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Example Status Merits
While Status can apply in a nigh-infinite number of organizations, here is a list of some common Status Merits,
and suggested dot ratings to give a jumping off point. These examples are still abstractions; a character may
be a dot level lower or higher and still hold the suggested positions. For example, a police detective may have
two, three, or four dots of Police Status, and the dot rating just shows her relative influence and respect within
the precinct.

Status: Police Status: Hellfire Club
• Paid informant • Pledge
•• Beat cop •• Initiate
••• Detective ••• Counselor
•••• Sergeant •••• Master
••••• Chief of Police ••••• Grandmaster
Status: Gang Status: Military
• New blood • Private
•• Rank and file •• Corporal
••• Local gang leader ••• Sergeant
•••• Regional enforcer •••• Colonel
••••• Cartel leader ••••• General

Status: Medical Status: Corporate
• Regular candy striper • Contractor, new hire

•• Nurse •• Company man
••• Resident doctor ••• Middle manager
•••• Chief physician •••• Board member
••••• Hospital president ••••• CEO

Drawback: Attention is a double-edged sword. Any rolls a Willpower point to preempt that attempt with one of your
to spot, notice, or remember your character gain the same own, or another Social action.
dice bonus. Sometimes, your character will draw unwanted
attention in social situations. This could cause further Takes One to Know One (•)
complications.
Effect: Normally, when Uncovering a Clue (see p. 79),
Sympathetic (••) your character suffers a -2 penalty if the crime aligns with
his Vice. However, it takes a criminal to know a criminal,
Effect: Your character is very good at letting others get and your character has a deep-seated understanding of his
close. This gives him an edge in getting what he wants. At the particular weakness. Instead, take a +2 and the 9-again quality
beginning of a Social maneuvering attempt, you may choose on any investigation rolls when the crime aligns with your
to accept a Condition such as Leveraged, or Swooned in order character’s particular Vice. The successful investigation is
to immediately eliminate two of the subject’s Doors. considered fulfilling his Vice.
Table Turner (•) Taste (•)

Prerequisites: Composure •••, Manipulation •••, Wits ••• Prerequisite: Crafts ••, and a Specialty in Crafts or
Effects: Your character can turn any attempt to leverage Expression
her into an opportunity. Any time a character initiates a Social Effect: Your character has refined tastes, and can identify
Maneuvering action against yours (see p. 81), you may spend minor details in fashion, food, architecture, and other forms

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Social Merits