Sheriff

The Seneschal is the right hand of the kindred who enforces the Traditions.

IC Requirements

The Seneschal...

• Receives newly approved player characters to screen them before Presentation. This can also be done by Primogen, so you do not have the sole burden of being the Newbie Welcomer, but it is part of your character’s duties.
• Rewards Camarilla characters who prove their loyalty to the Camarilla or who protect the Masquerade or uphold Traditions that are in jeopardy.
• Holds Camarilla and Anarch characters accountable if they insult other characters of station/status or publicly question or disrespect the Traditions. Unlike positive Status, negative status can be given to Anarchs to represent the Camarilla holding them as subservient.
• Holds audiences with other player characters in order to gather more IC feedback which they should then deliver to the Prince.
• Acts and speak in the Prince's stead when the Prince is not in attendance or absent from the domain.
• Can gain the ear of the Prince. The Prince cannot refuse to hear a request from the Seneschal, period. Whether or not the Prince grants the request is another matter, but she cannot refuse the Seneschal the opportunity to make it.

OOC Requirements

Time Commitment: You should be able to realistically dedicate one day a week towards fulfilling your IC duties (this is generally speaking, we all have OOC vacations and holidays).

Social Commitment: You should be willing and able to RP with people outside of your usual social circle. We all have our RP habits and reasons behind them and nobody should be forced to RP with someone they don’t want to RP with in the first place. But the Sheriff has a responsibility towards all Camarilla players. If “small,” “insular” or “exclusive” describes your play group, that’s fine, but you can’t be Sheriff.

Character Requirements: Your character needs to be a Neonate, Ancilla or Elder capable of holding their own in a combat. You must have been playing for 3+ months (so we know you are invested in the game). F

OOC Grace: Your character’s responsibilities include holding your sectmates accountable because you're upholding the law. This may lead towards you having to employ IC antagonism, IC threats, or IC violence. Even though such conflict is probably going to be uncommon, it needs to happen with OOC grace when it does happen. You need to be someone who is willing and capable to OOCly reach out to people proactively and preemptively to tell them, “Hey, I’m about to do XYZ to your character, it’s all IC” and touch base with them afterwards.

Status System

A Sheriff gains the status Enforcer and Privileged.

An Enforcer has the authority to enforce their society's laws and to ensure punishment for those who break the codes of their sect or defy the will of the local authority. An Enforcer may deputize other characters, granting them the Abiding status trait Defender for a single night. Once a month, an Enforcer can issue the negative status Warned to an individual who has broken a sect law (relevant to their title: Keepers of Elysium may punish defilers of Elysium, Harpies may punish someone who has been proven to have broken a legitimate boon).

In the Camarilla, the Keeper Of Elysium, the Harpy, Sheriff and Scourge are considered Enforcers. Among the Anarchs, the Constable and Architect are Enforcers. The Enforcers of the Sabbat are the Bishop and the Templar.

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.