For an immortal people in a time when power cannot always be wielded with impunity, status plays a vital role in day to day interactions. Often, in strongly Camarilla cities, there will be a respected few, known as the Harpies, who are considered arbiters of fashion, style and properiety. In those cities, it falls to those kindred to assign status. College Park, however, is a different situation entirely. Here, there can be no single arbiter of style and status. Instead, status in this city revolves around reputation.

Well, that's all well and good, but that does beg the question: So how does one gain status? As mentioned before, status is really a measure of reputation in the city and, as such, allows all of the players to participate in the process. The system is relatively simple. At the end of every session, each player should decide if there were any characters in particular who caught his eye. In the post mortem, then, the player would list these people, the status trait he thought they earned, and a short reason why, like so:

Miguel the Brujah - Dependable (He came through for my character despite all odds)
Friedrich the Nosferatu - Untrustworthy (That bastard betrayed me!)

So, a summary of gaining status: vote for people you believe (in character) deserved status traits for their actions of that night. Sufficient votes from sufficient different people will earn the character that particular status trait. No, we are not telling you how many votes it is. Status is not a science.

The most common way to grant status is, of course, the system mentioned above. Sometimes, however, people become so well known in their particular sphere of reputation, however, that they become arbiters of that specific status. Someone who is extraordinarily respected for being trustworthy, for instance, will have his word taken on the trustworthiness of others. In terms of game mechanics, what this means is that when you get a certain number of votes above and beyond that necessary to give you a particular positive status trait, you become an arbiter of that trait. Depending on how widespread your reputation is, you will receive some number of positive and negative versions of that trait to give out as temporary status for that night.

So, basically, if you've gone past just having a particular positive status trait and are generally considered an epitome of that ideal, you will be able to convince other people that characters are on the positive or negative side of that status trait - thus, you will be able to give out temporary status.

Here are some possible status traits and descriptions. This not an exhaustive list and there are many other possibilities. Synonyms will generally be combined into one status trait - so if a person is voted 'cowardly', 'craven' and 'plumb yella', he will have received three votes for 'cowardly'.

• Positive: Trustworthy, Promising, Generous, Brave, Admired, Famous, Faultless, Honorable, Just, Respected, Loyal
• Negative: Diabolist, Oath-Breaker, Untrustworthy, Cowardly, Repugnant, Uncontrollable, Rude

This system is new and potentially confusing, so here is an example of the process:

Heinrich the Tremere escapes death, one night, only through the heroic aid of Anselm the Gangrel. In his Post Mortem, Heinrich makes note of the following:

Anselm the Gangrel - Brave (He saved my life despite terrible odds)