“Power isn’t written on your sheet. It’s written in the way others say your name.”

In Concrete and Blood, Status is not purchased with XP — it is earned through play.
Your standing in the city and your Covenant reflects your in-character actions, influence, and reputation.

Every Kindred leaves a mark on New York’s Requiem.
Status is how deep that mark runs.

City Status — Recognition in the Court

City Status reflects how much respect, trust, or fear your character commands within the Kindred of New York.
It represents how useful, reliable, and composed you are in the eyes of the Black Court, the Prince, and your peers.

Rank	Title	Meaning
• - Acknowledged	Recognized as a citizen of the City.	You have the Prince’s leave to exist, attend Elysium, and feed within the laws of the Requiem.
• •• - Useful	A reliable hand in maintaining stability.	You contribute to the city’s safety, the Masquerade, or Court operations.
•••— Respected	Your name carries weight in Court.	You take responsibility for others, resolve conflicts, or deliver meaningful service to the Black Court.
••••— Trusted	You are part of the city’s structure.	You hold office, mediate politics, or manage the systems that keep Kindred society functional.
••••• — Influential	The city bends to your will.	You command factions, write policy, or reshape domains. Your reputation defines part of New York’s Requiem.

To Gain City Status:

Serve the city in a visible, meaningful way.
Protect the Masquerade or resolve a major breach.
Broker peace between factions.
Contribute to Elysium or public stability.
Be seen as indispensable.

To Lose City Status:

Breach the Masquerade.
Fail publicly.
Cause scandal or political instability.
Disrespect higher Status or the Prince.

Covenant Status

Each Covenant values different virtues, ambitions, and forms of service.
Status within your Covenant shows how trusted, capable, or indispensable you are to its cause.

The Invictus — The Conspiracy of Silence

“Power is the point. The system endures because we do.”

The Invictus is the city’s oldest power structure, maintaining the Masquerade through hierarchy and silence. Status reflects reliability, results, and loyalty — not morality.

Rank	Title	Recognition
• — Associate	A trusted operator or enforcer.	Takes orders without question, understands discretion.
•• — Agent	A manager of people or secrets.	Oversees mortal fronts, enforces debts, cleans up messes.
••• — Partner	An established figure.	Runs operations, maintains assets, or commands neonates.
•••• — Director	Executive authority.	Heads a covenant division or supervises covenant policy.
••••• — Managing Director / Elder	The system itself.	Shapes the structure, dictates the terms of silence.

Earn Invictus Status by:

Upholding the Masquerade and maintaining efficiency.
Producing results that profit or protect the hierarchy.
Demonstrating control, composure, and reliability.
Being the one who fixes things, not the one who causes them.

The Carthian Movement — The Revolution That Works

“We don’t tear the system down; we rebuild it better.”

The Carthians value initiative, collaboration, and practical change. Status is gained by making the Requiem more livable — or more just — for everyone.

Rank	Title	Recognition
• — Comrade	Recognized member of the Movement.	Participates in collective projects, supports other Kindred.
•• — Organizer	Trusted voice in the community.	Coordinates cells, builds networks, resolves disputes.
••• — Advocate	Political power player.	Shapes policy, influences city structure, commands loyalty.
•••• — Reformer	Revolutionary leader.	Founds new systems, changes old laws, reshapes domains.
••••• — Tribune / Icon	Symbol of the cause.	Embodies the Movement’s ideals; their words shape the streets.

Earn Carthian Status by:

Empowering others and solving communal problems.
Leading cooperative projects or civic ventures.
Challenging injustice or abuse — even among the dead.
Bringing order through reform, not chaos.

The Lancea et Sanctum — The Church Eternal

“We are the Lord’s monsters. Suffer not the damned to forget it.”

Status within the Sanctified is both religious and political. It reflects zeal, service, and theological insight — the ability to turn damnation into doctrine.

Rank	Title	Recognition
• — Penitent	A believer and participant in worship.	Attends Mass, obeys clergy, performs small duties.
•• — Confessor	Trusted in the flock.	Preaches, hears confessions, guides the lost.
••• — Deacon	Keeper of souls and order.	Leads local cells, organizes hunts, or administers sacraments.
•••• — Priest / Inquisitor	Authority of faith.	Upholds dogma, interprets doctrine, delivers divine punishment.
••••• — Bishop / Cardinal	Chosen of Longinus.	Speaks for the covenant, defines holy truth for the damned.

Earn Sanctified Status by:

Spreading the faith and enforcing doctrine.
Displaying holy devotion in thought and deed.
Defending the faithful and punishing heresy.
Serving the greater mission of divine purpose.

The Circle of the Crone — The Old Blood’s Faith

“Every thorn has its god, every drop of blood its story.”

The Circle rewards insight, creation, and service to the sacred cycles of death and rebirth.
Status reflects the Acolyte’s spiritual power and their contributions to the Circle’s mysteries.

Rank	Title	Recognition
• — Celebrant	Initiate in the faith.	Attends rites, honors the Mothers, learns the lore.
•• — Practitioner	Devoted ritualist.	Leads smaller ceremonies, teaches newer Acolytes.
••• — Seer / Witch	Keeper of mysteries.	Performs major rituals, maintains Hedge sanctuaries.
•••• — Hierophant	Voice of the Mothers.	Leads covens, communes with gods, defends holy ground.
••••• — Prophet	The divine incarnate.	Speaks revelation, wields power through ritual and legend.

Earn Circle Status by:

Hosting or participating in sacred rites.
Teaching or preserving Acolyte lore.
Protecting holy places or spirits.
Demonstrating reverence for the old ways.

The Ordo Dracul — The Dragon’s Work

“We adapt, therefore we endure.”

The Ordo Dracul values progress, experimentation, and transcendence.
Status measures your mastery of knowledge, your success in research, and your usefulness to the Order’s mission.

Rank	Title	Recognition
• — Researcher	A sworn member of the Order.	Conducts experiments, studies Coils, obeys mentors.
•• — Philosopher	Proven innovator or scholar.	Records findings, mentors others, refines techniques.
••• — Kogaion / Master	Keeper of a mystery.	Oversees a chapter, maintains libraries, protects secrets.
•••• — Grandmaster / Magister	Director of discovery.	Guides multiple lines of inquiry, holds powerful Coils.
••••• — Dragon / Patriarch	Living embodiment of evolution.	Writes doctrine, shapes the Order’s metaphysical progress.

Earn Ordo Dracul Status by:

Advancing the Coils through research.
Protecting or expanding the Order’s knowledge.
Leading or completing major experiments.
Turning failures into revelations.

How Status Works in Play

Status Is Free — But Not Easy

Status is not purchased with XP. It is granted for visible, meaningful, in-character action that advances your Covenant or the city.

To Earn It:

Accomplish something your Covenant would respect.
Have it witnessed or reported to those who matter.
Maintain consistency — one act does not make a reputation.
Let your peers or superiors acknowledge it publicly or politically.

To Lose It:

Fail publicly or endanger the Covenant’s goals.
Betray a superior or damage the structure.
Create scandal, risk, or inefficiency.
Draw unwanted mortal or Kindred attention.

Final Notes for Players

Status is earned, not granted.
Actions must have witnesses or impact.
Status is political.
Every gain or loss affects your relationships.
Status is public.
Everyone knows who holds power and who’s lost it.
Status is story fuel.
Climbing, falling, scheming — it’s all part of the Requiem.

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