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willing to share) signify what she has to draw upon as an individ-
ual, separate from the cell. For example, three characters share a MULTIPLE
safehouse and expend a group total of five dots. One character

chooses to use two other dots on a private safehouse for herself. MEMBERSHIPS?
Those remaining two dots represent a safehouse entirely separate
Can a hunter character belong to two
from what she and her comrades have established together.
different compacts or conspiracies?
To record a shared Safehouse Merit on your charac-
Yes, but it’s not easy. Few groups
ter sheet, put an asterisk next to the name of the Safehouse
will allow for such a thing (though
Merit and fill in the total dots that your character has access

certainly some hunters do it quietly,
to thanks to his partnership. In order to record his original
as double agents, even at the behest
contribution, write it in parentheses along with the Merit’s
of their own parent group), and even if
name. It is not important to note which aspect of the Safe-
they do, they tend to view that hunter
house Merit on which those points are spent, as this allows
with suspicion for fear his loyalties
greater flexibility should a character ever decide to withdraw

will lean away from their needs.
from the community arrangement. The result looks like this:
Buying Status in a second compact or
M E R I T S conspiracy costs double the experience
MERITS
SAFEHOUSE* (2) points (new dots x 4). In addition,
the character may never rise above
SAFEHOUSE two dots in the second group if it’s
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING not his original compact/conspiracy…
unless he extricates himself from his
initial membership. (Even if the group
doesn’t know that the hunter belongs to
an initial group, they still maintain

suspicions, hence the diffi culty.)
What about Endowments? If the
hunter belongs to two different
conspiracies, can he share in
both conspiracies’ Endowments?
Yes, but buying Endowments from
In this example, the character shares a Safehouse Merit a second conspiracy comes with
dedicated to the cell’s collective headquarters. He contributes an even steeper cost: new dots
two dots to the safehouse, and the group has a total of four x 6, and they’re limited by two
dots that are made available to each member. The character dots, as well. This represents the
also has his own private Safehouse Merit rated •••, which diffi culty of convincing a group
he maintains by himself. And, the character has Professional of one’s true loyalty, whether as
Training rated ••, which is also his own Merit. an admitted member of an initial
group or as a double agent.
Status, Compact or Conspiracy
(• to •••••)

Effect: The character holds membership in a hunter com- therefore, receives a +3 modifier to all Social rolls made in-
pact (second tier) or conspiracy (third tier). These groups are volving other members of the Abbey.
described fully on pp. 102-149. Organization (Compact or Con- In a third-tier conspiracy, the Status Merit grants the So-
spiracy) Status is similar to the Status Merit found in the World cial bonus, but also gives the character access to Endowments.
of Darkness Rulebook (p. 116), but the arena in which the Even a single dot in Status is enough to grant the character

character is known is much smaller. Even the conspiracies are access to these benefits (which are purchased with a separate
much narrower and more specific than, say, “City Government.” Merit; see Endowments, p. 150).

The Merit, therefore, represents a bit more: it indicates the char- x A character with no dots in Organization Status, but
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acter’s standing, achievements and reputation within the group. who still claims membership in an organization, is a pro- -
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garded the hunter is. Other hunters respect the word of a t to important plans, and certainly aren’t trusted with t trusted with
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high-Status character, and while they won’t necessarily lay expensive equipment (or Endowments, for a third-tier
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terms, each dot of Status in a second-tier compact grants a
+1 modifier to Social rolls made involving other members of • The character has been accepted into the order, but prob-

that compact. A character with Status (Ashwood Abbey) 3, ably hasn’t done anything special. He may or may not have
been on a real hunt yet.
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