Principle coordinating officers and assistants assigned to organizing games or site maintenance are not eligible for this award. Providing a game site 10 per game Acquiring a game site and providing it to the Camarilla free of charge. Includes providing ones own home for games. Members who receive this award are not eligible for "Securing a game site" for the same site. Members who both set up and clean up still receive the award once for that event.
Organize small social event persons 5 per event, max 10 If two or more people assisted, split the award between them. Principle coordinating officers and assistants assigned to events are not eligible for this award. Only official Camarilla events with a presiding coordinator qualify for this award. Only official Camarilla events with a presiding.
Attend organizational meetings 5 per meeting, max 10 Officers required to attend a meeting due to their position are not eligible for this award. Members attending a meeting for a domain, chapter or other group of which they are not a part are not eligible for this award unless their presence was requested to contribute to the meeting. Awarded once per person per event. Obtaining business sponsorship 20 per business Awarded for successfully soliciting a business sponsorship for the Camarilla, including events, domains, chapters, etc.
Only awarded once per business per half calendar year once in Jan through June, one in July through Dec. Special Projects per month These projects may include but are not limited to assisting an officer in the compilation of prestige, character sheets, check in tables, research, etc.
For example, doing check-in for a game when not a part of the coordinator staff, or aiding with transcriptions during character audits when not part of the storytelling staff. If the project is persistent it should be awarded as an Assistant under administration.
This award may not be claimed more than twice per calendar year. Recruiting a new member 10 per member, max 50 New member must attend at least four games and obtain a Camarilla membership number.
If two or more members are responsible for the new member, split the award between them. Early renewal 50 per renewal Awarded to a member who renews before their expiration date. May only be awarded to each member once per calendar year. The regional coordinator may award general or regional prestige. A member of the Camarilla Council may award general, regional, or national prestige. Examples and Ideas. Example 1: A member wants to support Habitat for Humanity a non-profit charitable group.
The member works with his or her chapter coordinator and Habitat for Humanity to lead the chapter in an event to help build a home for a local family. Habitat for Humanity organizes the overall project, but the chapter participates on behalf of the Camarilla and Habitat for.
Humanity is aware of it. The member should receive between 0 and 20 General prestige, depending on the amount of effort involved for organizing the charity drive, and each participant should receive five General prestige per hour of time they spend helping out to a maximum of 30 prestige each. Example 2: A member makes a monetary donation to Habitat for Humanity while wearing a Camarilla T-shirt, but not as part of an organized Camarilla presence involve. This is not a prestige-earning activity.
Example 3: A member goes with a friend to a church sponsored event to sandbag for a flood watch. The member mentions that he is a member of the Camarilla, but the event was not planned in conjunction with a coordinator and was not announced to other Camarilla members to organize a significant Camarilla presence.
Example 4: As in Example 3, but the member calls several Camarilla members and sends an e-mail to the local domain mailing list asking for help.
He ensures that the organizers know of the Camarillas effort, but there is no coordinator involved due to the urgency of the situation. Each participant should receive 5 general prestige for each hour contributed, including time spent sandbagging or calling other members to assist. Example 5: At a regional event, a member offers to help and is asked to help with cleaning up after the event.
It takes one hour. The member should earn 5 prestige for their effort. At the discretion of the regional coordinator, some or all of this prestige may be regional. A Note on Member Class While member class is earned through accumulating prestige points, it represents much more than that. It is a symbol of dedication and service to the club and its values. When accepting a new member class, you are agreeing to serve as an example of this service and dedication to the other members of the club.
The higher ones member class, the more one is expected to act as a leader, maintain a positive attitude, and set a higher standard of ethics and responsibility. With this in mind, member class is not guaranteed to all who earn the requisite number of prestige points, and can be removed if a member abuses the privileges of their member class or consistently creates conflict within the club outside the confines of the Camarilla global chronicle.
Member class is most definitely a privilege, not a right. Education The Camarilla Education Department provides resources for member education in the responsibilities of membership, the coordinator and storyteller offices, and other topics relating to the Camarilla as a society or to the Camarilla global chronicle. Members are encouraged to be well informed, and to provide an incentive; prestige is awarded for completing exams that test a members knowledge. Additional resources may also be available, and members should check the Education website for more information and current news from the Education Department.
Courses of Study These courses are available to all members of the Camarilla. They are intended to enhance a members understanding and involvement in our organization and gaming structure. Study materials for each course are available online. The website allows for payment by credit card, check, or money order.
The Camarilla Education website has a list of exams, study guides, and reference materials for each test, and a link to White Wolfs online catalog so that tests may be purchased online. This website is the main source for news and information on our courses and education in the Camarilla, and can be found at the address listed in the introduction to this section. The Camarilla Education Department plans to offer the following courses, and may add further courses in the future: Test of Membership This course is the foundation of the entire education curriculum, and is designed to introduce new members to the Camarilla.
However, even long-term members can learn more about the Camarillas current structure, procedures, and constitution. The course also highlights membership privileges and responsibilities. The Camarilla strongly encourages all members to take this course within their first sixty days of membership. Members must successfully complete this test before taking any others within the Education Departments curriculum. Test of the Performer This course is designed for players who want to learn more about the Camarillas global sanctioned chronicle, and it is especially recommended for new players.
It covers the skills and knowledge players need to understand how our shared chronicle works, including the following topics: Venues and genres Principles and rules for character design How to research and write character backgrounds within the global sanctioned chronicle Establishing character tie-ins The special request process Character creation rules and special approval levels for at least one genre Player rights and storyteller authority Player ethics and etiquette The Camarilla strongly encourages all members to complete this course within sixty days of beginning play within the Camarillas Global Sanctioned Chronicle or sixty days after the release of the test for existing members.
Members who successfully complete the test receive additional benefits when creating characters in the global sanctioned chronicle, and the national storyteller defines these privileges. Test of Leadership.
This course presents the knowledge and skills necessary for officers to be effective leaders within the Camarilla. The course examines issues experienced by principal elected coordinators and storytellers. Members are welcome to take the course even if they do not currently hold a leadership position. The course includes the following topics: Acting as a direct or supervising officer Serving the needs of current members and recruiting new members Hiring and managing assistants Recommending prestige Conflicts of interest Officer ethics Supervising elections Conducting investigations Officers elected after February 1, must complete this course no later than ninety days after their election, or they may be subject to removal from office.
Members currently serving as elected principal officers on that date will have until May 1, to complete this requirement. Test of the Coordinator This course explores the roles and responsibilities of coordinators within the Camarilla. Members who would like to serve as either an elected principal coordinator or assistant coordinator can prepare themselves by learning about the following coordinator issues: Authority and responsibility of coordinators at each level How to file coordinator reports Awarding prestige Conflict and resolution process Disciplinary action coordinator version Managing finances Resources available to coordinators Coordinators elected after February 1, must complete this course no later than ninety days after their election, or they may be subject to removal from office.
Members currently serving as elected principal coordinators on that date will have until May 1, to complete this requirement. Test of the Narrator The global sanctioned chronicle requires members who can help storytellers run scenes, portray NPCs, and assist players resolve challenges. Therefore, this course talks about the role of the narrator. Members who successfully complete the course will demonstrate a basic understanding of the following topics: Minds Eye Theatre rules Venues and genres in the global sanctioned game NPC portrayal Scene narration techniques Authority and duties of narrators The Camarilla recommends that any member wishing to serve as a narrator within the global sanctioned chronicle complete this course.
Test of the Storyteller. White Wolfs tabletop and Minds Eye Theatre books can teach a member how to storytell, but theres a big difference between being the one storyteller for small group of friends and being one member of a storytelling team that manages a global LARP running non-stop across the entire world. In this course, experienced storytellers share the strategies and techniques that have been developed over the past decade to storytell the most complex chronicle ever.
Topics in this course include: Building and managing a venue in the global sanctioned chronicle Designing and running plotkits and NPCs Storytelling theory including continuity and story balance Authority and responsibility of storytellers at each level Reviewing a special character request Tracking characters How to file a storyteller report Disciplinary action storyteller version Resources available to storytellers Storytellers elected after February 1, must complete this course no later than ninety days after their election, or they may be subject to removal from office.
Members currently serving as elected principal storytellers on that date will have until May 1, to complete this requirement. Continuing your Education After two years service as an officer either coordinator or storyteller , members are invited to take a continuing coordinator or continuing storytellers course. These master courses present ideas and insights gathered from other experienced Camarilla officers. The tests have a short practical section and several themed essay questions where you can share your own experiences as an officer.
This master course format allows you to update your knowledge of your specialty while also helping us improve and expand the education curriculum. If you demonstrate insight and creativity in your responses, you may be recognized for your accomplishments and invited to conduct seminars where you can share your expertise with your peers. Rewards General prestige is awarded for the successful completion of each test within the education curriculum.
Continuing Storyteller Test points Members who complete the Test of the Performer may also receive benefits determined by the national storyteller. If a member does not pass an exam on the first attempt, the member receives one free opportunity to retake the test. This policy allows the member to retest at no additional cost, but the opportunity expires three months after the test results are returned.
If the revised test is not submitted within three months, the opportunity expires, and the member must pay to redo the exam at a later date.
Plagiarism and Fraud Exams are intended to be a test a members knowledge-not the knowledge of a group of friends or an entire domain. Those who score the exams should be reasonably sure that the work submitted belongs to the member taking the test. Copying another members answers in whole or in part is dishonest and will be considered cheating.
Plagiarism and fraud do a disservice to the membership by devaluing the accomplishment of completing the tests and preventing the Camarilla from evaluating the knowledge of our membership. Cheating on the exams is not acceptable, and evidence of cheating will be investigated with due diligence.
Any member who is caught cheating on the exams will be subject to severe penalties, which will include at a minimum Loss of prestige equal to that normally granted by the test. Loss of the free opportunity to retake the test. One week of suspension. Possible extended suspension or other administrative punishments. A member who believes that their exam was copied without their permission should report this to the ordeals graders as soon as possible.
Chapter Two Organizational Structure The Camarilla is a worldwide organization with thousands of members. In order to make the club more manageable, it has been divided up into organizational units, each with a coordinator to handle administrative tasks. The smallest units are called chapters. Slightly larger is a domain. A region consists of all the domains and chapters within a geographic region, usually one spanning several states. Each element of that structure is more fully defined later in this section.
Parallel to this administrative structure is a similar one for the storytelling aspects of the club. The smallest storytelling unit is called a venue, and may exist within a domain or a chapter that is independent of a domain. Domains, regions and nations also have a storyteller who administers the sanctioned chronicle much like the coordinators handle out-of-character administration. A chain of command has been established to facilitate orderly communication within the club.
While any member is free to approach any officer in the club, members are strongly encouraged to use this chain of command when seeking official decisions or rulings.
Chapters A chapter is a group of members within a domain who band together because of common interests, whether they be a particular gaming style, charity work, or social events. Domains may exist without any chapters, but members can always form a new chapter if they wish. Some chapters may exist outside of domains-these are known as independent chapters, and they differ in some ways that are described later in this section.
Chapters are encouraged to hold events that reflect their philosophy or gaming style, within the guidelines of the Camarilla. Chapters are also encouraged to organize social and charitable activities to strengthen friendships and to strengthen the bond between the Camarilla and its community. Non-gaming events create connections between members and allow the Camarilla to endure where other organizations often fail.
Structure A chapters structure is very simple. The members of the chapter elect a chapter coordinator CC to perform the administrative duties for the chapter. The CC is then responsible for things such as reporting earned prestige points, reporting events and working with the domain coordinator to keep the domain running smoothly.
The chapter coordinator is granted specific responsibilities and authority, detailed in the section on job descriptions. Other members assist by organizing specific projects or events, or by being appointed as assistants to the CC. Chapter Charters A chapter may set requirements that members must meet in order to join the cpapter.
These requirements must be approved by the domain, regional, and national coordinators as well as the Camarilla Council before they take effect. Further, the requirements must not conflict with either the Camarilla USA constitution or this handbook. Please remember that any member can enjoy the full benefits of membership without having to join a chapter.
Joining a Chapter A new member who has not previously belonged to a chapter may join a chapter by notifying the chapter and domain coordinators of her choice, provided she meets the requirements of the chapters approved charter if any. Once you have joined your first chapter, future changes in membership will follow the membership transfer guidelines listed later in this section.
Venues A venue is a storytelling unit that exists to better manage characters and games within the sanctioned chronicle. Structure A venue exists within a single domain, with all of its members generally belonging to that domain. Joining a Venue When a Camarilla member creates a character for play in the sanctioned chronicle, the member assigns a character to a venue by notifying the venue storyteller and domain storyteller.
If the character assigned to the venue is a primary character, as defined by the Camarilla gaming supplements, then the member becomes a member of that venue and is allowed to vote for the venue storyteller. If the character in question is not a primary character, then the venue storyteller still has authority over that character, but it does not entitle the member to a vote in the VST election.
Once a character has been assigned to a venue, changes to that assignment are governed by the transfer policy described later in this section. A character may be assigned to a venue outside of the members domain with the approval of her domain storyteller, regional storyteller s and the domain and venue storytellers for the venue she wishes to join.
Venue Style Sheets Every venue within the global sanctioned chronicle must have a venue style sheet that has been approved by the domain and regional storytellers. The venue style sheet describes the scope of the venue, including what character types are allowed to join the venue if any and the theme and mood of games run as part of this venue or lack thereof. A games style should always reflect its venue style sheet. Therefore, the players and venue storyteller should periodically review the VSS together, and submit any proposed changes to the domain and regional storytellers for approval.
The storyteller chain may detail other requirements or limitations for a venue style sheet. Creating a New Venue Members may create a new venue by writing a venue style sheet, selecting an initial venue storyteller, and having the new venue approved by the domain and regional storytellers.
If a venue already exists within the domain for the same genre Wraith, Sabbat, Garou, etc. Keep in mind that the greater the number of venues within that genre already approved within the domain, the more scrutiny the regional storyteller will apply during the approvals process.
Players may consider forming a second venue to explore a different style of game or when the administrative load requires another venue storyteller for that genre. Work with your domain and regional storyteller to determine the solution that works best for everyone involved. Once a venue has been approved, the initial venue storyteller will serve for an interim period of three months after which a normal election will be held. A domain is a geographic area defined by the Camarilla Council.
While most domains are likely to be the size of a mid-sized city or a few counties in less populated areas , some may be larger or smaller. Members within a domain may organize themselves into chapters, or may remain independent of the chapter system. Structure A domain coordinator DC is elected by the members in the domain, and she deals with the domains administrative tasks. The domain storyteller administers the Camarilla global chronicle within the domain.
Both often have assistants, and both are expected to work with one another and their counterparts on the regional staff to keep the entire region running smoothly. Within a domain, some members may be grouped into chapters while other members remain independent of any chapter.
For those independent members, the domain coordinator also performs the same duties that a chapter coordinator would perform for members of their chapter. Membership Members who reside within the boundaries of a domain belong to that domain unless they have obtained special approval as described later in this section. Members who live outside the boundaries of any domain, but are near enough to travel regularly to the domain may join the domain if they wish. They may also seek the approval of the regional coordinator to join the Four Winds chapter.
Any member may join a domain in which they do not reside with the approval of the domain and regional coordinators, provided that domain is still in the same region. Examples of when this is appropriate include a member remaining in his home domain while attending school away from home, a member spending a short time out of state before returning, or a member who frequently changes residences but remains fairly close to a central point.
Other situations may also arise, and the club relies on the discretion of the coordinators involved to work out a reasonable solution for everyone. Independent Chapters When a group of members forms outside the boundaries of any domain, they begin as a chapter, but independent of any domain. Structurally, an independent chapter is identical to a normal chapter, except that instead of working with a domain staff to facilitate issues beyond the chapter, they work directly with the regional staff.
Domain Officers Members of an independent chapter treat any reference within this handbook to a domain officer as a reference to the equivalent regional officer or his designated assistant. For example, an independent chapter member who requires domain storyteller approval for a particular character instead obtains that approval from the regional storyteller or designated assistant.
Like a domain, venues may exist within an independent chapter. Venue storytellers are supervised by the regional storyteller instead of a domain storyteller, however, venues within an independent chapter are otherwise identical to venues within a domain. If an independent chapter supports multiple venues, the VSTs must make a special effort to work together and maintain continuity. Boundaries Independent chapters have defined geographic boundaries, similar to a domain.
Any member within that geographic area is automatically a member of the independent chapter, and exceptions to that rule are handled in exactly the same way as they would be in the case of a domain. Becoming a domain The goal for any independent chapter is to grow into a domain.
This provides greater flexibility and more direct authority in the hands of local officers. Members are able to make more decisions locally rather than relying on the regional staff. For an independent chapter to grow into a domain, the following requirements must be met: Membership numbers-If within 30 miles of the boundaries of an existing domain, the independent chapter must have at least 15 members. If greater than 30 miles from the borders of the nearest domain, this requirement is reduced to 10 members.
With approval from the regional coordinator, these requirements may be reduced further to ten and seven members respectively. Reporting-The chapters officers must report monthly for six months.
If these reports are often late, this may affect the regional staffs comments and ultimately the decision of the Camarilla Council. Social Event-The chapter must organize and hold one social event during the six months prior to applying to become a domain. This is any non-gaming event that is announced ahead of time and open to all Camarilla members though non-members may also attend. See the section on social events for examples and more information.
Charity Event-The chapter must organize and hold one charity event during the six months prior to applying to become a domain. This is any event that raises money or donates goods or services for a charitable organization. See the section on charity events for examples and more information.
Once these requirements have been met, the chapter coordinator should send the chapters membership list and descriptions of their social and charity events to the regional coordinator along with their request for domain status and the proposed boundaries for the new domain.
The RC will then add any further comments, as well as any comments from the regional storyteller, and forward the application to the Camarilla Council for actual approval.
Future requests for a change to the domains boundaries would be sent to the Camarilla Council by the same method. The Camarilla Council will then either approve the request or provide specific reasons for any denial, along with what the chapter should do to overcome any objections.
Some possible reasons for denying this application may be frequently missing, incomplete or late reports, or a failure of chapter and venue officers to adequately perform the duties of their positions. These types of situations will be considered during the review process, but they will not automatically result in denial.
The newly approved domain will have 45 days to conduct domain coordinator and storyteller elections.
After these elections, the domain becomes official and begins a six-month probationary period. Each policy decision or approval of a DC or DST during this time needs to be reported to the regional coordinator or storyteller so that they can help maintain consistency between this domain and others around the region.
Beyond Domains Beyond the domain level are the larger structures of the organization. A region is a geographic area defined by the Camarilla Council that contains many domains. The regional staff coordinates efforts between domains and organizes region-wide events, such as charity drives or regional conventions. All members residing within the geographic area of a region are automatically members of that region. Any exceptions to this policy require the approval of both regional coordinators involved and the national coordinator.
The national coordinator and national storyteller coordinate efforts between the regions and perform national administration tasks, while the Camarilla Council sets US national policy.
All members living in the United States are automatically members of the Camarilla USA unless they have the approval of the US national coordinator, the club director and the national coordinator of whatever nation in which they would like to hold membership.
On the global level, the club director and master storyteller guide the organization. These officers establish global policy, coordinate the efforts of national officers and serve as the stewards of the club and the global sanctioned chronicle. For more information about how each of these offices function, see the detailed job descriptions.
Transfer policy There are times when a member may wish to change chapter, venue, or domain membership. This may be due to a change of residence or just a preference for a different style of play. Each of these transfers follows a single overall set of guidelines. Each transfer to a new chapter or domain must be approved by the coordinator responsible for the unit you are moving from as well as the coordinator responsible for the unit you are moving into. A coordinator with jurisdiction over both locales must also approve the transfer.
For example, a simple transfer from one chapter to another within the domain is approved by the chapter coordinators for your old and new chapters, as well as the domain coordinator. A cross-country move from a chapter in California to a chapter in Maine would involve the chapter coordinators, domain coordinators, regional coordinators and national coordinator-a seemingly formidable chain of officers, but generally a formality in the case of a physical move, just to be sure that all relevant records are properly transferred.
Each transfer is approved by the new and old venue. The character being transferred must also meet all the normal requirements for the new venue, including character type. Rarely will a member be barred from such a transfer, with the officers involvement generally being to ensure a smooth transfer of records and other data.
Attempting to transfer in order to avoid a pending disciplinary action or investigation is an exception, and attempting to do so may result in additional sanctions. Starting a New Chapter The Camarilla is always willing to assist members in forming independent chapters if there is no existing domain or chapter nearby. The Camarilla website offers ideas and resources to help you recruit new members.
Also, you can contact your regional coordinator who can help guide you through the formation of an independent chapter. Independent chapters can later apply to become domains after they meet the criteria previously described. If you live in a town that already has a domain or independent chapter, then it is expected that you will join the existing group.
To form an independent chapter, you must: Recruit new people to join until you have five members to join your chapter. Agree upon one member to act as the new chapter coordinator, and one for the assistant chapter coordinator. Complete the chapter application available from your regional coordinator and submit it according to the instructions on that application.
Before conducting games, the newly approved chapter will also need to agree upon a venue storyteller and have a venue style sheet approved by the regional storyteller. The Camarilla recommends that new independent chapters start with just one venue until they run a few games and get a feel for the global sanctioned chronicle. Organizing a chapters first few games is often the most difficult part of starting a new Camarilla group, so be sure to ask your regional storyteller about the chronicles history and current storylines.
New venue storytellers should also read the Camarillas Storyteller Guide located on the main Camarilla website. This document discusses storytelling practices, policies, and theories specific to the global sanctioned chronicle. Both the chapter coordinator and venue storyteller should contact the regional staff as soon as possible to obtain templates for their reports and a list of current regional or national policies.
It is then their responsibility to report on events within their chapter and to disseminate information from elsewhere to the chapter members so that the chapter can be an integrated part of the global organization. Once your chapter has been approved and your storyteller has received approval for the venue style sheet, your characters are ready to enter into the global sanctioned chronicle.
If you announce your game to your region, you may find that players will travel to join you and welcome you as you take your first steps into our game. Its an exciting time, and there are many members and officers ready to help you.
All you have to do is ask. Non-member Participation Non-members are welcome to participate in Camarilla events on a limited basis; however, there are restrictions that apply to their participation: Non-members cannot participate in a Camarilla event if they are not eligible to be a member. In other words, minors cannot participate, nor may those who have expelled from the organization. Non-members may not play the same character in more than one domain.
You can try it out locally but you cannot travel to another citys game. The presiding storyteller at a game may rule that actions taken by a non-members character are void if they disrupt play or damage the overall enjoyment of the game. Non-members may not earn prestige. Non-members may not portray characters with any member class enhancement. Non-members may not portray any concept that requires the approval of any storyteller other than a VST.
Non-members may not earn experience for their characters in the sanctioned chronicle. The exception is for those who join after their first game. If a person comes and tries the Camarilla, and joins before the next game, then they may be granted experience for their first game at their storytellers discretion. Non-members may participate in the clubs events for a maximum of three months. After this time, they must either join or no longer participate.
Non-members cannot join any official Camarilla e-mail list or forum. Managing Finances Many local groups will raise and spend money to pay for gaming sites, office supplies, decorations and so forth. Chapters, domains, regions and other local Camarilla groups may not incorporate separately or otherwise separate themselves legally from the Camarilla USA organization. They may, however, open bank accounts and otherwise handle funds independently.
Such accounts should be opened in the name of the local group and should always require two signatures to withdraw funds. Each coordinator report submitted for your group should also include how much money the group has at the beginning of the month, all funds collected during the month broken out by category and all expenses for the month broken out by category , as well as the ending balance for the group.
This allows the information to be tracked as we are legally required to do as an organization. It should also be noted that while local groups may not require any payment for membership in the local group beyond the normal membership fee paid to White Wolf, they may require a fee to cover the costs of obtaining a site for the event or other expenses. These fees should be kept as low as possible, and all funds gained in this way as well as the expenses they are used to pay should always be reported in the groups monthly status report.
On occasion, local groups, regions, or even nations may host special events with a larger fee, either to raise funds for the. Camarilla or for a charity organization, but these events should be the exception rather than the rule.
Each trademarked term must be marked with a TM at least once in the document and attributed to White Wolf Publishing, Inc. Camarilla entities may also use all clan, tribe and any such sigils as well as any White Wolf artwork after but not including Vampire: The Masquerade, Second Edition.
This artwork may be used on printed material e. Individuals cannot trademark chapter and character names that are used in the Camarilla and in the Camarilla global chronicle.
These names become the shared property of all members of the organization. Camarilla websites are required to follow the guidelines for the White Wolf Dark Spiral. Chapters or members wishing to produce items for sale will need to contact their regional coordinator for the requirements and restrictions relating to using White Wolf copyrighted material. Recruiting ideas Any organization like ours needs new members to keep things fresh, exciting, and to keep the club growing.
Here are a few tips for helping this process along. First and foremost, each member, whether actively recruiting others or not, should strive to put forward a good image of the club. The Camarilla is a growing club, but like any other organization, it requires the individual efforts of its members to remain active, to continue to grow, and to expand. Must appease the plot gods you know. This also goes for any questions, pretests or precasts, or any other situation that needs ST approval or attention.
We do not use DMs with the staff during game please. This has proven to make game go easier and makes plot situations much calmer. We want to make your time with us as nice as we can on an ooc level. Please send sheets and questions to: Masquerade Staff List masq-staff virtualgroups.
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RPGnet stands in solidarity with that community. We all have an obligation to stand up against racism and bigotry in all its forms. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Thread starter Doctor Futurity Start date Jun 5, Okay all, as a relatively new LARPer in the Camarilla local stuff in Albuquerque, I've been having a lot of fun, but I am also absolutely baffled by the non-game elements of the Camarilla organization, which I understand the necessity of, for such a large, coordinated event on the national scale and abroad, but for some reason I am having a hard time penetrating the almost arcane rules, regs and requirements of the system Yeow, without guiding hands the process would seem impossible I think I'm just bitching, to be honest, but it does seem to me that a fair percentage of this game is really the OOC Cam stuff It feels like a very consuming hobby Am I alone in this feeling, or am I missing the point of it all?
Sorry, just confused I want to play, damnit, not calculate presitge and take weird tests to get MC, the purpose of which is not entirely clear to me yet. Well - you can just play, if your ST approves the character sheet.
Members don't have to do prestige things, they are optional. Character sheets can gain exp purely on earned awards from games played. The tests in general are to help members either understand the basic rules of the club, or the jobs of a Storyteller or Coordinator as defined by the club. Other tests help a member to show they have a basic understanding of the WoD Core book, etc.
And for working to gain that familiarity, they get prestige which in time is accrued and coverts to additional EXP to be spent on the character sheets. Some of my most fun characters have been built with no benefit of the camarilla rewards system, just as base line characters from MET book guidelines with exp as earned added to it.
Yes, there are concepts that your local ST can not approve automatically for play, and that is one of the tentpoles of a global chronicle. If you are playing in a troupe game with just players, then your ST can do whatever they want with the world setting.
In a shared world of this global chronicle, things have to be considered with an eye for affect and game balance. Actions that take place in England can have a direct and immediate impact in Phoenix, AZ. The death of a Prince in Indiana, can instigate a war of bloodlines which draws in players from all over working in opposition to each other.
The principle antagonists become other players more than ST directed NPCs at that level, though the local games still have the capacity to pit players in the city against a Nosferatu who is attracting too much attention from the police because of the increased serial killer style deaths in the warehouse district, etc. In general the prestige system that the camarilla uses is the incentive plan to get tasks done.
People find sites, file reports, collect site fees, storytell for venues, etc - and do so with the reward of prestige so that they can improve their character's skills etc for roleplay.
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