sanctum is ascendant, the covenant’s deep-seated
belief in the righteousness of its cause combines with its infl uence in the city to strengthen
the Sanctifi ed ability to carry on the fi ght. Once per week, a Sanctifi ed character may pray
to Longinus and regain a spent point of Willpower. This prayer takes a full minute if done
during a game session and approximately an hour if performed during downtime.
In a city where the Lancea Sanctum is ascendant, all Sanctifi ed characters are further
considered exempt from the authority of all Kindred offi cers save the Prince and Harpies
— unless the offi cer in question is also Sanctifi ed. The Master of Elysium cannot strip covenant
members of City Status and the Sheriff cannot order them about. This exemption doesn’t
provide any supernatural protection — it is merely considered unthinkable (and a sin against
the city, see p. 289) to attack an ascendant Sanctifi ed.
• The Ordo Dracul: When the Ordo Dracul is ascendant, the Dragons’ confi dence in their
mystical abilities and the supremacy of their territory is so unshakeable that they are socially
unfl appable. For every dot of City Status she has at the beginning of the month (before any
ascendancy bonus), a Dragon may ignore the result of a single Social (instant or extended)
action performed against her that is not supernatural in nature.
What’s more, each Dragon can select a discreet territory (no more than a few city blocks)
and claim it as her personal fi efdom when the covenant is ascendant. The Dragon effectively
becomes regent of the area. Others who hunt there must either pay some tribute or leave
at the Dragon’s discretion. The Dragon may not lay claim to a place already claimed by another
unless she has a higher City Status (after the ascendancy bonus). The Ordo normally
uses this privilege to ensure that members have access to all the best wyrm nests at which to
perform their mystic rites, though it has certainly seen more petty application. When the
covenant falls from ascendancy, all claims to territories are lost unless individual Dragons
can defend them.
• The Unaligned: Should the unaligned somehow become ascendant, the domain is effectively
an outlaw paradise. Until they cease being ascendant, no boons involving members
of that domain are valid. Other Kindred recognize the lawlessness of the domain and the
futility of expecting the Traditions or Elysium to be upheld.
EMINENT CLAN BENEFITS
Kindred in the eminent clan gain more than an increase in Status. They gain access to
certain special, unique resources.
• Clan Daeva: Daeva almost never fail to get invitations to the most exclusive parties,
and as a matter of course, eminent Daeva are automatically welcome at any social occasion
— either mortal or undead — that they wish to attend.
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