Template:Camarilla/Status

Status in the Camarilla

Overview

The Camarilla is a gerontocracy, stacked in the favor of Elders. Nothing is for free and boons are a currency integral to buying one another's loyalty, which cannot be otherwise guaranteed. The veiled threats and double-talk arise from the environment that Elysium creates where it is disgraceful to insult or contradict others openly, the backstabbing arises from being unable to actually have face-to-face conflict in front of others.

As you familiarize yourself with the Camarilla Status system, please be aware that you will find it is unfair, especially if you are playing a Neonate or Fledgling: the systems reward Elders for no other reason than being old, and they can discriminate against the younger members easily. This unfair system is deliberate and part of the setting. It's a source of conflict to drive characters towards retaliating due to unfair treatment, whether that's through subtle string pulling, or straight up kicking an elder's shit in.

However, IC conflict and corruption cannot be fun without a strong foundation of OOC trust. The IC system being unfair is not an excuse to treating other players poorly. Players who use the Status System in bad faith OOCly will not be allowed to use it if they abuse it. If you feel OOCly punished, or you don't know how to get your character into a better situation (or get even with the asshole who punshed you ICly), then reach out to staff so that we can help you.

Offices

• Prince (NPC Only)
• Harpy (NPC Only)
• Keeper Of Elysium
• Primogen
• Scourge (NPC Only)
• Seneschal
• Sheriff
• Whip

Ranks

Ancilla

• Pre-requisites: Active for at least 50 years.
• How To Become Ancilla: Be 50 years undead.

A Confirmed vampire is a vetted member of the sect. These vampires are given more credibility and respect than those who are new or untested. A Confirmed vampire may approach any sect official at will without incurring any social penalty. Those who are not confirmed (neonates) must petition an audience through their primogen or wait until the vampire they wish to meet with holds an audience. Once a month, a Confirmed vampire can issue orders to any mortal beholden to the sect (e.g. a ghoul). Those orders may not contradict with their domitor's orders and may not be against their domitor's best interest. If the ghoul refuses, the Confirmed vampire has the authority to have the mortal punished without reprisal.

Note: The point of Confirmed characters being able to treat ghouls like 2nd class citizens is for genre purposes. You are welcome to boss around staff NPC ghouls and have them punished in ways as severe as you like, including calling for their death. You can do this without asking for permission so long as it is a staff NPC ghoul and makes narrative sense. However, that only applies to staff NPC ghouls. Ask first in all other cases, as Confirmed is not an excuse to bully other players. Bully other players and lose your vampire character.

Elder

• Pre-requisites: Active for at least 300 years.
• How To Become Elder: Be 300+ years undead, Generation 4 or 5.

A Confirmed vampire is a vetted member of the sect. These vampires are given more credibility and respect than those who are new or untested. A Confirmed vampire may approach any sect official at will without incurring any social penalty. Those who are not confirmed (neonates) must petition an audience through their primogen or wait until the vampire they wish to meet with holds an audience. Once a month, a Confirmed vampire can issue orders to any mortal beholden to the sect (e.g. a ghoul). Those orders may not contradict with their domitor's orders and may not be against their domitor's best interest. If the ghoul refuses, the Confirmed vampire has the authority to have the mortal punished without reprisal.

Note: The point of Confirmed characters being able to treat ghouls like 2nd class citizens is for genre purposes. You are welcome to boss around staff NPC ghouls and have them punished in ways as severe as you like, including calling for their death. You can do this without asking for permission so long as it is a staff NPC ghoul and makes narrative sense. However, that only applies to staff NPC ghouls. Ask first in all other cases, as Confirmed is not an excuse to bully other players. Bully other players and lose your vampire character.

An Established vampire is a voice of a faction within the sect whose word is to be respected. An Established vampire may, at will, issue Warned to any character who publicly insults, threatens, or attacks them. Offenses made entirely in private or which are not blatant do not qualify. If the person who insults you openly is the Prince, Seneschal (abiding as Prince), or has the Triumphant status trait, you have to take your lumps: they've earned their ability to call you a dingus. Once a month, an Established vampire can award the fleeting status Favored.

A Privileged vampire is a venerated member of the sect who is owed respect. Those who are Privileged cannot be openly accused of lying, except for by a certain list of people in authority. That does not mean other characters must believe what you say, only that they cannot publicly challenge its veracity. A Privileged character may, once a month, give someone the Vulgar negative status trait for whatever offense they have perceived, such as for accusing them of lying!

Those who can accuse a Privileged character of lying include fellow 'Privileged' characters, as well as those with 'Authority', or the 'Triumphant' status. That translates into Elders and the Sheriff (Privileged characters), the Baron, Archbishop, Prince and the Seneschal (Authority characters), and anybody who has earned the Triumphant status, which does not require a title.