Clan System

A Clan ranges from a ragtag group of adventurers, to a religious brotherhood, to the royal family itself. Each is represented via the Clan System.

No Clan exists in Bloodline that has staff backing, can be considered 'more official' than others, or starts out with innate benefits that others may not. We believe in utilizing the Clan System to its fullest, to empower players and allow them to dictate the course of their aligned Faction through the roleplay they perform.

Every Clan can gauge their prowess in comparison to others aligned under their own Faction, or another, by their Clan Perks and Reputation. Clan Perks and Faction Reputation have IC implications attached to them and represent a group becoming more powerful under one of the major Factions.

When your Clan has 4 or more people, including your Leader, the Clan's Leader can make a Clan Request ticket. Your Leader will get the Leader perk which gives access to abilities that cost Influence, Silver, Gathering Tokens, and sometimes Experience Tokens, but grant permanent and temporary buffs. They can also use the /settlement menu within your clan's land claim to access Clan Perks and Settlement Upgrades.

I. Becoming a Leader

a. Characters who lead a Noble House, Mercenary Company, Circle Cabal, or a Clan of any kind with 4 or more members, including the leader, may request a Leader role via a Clan Request Ticket in the Admin Ticket section.

b. In the Admin Ticket, the Leader provides proof of having 4 members in their clan with a screenshot of their Clan roster.

c. If your group’s membership falls below 4, you have until the end of the current IRL month to recruit more members, or the Leader status is lost (the faction's influence dissolves or is absorbed by another IC) The end of each month is when Clan membership is checked, and more time will be given if it was recent to the check.

The following is the template for requesting via an Admin Ticket to align your Clan

**DESIRED FACTION:** [Tevinter Imperium, Orlesian Empire, Alamarri Freeholds, Freelancers]
**CLAN NAME:**

**CLAN DESCRIPTION:**

**CLAN HISTORY:**
**BASE LOCATION:**
**LEADER:** [Please provide the character name you whitelisted with.]
**FOUNDING MEMBERS:** [4 minimum.]

Attach an Emblem to represent your clan, if possible.

II. Faction Upkeep & Influence

a. Leaders manage a resource called Influence which grows each week.

b. Influence represents a Clan's overall sway in Thedas. Political influence, military might, coin, personal charisma of the Clan's Leader, and so on.

c. Influence is gained by other players using the ability "Support Cause", which grants +1 Influence.

d. Influence can be spent to acquire: Short-Term Buffs, Clan Perks, Story Arcs, Experience Tokens, Silvers.

III. Clan Perks

Clan Perks are unlocked by spending Influence in the following Paths:

Forces (military, guard, martial expertise)
Secrets (espionage, infiltration, hidden knowledge)
Connections (trade, nobility, negotiations)

A clan may focus on one path or diversify. A militaristic mercenary clan might invest heavily in Forces perks, while a cunning Thieves ring invests mostly in secrets, so on.

Forces Perks

“Endurance training fit for a soldier.”

This path focuses on military might, combat training, and martial advantages for the clan.

Perks in Forces grant bonuses to combat skills, physical stats, and battlefield abilities.

Tier One

Miners

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your Clan's members gain access to Mine Ore Ability
IC: Your clan establishes a cadre of miners, they teach your people how to extract ore from the earth.

Martial Training

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 Combat Style
IC: Your clan's members receive basic combat drills.

True Grit

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 to Endurance.
IC: Time spent sparring makes your clan tougher.

Mounted Training

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 Ride, and +1 Athletics
IC: Your clan runs drills in cavalry tactics.

Quartermaster

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain -2 Encumbrance
IC: Your clan's improved packing techniques allow easier carrying of gear.

Tier Two

Master Miners

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Miners
Effect: Your clan's members gain access to Improved Mine Ore Ability.
IC: Your clan is well taught in how to mine for ore.

Weapon Master

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Martial Training
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 Combat Style
IC: A well trained expert teaches your clan member's in combative tactics.

Ironclad

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: True Grit
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 to Endurance and +1 to Willpower.
IC: Your dietary options make your clan members more resilient.

Armory

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Quartermaster
Effect: Your clan's members gain -2 Encumbrance.
IC: Your storages expand, durable and lighter armor is near uniform.

Tier Three

Elite Training

Cost: 20 Influence, 300 Silver
Requirements: Weapon Master
Effect: Your clan's members gain +2 Combat Style, and +2 Initiative Bonus
IC: Regular patrols and well-armed caravans grant better safety at home.

Thick Skin

Cost: 20 Influence, 300 Silver
Requirements: Ironclad
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 Hit Points to all Hit Locations.
IC: Each member has high physical conditioning.

Veteran Warriors

Cost: 20 Influence, 300 Silver
Requirements: Armory
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 Damage Modifier.
IC: Your group has been forged in countless battles.

Forces - Tier Four

Bloodlust

Cost: 25 Influence, 400 Silver
Requirements: Elite Training
Effect: You clan's members gain +1 Damage Modifier, and +3 Initiative Bonus.
IC: Your warriors fight with frightening fury, their joy in bloodshed becoming a deadly weapon.

Steadfast

Cost: 25 Influence, 400 Silver
Requirements: Thick Skin, Veteran Warriors
Effect: Your clan members gain +1 Hit Points to all Hit Locations, -2 Encumbrance, as well as being immune to Fear.
IC: Their minds are as unbreakable as their bodies - Your warriors resist fear, spell, and pain alike.

Forces - Tier Five

Siegecraft

Cost: 30 Influence, 500 Silver
Requirements: Bloodlust, Steadfast
Effect: All clan members gain access to the Catapult ability which can only be used if combat has lasted longer than 4 rounds, and only once by those sides fighting. It deals 8d6 damage to all Hit Locations in a 5 Tile Sphere.
IC: You have long distance weaponry for defeating hordes of enemies or great foes. Your mastery of siegecraft can turn the ride of any drawn-out conflict.

Secrets Perks

“Developing keen eyes and an inquisitive mind.”

Tier One

Herbalists

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain access to Gather Herbs.
IC: You have a network of herbalists who teach your people how to spot valuable herbs.

Deft Hands

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 to Conceal, Stealth, and Mechanisms
IC: Basic spycraft training.

Evasion Specialists

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 to Evade, Acrobatics, and Willpower.
IC: Training on evading danger, physical and social.

Eagle-Eyed

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +3 to Perception.
IC: Training in spotting where the pattern breaks, in nature or in civilization.

Smugglers

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 to Initiative Bonus.
IC: Your clan has supply lines with illicit dealers and has learned to be always prepared due to it.

Tier Two

Trained Herbalists

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Herbalists
Effect: Access to Improved Gather Herbs.
IC: Your clan is well taught in how to gather the best of herbs.

Whisper Network

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Deft Hands
Effect: Your clan's members gain +2 to Deceit, Persuasion, and Sleight.
IC: Your rogues have infiltrated many social groups, granting a better confidence in trickery.

Trading Tongue

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Evasion Specialists
Effect: Your clan's members gain access to the Thieves' Tongue, allowing for body language and symbols to speak entire sentences or give short phrases.
IC: Your clan learns the Thieves' Tongue, a unique language for covert communication.

Forward Scouts

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Smugglers
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 to Initiative Bonus.
IC: Your clan has active eyes on land ahead of your arrival, allowing preparation.

Tier Three

Arcane Secrets

Cost: 20 Influence, 300 Silver
Requirements: Whisper Network
Effect: Your clan's members gain +3 to Insight, Persuade, and Deceit.
IC: Your agents now delve into magical codes and political subterfuge. They speak the language of secrets, gaining sway in both mystical and social circles alike.

Pathfinders

Cost: 20 Influence, 300 Silver
Requirements: Forward Scouts
Effect: Your clan's members gain +3 Initiative Bonus.
IC: Your scouts are now master trackers and route-finders. Whether navigating a battlefield or spying an ambush before it happens, they guide your people swiftly and safely.

Escape Plan

Cost: 20 Influence, 300 Silver
Requirements: Trading Tongue
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 Movement.
IC: Routes are always planned in advance. Your clan knows where every trapdoor, hidden path, or sewer tunnel lies.

Tier Four

Cloak

Cost: 25 Influence, 400 Silver
Requirements: Pathfinders, Escape Plan
Effect: Your clan's members gain an Immunity to Tracking
IC: Your clan no longer just hides in the shadows - They are the shadows. No trail remains, no sound escapes, and even the sharpest hunters are led astray by your ghostlike precision.

Dagger

Cost: 25 Influence, 400 Silver
Requirements: Arcane Secrets
Effect: Your clan's members gain an Immunity to Surprised.
IC: You know the perfect strike isn't about strength, it's about timing. Whether through whispers or poisons, you make sure when the knife falls, it falls deep.

Tier Five

Master of Secrets

Cost: 30 Influence, 500 Silver
Requirements: Cloak, Dagger
Effect: Once per war, you can inflict a -2 Renown (Win Points) on the enemy at any time.
IC: At the heart of every network it the one who pulls the strings. Your clan now shapes events from the shadows - Seeing all, knowing all, and striking when it matters most.

Connection Perks

“Training in the fine arts of persuasion.”

Tier One

Lapidary

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain access to Gather Gems.
IC: You have a network of gem collectors who teach your people how to discern valuable gems.

Tavern Shows

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain access to Perform a Show, which grants Silvers.
IC: You have a network of tavern hosts who allow your people to perform shows in their establishment.

Guest Rights

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +3 Persuade and +5 Courtesy.
IC: You are welcomed as honored guests due to your diplomatic reputations or blood ties.

Silver Tongues

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +2 Deceit and +2 Oratory.
IC: Your clan trains its members in the art of persuasive speech and subtle misdirection. You never lie, you reframe.

Written Word

Cost: 10 Influence, 100 Silver
Requirements: None
Effect: Your clan's members gain +1 to Lore, Literacy, and Insight.
IC: Your clan values the written word - Be it ancient history, modern contracts, or the subtle art of penmanship. Knowledge is power, and your people wield it well.

Tier Two

Trader's Guild

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Lapidary
Effect: Your clan's members can purchase Dwarven Enchanting Runes, though still at regular prices.
IC: You have official membership in a merchant consortium.

Ambassadors

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Tavern Shows
Effect: Your clan's members gain access to a weekly kit Performance Kit that grants 25 Silvers.
IC: Silver-tongued couriers speak of your group favorably, earning coin in every town.

Diplomatic Immunity

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Guest Rights
Effect: Your clan’s members gain +3 to Persuasion, Oratory, and Deceit.
IC: Official charters shield you from being targeted by greater powers that may wish to snuff your group out.

Cultural Archives

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Requirements: Written Word or Silver Tongues
Effect: Your clan’s members gain +2 Lore, +2 Literacy, and +1 Customs.
IC: Your clan maintains a collection of schools, oral traditions, and regional tomes. Preserving knowledge often lost to war or time. People seek you out when they want to know how things used to be.

Tier Three

Merchant Fleet

Cost: 20 Influence, 300 Silver
Requirements: Trader's Guild
Effect: Your clan's members gain access to an ability that grants 2 common gathering materials from each gather ability.
IC: Owning or partnering with a shipping fleet (by sea or land caravans) drastically boosts your trade reach.

Noble Patronage

Cost: 20 Influence, 300 Silver
Requirements: Diplomatic Immunity
Effect: Your weekly Claim Influence ability grants an additional 5 Influence.
IC: You have the ability to reach those in the Altus caste easily across Tevinter and similar ranks in other societies.

Social Reign

Cost: 20 Influence, 300 Silver
Requirements: Ambassadors
Effect: Your clan's members gain +3 Courtesy, +3 Oratory, and +3 Persuasion.
IC: You've become celebrities, icons, or influencers in every city you pass through. Performers and public figures with cultural sway.

Tier Four

High Connections

Cost: 25 Influence, 400 Silver
Requirements: Merchant Fleet, Noble Patronage
Effect: You can sell anything for a higher price.
IC: Your clan's relationships stretch into royal courts, knightly orders, and powerful foreign houses.

Cultural Icon

Cost: 25 Influence, 400 Silver
Requirements: Social Reign
Effect: Your clan's members gain a weekly Perform a Show that generates double Silver.
IC: Your names alone fill venues. Audiences gather before you've even arrive, and your words carry the weight of art and diplomacy.

Tier Five

Grand Diplomat

Cost: 30 Influence, 500 Silver
Requirements: All Connections Perks
Effect: In War, you can call on an additional Ally clan.
IC: When war looms, entire nations listen to your voice. Through favor, fear, or loyalty, armies rise when you call.

V. War

Factions can declare war for territory, revenge, and Influence. A war requires spending Influence and Silver to reflect the cost of mustering forces. The War spans a set and decided upon duration, during which Battles and Skirmishes determine the outcome.

Declaring War

A Leader opens a War Ticket and spends Influence depending on their goal, selecting one or multiple courses of actions available below.

Destroy a Clan's Base:

Cost: 15 Influence, 200 Silver
Attacker Victory: The defender's base is ruined; the defending clan must relocate, keeping only half of their Clan Perks.
Defender Victory: The defender's base stands, and defenders gain Influence as a reward.

Loot a Clan's Base:

Cost: 20 Influence, 250 Silver
Attacker Victory: They loot the defending Clan's resources, gaining Silver and materials commensurate with the Clan's size and perks.
Defender Victory: The defender's loot caches remain untouched, and defenders gain Influence as a reward.

Seize a Clan's Perks:

Cost: 25 Influence, 300 Silver
Attacker Victory: The attacking clan can select 1/4 of the defending clan's perks to become their own. The defending clan does not lose their perks, however.
Defender Victory: The defender's base stands, and defenders gain Influence and Silver as a reward.

War Stages

Preparation (Days 1 & 2): Both sides gather troops, plan, and may select one Ally clan to aid them.
Skirmishes: These are smaller PvP engagements or infiltration attempts (such as to look at battle plans or damage siege equipment). Victories in Skirmishes or successful Infiltrations grant 1 Renown.
Major Battles (Days 3-7): Scheduled events where both sides field their forces. Victories in Major Battles grant 3 Renown.
Resolution: After a Clan has reached 9 Renown or greater, or the OOC timeframe of the war is up, the outcome is enforced based on who has the highest Renown, and the War Ticket closes.

Allies

Each side in a War may name 1 Ally (another clan) to officially join the War and to have its leader added to the War ticket. Their Clan members can participate in Skirmishes and Major Battles.
Each side in a War can select up to 3 specific Mercenary or 'free agent' type players to join their Skirmishes and Major Battles. They can be apart of the same clan, but only these specific players are able to join war efforts.
Defeating an Ally Clan or any chosen Mercenaries in Skirmishes grants the same war "Renown" as defeating a main foe. Infiltrating an enemy's Ally Clan also grants renown, but not their Mercenaries.

Aftermath

Once a War ends, a Truce between the warring clans is enforced for 2 OOC weeks, preventing immediate re-declaration of war.
A clan cannot be called as an Ally to attack a clan if they have a truce with the defending clan. This prevents the truce being circumvented

IC negotiations, espionage, alliances, and diplomacy are all encouraged to happen leading up to the War ticket, and even during it. The mechanical system is there to support the story, not overshadow it. It is a failsafe to keep things moving on the server, not hinder your narrative.