Princely rights and Status....

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Prince: Enthroned, Sworn, Influential and Connected


Enthroned – Abiding Grand Duke/Prince
You have been elevated above the other Dukes in your area. You command fearsome powers both social and martial.

Passive/At will:
You have the ability to impose boons upon those you feel have incurred debt. You make the guiding Laws for Gaul. Your laws can further refine the Ard Rhi's but may not counter them and the lesser Dukes may make laws in their domains as long as they do not run contrary to yours.

You have the ability to veto one of a Duke's restrictions or impose punishment on anyone who is sworn to you through the lines of vassalage. All members of vassalage and down the line from highest to lowest are expected to include you in their blood oaths as first and foremost, followed by their Duke as second and to partake of 1 pt of your blood and maintain this bond.

For those who are deemed to have failed in their fealty to you or the Ard Rhi or failed in preserving the Traditions you can impose punishment in the form of Prestation, handicapping or through further blood oaths (which are expected to be maintained).

You may name a Reeve for your territory.

The Chamberlain is however, is still a check on abuse of power and answers to the Ard Rhi. They are expected to curb abuses of your power.

Two expenditures of Regal can remove a Reeve from position forcing you to name a new Reeve (or wait a year to rename the same individual) or force a decision on an issue before the end of gather.

A Prince is exempt from expenditures of Regal to force the Ard Rhi to blood hunt them or act against them. Dukes are expected to always act through their Prince before attempting to deal with the Ard Rhi unless they hold prestation on him.

You may not be openly questioned or called a liar. Those who wish to dethrone you have to be more subtle in their maneuvers or face possible blood bonding or other penalties for treason. You are able to call upon the powers of the Reeve and Scourge when needed and call Gaul wide bloodhunts.

Your Dukes must swear all Vassals before you and if one domain gathers to many Cainites you can re-organize them. However, remember even though you are supreme and the only one sworn to the Ard Rhi pettiness can break Domains and Princedoms.

You are expected to offer aid to your vassals and will carry the agreement with the freecity for the Ard Rhi.

You can break the lines (Knight to Baron, Baron to Duke...) of vassalage to yourself, promote or demote all and expect to be obeyed.

You can strip the status Builder or Laird with direct cause or as punishment (but not arbitrarily). Chamberlain is watching....

You can grant the Fleeting Status of Dignified, Enlightened or Sanctioned up to three times per game session

You can grant the Innate Status of Laird once per game session (Blood to Force).

Or issue any negative status at will for anything but a social faux pas.

In some cases both you and the Chamberlain may choose to act where powers overlap such as in breaches of Domain.

But don't forget the Chamberlain is watching.

Spent: (Can not be forced with Boons short of a life boon or equivalent)
Remove a Chamberlain from power. (Ard Rhi must choose again)
Permanently place or alter a status ban on an individual Cainite (only one can have their status bans removed at a time)
Change a restriction imposed by the Ard Rhi (This could allow a Low-Clan to become a Duke in Gaul)
Name a permanent Ellysium or Create a position

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Sworn
Passive:
You are Sworn to a Liege Lord and have undergone the Blood Oath. You may feed in any territory directly controlled by them or yourself.

Spent:

• You can expend Sworn to overcome any political or etiquette-related error you have made in the last five minutes (scene). The error did occur, but those who would be offended by it must accept your apology, and may not hold the error against you or bring it up publicly again.
• Expend Sworn to call a Titled individual a liar. You may claim that a statement or situation relating to a statement they made is a lie without becoming Warned You may contradict them on this one statement topic so long indefinitely so long as it is known that you expended your status to do so. This does NOT grant anyone else the ability to call them a liar without their own expenditure (if required).
• Expend Sworn, an individual you target must physically leave a scene (small area or single room) for the next 10 minutes (entire thread of conversation/scene), effectively exiling them from a social situation. If they do not do so, they gain the negative status Warned. Cannot be expended in combat but can be just before combat is initiated thus banishing an individual from combat (but who will argue it if you loose?).
• Expend Sworn or Pledged to remain in a scene you have been banished from.

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Influential (Innate)
Passive:
You can assign one more name/group to your influence list. This does not add to your total level, it just adds another area you can call on.

Spent:
You can expend Influential to learn the details of an Influences action that has been done against you or in your domain in the last two years (since two games ago).

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Connected (Innate)
You reach has expanded beyond your own Domain/territories. You have successfully caused events to occur in another characters domain multiple times or enacted your influences cross borders. Or perhaps you have built a Domain altering structure and sold the passive benefits of “Builder”.

Passive:
There is no passive bonus.

Spent:

• You can expend Connected at game to gain access to some standard item or commodity for the night (a crossbow, pile of torches, horse, tracking dog...)
• You can Expend Connected to use one Influence in another individuals Domain.