Status Primer

Status Primer Secrets about Status They don't want you to know!

This page is in initial draft stage and subject to change. How to survive and thrive in the Status wars. Status is your reputation among the kindred of the Camarilla. With the right of destruction reserved for the prince, reputation is the resource kindred fight viciously over. This primer is intended to provide a central location for the various systems used on City of Hope to manage Status. Understanding the various systems, how they're expected to be used, and the many details scattered all about, can be quite daunting. But understanding is necessary to make use of these valuable tools to better immerse ourselves in roleplaying as kindred. Status Basics Status on City of Hope is based on a point system, with a variety of ways to affect the total score. There is no hard cap on the total, but there are consequences if one dips into the negative. Once acknowledged ICly by the Prince, each Kindred is given five (5) points of Status as a base (and also given IC and OOC access to the Camarilla-only Elysium). Each dot of the Status Background is worth five (5) points of Status. Each point of +boon one is owed adds to your Status rating, and each point of +boon owed subtracts a point. Each point of scandal from +harpy, from each category, subtracts a point of Status rating while each point of negative scandal adds to your Status rating. Titles one holds each have a Status value associated which are added to your total as long as you hold the title. +roster vamcam and/or camack is your friend for keeping track of Status and who is who. Status Values The main place you will see your total Status is on +roster vamcam or camack (and perhaps others). It consists of two numbers, the maximum and current values. Those current values are your current standing within the Prospect praxis, with all that entails for relative Status. The maximum value is your five (5) points for being acknowledged plus your Status Background dots times five plus the value of your title(s) plus boons owed to you plus the total negative scandal points on +harpy. The current value subtracts from the above total your total boon points owed and total scandal points. Example: You've been acknowledged, have Status of 2, have been named a Whip, owe 5 points of boons, are owed 2 points of boons, have 0 praxis scandal, 4 behavior scandal, and -3 court scandal. Formula: 5 + 10 + 5 + 2 +3 = 25 - 5 - 4 = 16 for a 25/16 Status on +roster. Merits and Flaws may get calculated into this also. (No confirmation at this writing.) Status Background The Status Background is worth five (5) points of Status per dot. This background can be purchased via +xpspend/buy for the standard Background cost, thus adding 5-25 points to your base total. As with everything else freely available to purchase with xp there is no check or requirement. But it is strongly recommended that if not starting with Status 1 most everyone should really purchase that first dot soon after acknowledgement. Known: a neonate Respected: an ancilla Influential: an elder Powerful: a member of the primogen Luminary: a prince It's worth noting that since the City of Hope system is much more granular than the Background, and the Background is only one component, that makes it less important and also more fluid for each to determine what's appropriate to purchase for their character, as with most other stats. Boons Scandal