Larp:Graduation System

Some character concepts are harder to play than others. They require some knowledge of the world, the system, and an understanding of the social dynamics of Vampire the Masquerade and, to some extent, the World of Darkness as a whole.

In Dark Skylines, we restrict certain character concepts behind a system we call “Graduations”. As a player earns “graduations”, the types of characters that player can play opens up to more advanced and more complex character types.

Character Advancement Points (AP)

During the course of play, charatcers may earn Advancement Points. These points are awarded by the narrator team at the end of each month. Earning an Advancement Point is not a sure thing—these points are awarded to players whose characters made an impact on the game by advancing their clan, sect, or organizational goals. In essence, being a good ‘team player’ in-character is what leads one toward advancement points. Some things which might earn Advancement Points are:

• Performing the duties of a sect or clan office well
• Upholding sect or clan laws
• Protecting sect or clan assets
• Contributing to the pursuit or achievement of sect or clan goals

Ultimately, the decision to award, not award, or even remove AP is the decision of the narrator team. Note that AP is earned per-character. A character earns a Graduation for every 4 advancement points earned. The graduations earned by a character’s accumulation of AP are not lost if the character leaves play.

Player Graduations

Graduations represent a player’s advancement in Dark Skylines and shows that a player has played a character that made a positive impact on the story of Dark Skylines. All players begin with 0 graduations.

Upon gaining a graduation, the player’s Merit and Flaw cap increases, and several character concepts become open to them. More graduations can reduce the cost of some merits, like rarity merits.

Vampire

Characters with 5 dots in generation (6th Generation) are not sanctioned for play. If a character’s generation is permanently lowered to 6th generation (i.e., via Diablerie), that character becomes an NPC.

General graduation requirements

Character	Graduations required
Kindred	0
Social Status: Elder	1
Generation • • •	1
Generation • • • •	2
Non-Humanity morality	1

Vampire Clan graduation requirements

Clan	Camarilla	Anarch	IA	Autarkis	Sabbat
Assamite: Vizier	0	1	1	1	3
Brujah	1	0	1	1	2
Caitiff / Pander	0	0	0	1	2
Cappadocian	2	1	2	1	3
Daughters of Cacophony	0	1	1	1	2
Followers of Set	2	1	0	1	2
Gangrel	0	0	0	0	2
Gargoyle	3	1	1	1	3
Giovanni	2	1	0	1	3
Lasombra	1	1	1	1	2
Malkavian	0	0	1	1	2
Nosferatu	0	0	1	1	2
Ravnos	1	1	1	1	2
Salubri	4	2	1	2	2
Toreador	0	0	1	1	2
Tremere	0	2	2	2	4
Tzimisce	4	2	2	1	2
Ventrue	0	1	1	1	2

Vampire Bloodline graduation requirements

Bloodline	Camarilla	Anarch	IA	Autarkis	Sabbat
Assamite: Sorcerer	2	2	1	1	3
Assamite: Warrior	2	1	2	2	2
Brujah: True Brujah	2	2	2	2	3
Cappadocian: Lamia	1	1	1	2	3
Cappadocian: Samedi	0	0	0	1	3
Setite: Tlacique	2	2	0	2	3
Setite: Vipers	2	2	0	2	3
Gangrel: Ahrimanes	2	1	1	1	2
Gangrel: Anda	2	1	1	1	2
Gangrel: Coyote	0	1	1	0	2
Gangrel: Noiad	1	1	0	0	2
Giovanni: Premascine	2	1	1	0	3
Lasombra: Corsairs	2	2	1	1	2
Lasombra: Kiasyd	1	1	1	1	2
Lhiannan	-	-	-	2	3
Malkavian: Ananke	0	0	1	1	2
Malkavian: Knights of the Moon	0	0	1	1	2
Nagaraja	4	4	4	3	4
Nosferatu: Creeps	0	0	1	1	2
Ravnos: Brahman	1	1	1	1	2
Salubri: Healer	4	2	3	2	3
Toreador: Ishtarri	0	0	1	1	2
Toreador: Volgirre	0	0	1	1	2
Tremere: Telyav	4	4	3	3	2
Tzimisce: Bratovich	4	2	2	2	2
Tzimisce: Carpathians	2	2	1	1	2
Tzimisce: Koldun	4	2	1	1	2
Ventrue: Crusader	0	0	1	1	2

Morality Paths

Some clans and bloodlines are more attuned to certain paths of morality than others and may purchase these Paths of Enlightenment for only 1 merit point.

These reduced costs are available to non-Camarilla characters with 1 graduation, and Camarilla characters with 2 graduations. However, a character who has spent the requisite time, including downtime expenditure, to learn one of these Path of Enlightenment during the course of play may purchase the Path, including any reduced costs, without the player having the requisite number of Graduations.

Morality Path Costs/Graduation requirements

Path	Reduced cost
Path of Blood	Assamite
Path of Caine	Brujah, Cappadocian
Path of Chivalry	Brujah, Salubri
Path of Death & The Soul	Cappadocian, Giovanni
Path of Power & the Inner Voice	Tremere, Ventrue
Path of Lilith	Lasombra, Malkavian
Path of Paradox	Giovanni, Malkavian, Ravnos
Path of Feral Heart	Gangrel, Nosferatu
Path of Orion	Assamite, Nosferatu
Path of Cathari	Ravnos, Toreador
Path of Heaven	Salubri
Path of Ecstasy	Setite, Toreador
Path of Honorable Accord	Tremere, Ventrue
Path of Metamorphosis	Tzimisce
Path of Night	Lasombra, Tzimisce
Path of Typhon	Setite
Path of Harmony	Gangrel

Mortals

Created using Ghoul/Mortal rules for each system.

Mortals

Character	Graduations required
Ghouls	0
Non-Ghoul Mortals and Non-numinous hunters	1
Autumn People	2
Revenants	2
Kinfolk	2
Non-Ghoul Mortals with other Numinae	2
Inquisiton, Arcanum, & Project Twilight	3

Wraith

Created using our custom Wraith rules. These rules are tentatively being tested right now and may go through serious changes as they are tested.

Wraiths

Character	Graduations required
Enfants	1
Phasling (•)	1
Lemure (••)	2
Gaunt (•••)	3
Luridian (••••)	4
Spectres	Above +1

PCs Becoming Wraiths

In general, vampires should go straight to oblivion when they meet final death. However, some characters may, with Storyteller approval, become wraiths upon death. Whether this occurs is up to the storytellers, who will determine the resulting wraith’s fetters upon creation.

PCs who become wraiths do not remember the 2 weeks preceding their death and do not recall anything about the manner in which they died.

Shifters

Created using BNS Werewolf rules.

Shifter graduation requirements

Type	Rank	Rank 2	Rank 3
Garou
Garou-Nation Tribes	3	4	5
Cult of Fenris	2	3	4
Wyrm-Corrupted Garou Nation & Black Spiral Dancers	2	3	4
Weaver-Corrupted Garou and Web Walkers	1	2	3
Ronin	3	4	5
Fera
Ajaba	4	5	6
Ananasi: Tenere (Weaver)	3	4	5
Ananasi: Hatar (Wyrm)	2	3	4
Ananasi: Kumoti (Wyld)	3	4	5
Bastet	3	4	5
Corax	1	2	3
Gurahl	3	4	5
Kitsune	3	4	5
Nuwisha	3	4	5
Ratkin	1	2	3
Rokea	4	5	6

Changeling

Created using BNS Changeling rules.

Changeling graduation requirements

Type	Rank	Rank 2
Unseelie & Shadow Court	2	3
Dauntain	3	4
Seelie	3	4
Thallain	3	3