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This XP Policy outlines how a member can earn XP in the experience system. This policy is approved by the Grand Master and is enforced for integrity by the Dark Council.

===XP Based Awarding===

Promotions and Medals can be awarded based on XP earned from the site-tracked activities listed below (e.g., competitions, crescents, clusters, SA courses, etc.). XP used to award a medal is called "Medal XP" and is equal to the member's lifetime XP value, excluding any corrections minus the full value of their combined merit and sacramental awards. Promotions do not reset Medal XP, '''nor do Medals reset Promotion XP'''.

Members can receive a medal with an XP value equal to their accrued Medal XP. Medals awarded solely based on Medal XP do not award additional XP. However, DB activity that is not tracked by the site and automatically credited with XP, such as project and leadership work, can also contribute towards medals as explained below:

Without further justification, leaders can award medals with a value less than or equal to a member’s Medal XP. Medals with a value less than or equal to Medal XP do '''not grant additional XP''' to the receiving member because the underlying activities have already done so.

If a member has leadership or project activity that leaders want to recognize with a medal, with or without any accrued Medal XP, they can submit a medal recommendation for approval by the MAA detailing what that member has done – much like the old medal system.

If an approved medal '''exceeds''' the member’s Medal XP, then the medal '''will grant additional XP''' at least equal to the difference between the medal’s value and the member’s Medal XP. The total XP earned is equal to the value of non-site-tracked XP applied to the medal.

===Award XP Values===

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|-
|td colspan="2" class="head" style="background-color: Gray"| '''Award XP Value'''
|-
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Merit/Sacramental'''
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''XP Value'''
|-
| Dark Cross
| 200
|-
| Anteian Cross
| 450
|-
| Steel Cross
| 1012
|-
| Grand Cross
| 2278
|-
| Sapphire Blade
| 5125
|-
| Amethyst Kukri
| 11533
|-
| Ruby Scepter
| 25949
|-
| Emerald Dagger
| 58385
|-
| Diamond Sword
| 131368
|-
| Silver Sash
| 295578
|-
| Golden Lightsaber
| 665051
|-
| Dantes Spear
| 1330102
|-
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Crescent/Novae'''
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''XP Value'''
|-
| Vendetta Seal
| 25
|-
| Crescent w/ Quartz Star
| 10
|-
| Crescent w/ Topaz Star
| 15
|-
| Crescent w/ Emerald Star
| 25
|-
| Crescent w/ Sapphire Star
| 50
|-
| Crescent w/ Amethyst Star
| 75
|-
| Crescent w/ Ruby Star
| 90
|-
| Crescent w/ Diamond Star
| 120
|-
| Bronze Nova
| 300
|-
| Silver Nova
| 450
|-
| Gold Nova
| 600
|-
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Cluster'''
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''XP Value'''
|-
| Cluster of Fire
| 1
|-
| Cluster of Ice
| 12
|-
| Cluster of Graphite
| 12
|-
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Scroll'''
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''XP Value'''
|-
| Dark Side Scroll
| 25
|-
| Scroll of Foundation
| 25
|-
| Scroll of the Master
| 50
|-
| Scroll of Indoctrination
| 100
|-
|td colspan="2" class="foot" style="background-color: Silver"| 
|}

===Competition Participation/Organization XP Values===

{|table width="50%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="fancy" style="clear:both"
|-
|td colspan="3" class="head" style="background-color: Gray"| '''Competition Participation/Organization XP Values'''
|-
| class="sub-head" width="33%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Tier'''
| class="sub-head" width="33%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Participant'''
| class="sub-head" width="33%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Organizer'''
|-
| Tier 5
| 15
| 30
|-
| Tier 4
| 20
| 40
|-
| Tier 3
| 25
| 50
|-
| Tier 2
| 30
| 60
|-
| Tier 1/Vendetta
| 35
| 70
|-
| Container/Bracket
| 0
| 0
|-
|td colspan="3" class="foot" style="background-color: Silver"| 
|}
Note: Competitions upgraded by [[Crescents|tiering]] will have only the awards upgraded, '''not''' the participant or organizer XP values.

===RP Session XP Values===
This is XP garnered by either participating or dm'ing roleplaying sessions on discord. Note that a 100-word minimum is required for a session to grant XP.

{|table width="50%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="fancy" style="clear:both"
|-
|td colspan="2" class="head" style="background-color: Gray"| '''RP Session Values'''
|-
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Source'''
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Value'''
|-
| Player
| 25
|-
| DM
| 50
|-
|td colspan="2" class="foot" style="background-color: Silver"| 
|}

===Shadow Academy Degree XP Values===
This is XP garnered through the completion of Shadow Academy degrees. Different degrees are worth different amounts of XP.

{|table width="50%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="fancy" style="clear:both"
|-
|td colspan="2" class="head" style="background-color: Gray"| '''Shadow Academy Degree XP Values'''
|-
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Degree'''
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Value'''
|-
| Dark Pundit
| 50
|-
| Dark Maven
| 75
|-
| Dark Savant
| 125
|-
| Dark Sage
| 200
|-
|td colspan="2" class="foot" style="background-color: Silver"| 
|}

===Recurring Staff Work XP Values===
All automated staff XP awards are effective 7 July 2024 at noon site time. Shadow Academy exam grading is recognized through the Scroll of Foundation.

{|table width="50%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="fancy" style="clear:both"
|-
|td colspan="3" class="head" style="background-color: Gray"| '''Recurring Staff Work XP Values'''
|-
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Source'''
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Value'''
|-
|Word count approvals
|5
|-
|All other competition approval/remands/rejections
|3
|-
|Request approval/remands/rejections
|3
|-
|Avatar approval/rejections
|3
|-
|Character sheet approval/remands/rejections
|3
|-
|Item aspect approval/remands/rejections
|3
|-
|Gaming submission approval/remands/rejections
|3
|-
|RP session word count approval
|5
|-
|td colspan="2" class="foot" style="background-color: Silver"| 
|}

===Other XP Source Values===

{|table width="75%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="fancy" style="clear:both"
|-
|td colspan="3" class="head" style="background-color: Gray"| '''Other XP Source Values'''
|-
| class="sub-head" width="33%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Source'''
| class="sub-head" width="20%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Value'''
| class="sub-head" width="47%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Notes'''
|-
| Any SA Course Completed
| 10
|Excludes the Trial of Identity, Trial of Acquisition and Vendetta 'Trivia' exams.
|-
| Each rank in each primary society
| 100
|[[Grand Master's Royal Guard]], [[Aurora Collegium of Sciences]], [[Inquisitorius]], and [[Shroud Syndicate]].
|-
| Each rank in Supplemental Society trophies
| 50
|''Players Gonna Play'' and ''You Can Certainly Try'' for the [[Envoy Corps]] and ''Spoils to the Victor'' and ''Pays to Critique'' for the [[ACC Society]].
|-
| Legion of the Scholar
| 25
|
|-
| Pendant of Blood
| 20
| Existing awards only; PoBs are no longer granted.
|-
| First CS Created Trophy
| 15
| Tracked through the ''Remember the Name'' trophy.
|-
| Discord linked to dossier
| 5
| Tracked through the ''Hello There'' trophy.
|-
| Participating in an ACC match
| 25
|Effective 14 May 2024. Requires at least one submitted post.
|-
| Judging an ACC match
| 50
| Effective 1 June 2024.
|-
|td colspan="3" class="foot" style="background-color: Silver"| 
|}

===Rank Threshholds===
The following are the threshold XP accruals required for each rank.

{|table width="50%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="fancy" style="clear:both"
|-
|td colspan="2" class="head" style="background-color: Gray"| '''Rank Thresholds'''
|-
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Rank'''
| class="sub-head" width="50%" style="background-color: Silver"| '''Accrued XP'''
|-
| Novitiate 1
| N/A
|-
| Novitiate 2
| N/A
|-
| Novitiate 3
| 1
|-
| Novitiate 4
| 350
|-
| Journeyman 1
| 800
|-
| Journeyman 2
| 1300
|-
| Journeyman 3
| 2150
|-
| Journeyman 4
| 3600
|-
| Equite 1
| 6800
|-
| Equite 2
| 12500
|-
| Equite 3
| 23000
|-
| Equite 4
| 44000
|-
| Elder 1
| 85000
|-
| Elder 2
| 190000
|-
| Elder 3
| 400000 and additional requirements (see below)
|-
| Elder 4
| 800000 and additional requirements (see below)
|-
|td colspan="2" class="foot" style="background-color: Silver"| 
|}

===Elder Promotions===

Promotions to the ranks of [[EL3|Elder 3]] and [[EL4|Elder 4]] are subject to additional requirements:

At least three years aggregate time as a Consul (or independent unit leader) or member of the Council for Elder 3, and six years for Elder 4. Simply holding a position is not sufficient. Consideration will be given to a member's contributions to the club as well as whether their time-in-position was active or inactive. Highly impactful work in positions other than Consul or Council may also be considered.

Further, the member's sacramental awards will be reviewed to ensure that they are justified by their recommendations, as some high sacramentals have been awarded in years past for as little as winning a single competition. The value of any medals that do not pass this review will be reduced or deducted from the member's XP total solely for purposes of determining whether the member meets the required XP threshold.
[[Category:Deputy Grand Master Policies]]

Ranks

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== Introduction ==
Ambition is one of the defining characteristics of those who enter the Brotherhood. Through their own desire, and lust for power, they have succeeded in throwing off the values of their cultural backgrounds, and accepting the goals and discipline of the Brotherhood. The problems within an organization as diverse as the Brotherhood, must be overcome with some form of stratification Those in power, the Grand Masters and Elders, carefully instruct their students, using their drive to success as a means of maintaining control over the masses of Journeymen and Equites. This creates an intensely contentious political atmosphere within the Brotherhood.

The most obvious of the political controls, is the Hierarchy of Classes and [[Ranks]]. Every member who seeks, and gains admission to the Brotherhood begins on the bottom of the ladder. The Grand Masters disregard all prior training, and may even suppress the power of an unusual applicant. This ensures that all applicants may begin training according to the strict procedures of the [[Shadow Academy]]. Many [[Apprentice|Apprentices]] literally burn themselves out on emotional fuel as they seek power beyond what they are capable of understanding. The Brotherhood stresses the need for gradual development.

Most political positions, such as [[Clan Summit|Summit]] status, and [[Dark Council|Dark Councilor]] are also dependent on a certain rank. As a Brethren progresses, and develops understanding, they are rewarded with positions of greater prestige. It is almost unheard of for a [[Neophyte]] to command a [[Battleteam]], much less a [[House]], whereas a [[Dark Jedi Knight|Knight]] of reasonable influence could expect to achieve a command position within a [[House]]. [[Elder|Elders]] are almost universally on the [[Dark Council]] or seated upon a [[Clan Summit]]. Those who are not positioned are usually [[Rogue]] members, though a significant number are still active within the [[Clans]].

== Rank Chart ==
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For XP Requirements for each rank [[XP_Policy#Rank_Threshholds | Click Here]]

== Rank Elevations ==
It is a great honor when any Brotherhood member receives a rank elevation. When a member advances, it is because a mentor has determined that they has surpassed the abilities of their current rank. Only certain leadership positions can give promotions to the membership. However, anyone may recommend someone for advancement by contacting a person's superior. The [[Grand Master]] and the [[Master at Arms]] have final jurisdiction over all advancements. If they do not find the candidate is worthy, no elevation is given. All advancements must be approved by the [[Master At Arms]] prior to the announcement of the new rank. The Master At Arms will generally approve promotions according to the following table. Should a person recommend another for a promotion past what their position normally entails, the Master At Arms will get [[Deputy Grand Master]] or Grand Master approval before proceeding.

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{| border="1"
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! Position
! Promotion Authority
|-
| Grand Master
| All Ranks
|-
| Deputy Grand Master / Justicar
| Elder-3
|-
| Core Dark Council
| Elder-2
|-
| Consul
| Elder-2
|-
| Proconsul
| Equite-4
|-
| Aedile - Quaestor
| Equite-3
|-
| Battleteam Leader
| JM-4
|}
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Awards

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{{Guidelines}}
[[Awards]] are given to recognize outstanding service to the [[Brotherhood]] through project work, winning competitive activities, or long term consistent service. Some awards are medals while others are ceremonial devices that can be used fictionally as weapons. Awards are broken down into four categories: Competitions, Merit, Sacramental, and Other. Awards are given based on knowledge, leadership, skill, participation, gaming, mentorship, among other accomplishments.

Some awards are only granted during special occasions: [[seals]] and [[novae]] for some forms of [[Vendetta]]s, the [[Legion of the Scholar]] for trivia victory, and [[Seal of Loyalty]] twice a year. Ultimately, there are a variety of awards for all types of activities at all levels of the Brotherhood. Questions concerning the awards listed on this page or the corresponding category should be directed to the [[Deputy Grand Master]], currently {{DGM}}.

===Authority===
====Crescents====
[[Crescents]] are automatically processed by the database when a competition is judged and closed. The following outlines the appropriate crescent tier based on the target unit:
{| class="fancy"
! Tier !! | Target Unit !! | Upgrades at !!
|-
! Tier 1 Crescents
|DC-run DJB-Wide Competitions
|No Upgrade
|-
! Tier 2 Crescents
|Non-DC DJB-Wide Competitions
|10 Participants
|-
! Tier 3 Crescents
|Clan Competitions
|10 Participants
|-
! Tier 4 Crescents
|House Competitions
|10 Participants
|-
! Tier 5 Crescents
|Battle Team Competitions
|5 Participants
|}

Additionally, crescent tiers scale as follows:
* Upgrade one tier at a scaling threshold of participation (crescents may only upgrade ''once'' per competition)

====Sacramental & Merit====
{| class="fancy"
! Name !! | Authority!!
|-
! [[Dantes Spear]]/[[Golden Lightsaber]]
|[[Grand Master]]
|-
! [[Silver Sash]]/[[Diamond Sword]]
|[[Deputy Grand Master]]/[[Justicar]] Up
|-
! [[Emerald Dagger]]/[[Ruby Scepter]]
|Core [[The Council|Council]] Up
|-
! [[Amethyst Kukri]]
|[[Consul]] Up
|-
! [[Sapphire Blade]]
|[[Proconsul]] Up
|-
! [[Grand Cross]]
|[[Quaestor]] Up
|-
! [[Steel Cross]]
|[[Aedile]] Up
|-
! [[Anteian Cross]]/[[Dark Cross]]
|[[Battle Team Leader]] Up
|}

====Other====
{| class="fancy"
! Name !! | Authority!!
|-
! [[Seal of Loyalty]]
|Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Master at Arms
|-
! [[Letter of Reprimand]]
|[[Justicar]]
|-
! [[Scroll of Foundation]]/[[Scroll of Indoctrination|Indoctrination]]/[[Scroll of the Master|Master]]
|[[Headmaster]] & Staff
|-
! [[Dark Side Scroll]]
|[[Wiki Tribune]] and Wiki Staff
|-
! [[Cluster of Fire]]
|[[Fist of the Brotherhood]] & Staff
|-
! [[Cluster of Ice]]
|[[Voice of the Brotherhood]] & Staff, ACC Staff
|-
! [[Cluster of Graphite]]
|[[Herald]] and Staff
|-
! [[Legion of the Scholar]]
|All primary leadership
|-
! [[Crusade Ribbons]]
|[[Herald]] Staff
|-
|}
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