Status

The Embrace is a transformative curse, turning a mortal into an undead vampire beholden to an eternal Hunger of the Beast within. Existing as a vampire skulking about eternally-darkened streets can feel empty and unfulfilling at best. The threat of other vampires, Hunters, and even being caught in the sun can drive a solitary vampire to madness. Most vampires, like most mortals, congregate in groups.

Within every city, the occupying vampires are urged by their primitive impulses to find their place on their societal ladder. A vampire’s Status is the measure of his importance, recognized by his own peers, within a city. Status can ebb and flow based on the whims of a vampire’s allies, their sectarian allegiances, and the ire of her enemies. Camarilla vampires refer to Status. Anarchs refer to Reputation. Mechanically, the systems for each work the same. It should be noted that City Status is a system abstraction, not something referred to directly while in character. 

Acceptance 

While each sect differs in the rituals of how a character becomes “accepted,” the common thread is that a city’s Authority that is, the city's ruler, typically the Prince (Camarilla) or Baron (Anarch)-- bestows Acceptance on vampires who are allowed to exist openly in a city. Once Accepted in a city, that character gains one dot of City Status and one Moniker. Each sect utilizes a different Moniker for the first dot of City Status: Acknowledged in the Camarilla and Committed among the Anarchs. Independent vampires or vampires of a different sect as the city’s Authority who are permitted to live there are simply called Accepted. To be able to gain further Status in a city, a vampire must first earn one of these Monikers from the city’s Authority.

Vampires may gain acceptance within a city from an Authority of another sect. For example, a powerful independent vampire may decide to lie low among the Camarilla members of a city, or a rare Camarilla member may be tolerated among Anarchs. This allows her to exist in the domain and provides some degree of safety.