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Chapter 4 | Contents | Appendix
Note: These are assumed as supplemental to Sect specific Lore. Toreador Lore 6 and 7 will also access those players to additional information provided by the Office of the Toreador Specialty Advisor for use in national plotlines. CbT is an abbreviation for Clanbook Toreador; LONr is an abbreviation for Laws of the Night, Revised; VtM refers to Vampire: the Masquerade.
x1: What an unreleased childe would have heard through the grapevine:
- Understands that Toreador stand by arts and humanities.
- Heard the terms Salon, Artiste, and Poseur, but does not understand what these mean.
- Toreador are cliche-ish.
- No Lineage knowledge.
- Aware of arts on-going in city.
- Knowledgeable of major artistic movements, but do not know of any Toreador impact upon these movements.
- Toreador frequent art shows, high society galas, and media events.
x2: What a newly released Childe would know:
- Can give brief summary of views Clan Toreador has on the other clans of their sect.
- Basic understanding of Toreador ideals.
- Learned the difference between Artiste and Poseur.
- Knows the names of the Guilds.
- Knows there are Lineages, but have maybe heard reference to half of them.
- Knows base history of art, insofar as major movements and some minor movements within, but no knowledge of any Toreador impact upon any of these.
- May have attended an exhibition.
- Can recognize local Toreador.
x3: What an up-and-coming Toreador Powerhouse would know:
- May be very concerned with your Artiste appearance, upon hearing some rumors [CbT, "Art's Defilers, pg. 24].
- Knows Toreador specific events and rumors from 1700 to present time, or history of Clan Toreador which spans the character's lifetime, whichever is greater.
- Basic introduction to the inter-workings of Clan politics and the use of status.
- Heard some other disturbing rumors with regard to the Toreador and their relations [CbT,"Beauty and the Beast", pg. 15].
- Recognizes any Toreador with Toreador Status of 4 or better.
- Learned the names of the different Guilds, the focus of each, understands classification distinctions, aware of the Guild structure [apprentice to Didaskoli], but does not know their function.
- Learned the names of some of the other coteries within clan Toreador, but are unsure as to their membership and purpose.
- Knows the names of the major Toreador Lineages, and can contact its most prominent member easily; heard mention of some of the minor Toreador Lineages.
- Able to distinguish between the classifications and types of Art.
- Aware of how Clan Toreador has impacted the major artistic movements.
- Understands the differences between the various Toreador gatherings, and may have even been invited to a Salon.
x4: What an established Toreador has overheard:
- Understands enough about the relationship between the Artistes and Poseurs to know that no one should feel threatened by being referred to as a Poseur.
- Knows Toreador specific events and rumors from 1400 to present time, or history of Clan Toreador which spans the character's lifetime, whichever is greater.
- Heard some rumors about the Clan Founders [CbT, paragraph 1-5, "A Frightening Legacy", pg. 11].
- Can recognize any Toreador with Toreador status 3 or better.
- Knows the names of each Didaskalos for each Guild, all of the members of the Guild in your Region.
- Knows most of the ideologies of the major Toreador Coteries or a prominent member of that coterie.
- Has several contacts within the Major Toreador Lineages, and knows the names of all of the minor Toreador Lineages.
- Has become distinctly aware of the arts, able to match artist to work with great ease.
- Heard some rumors of how Toreador have influenced the minor movements.
- Can wrangle special invitations to major Toreador Balls or Grand Salons; knows the etiquette of how to host Salons and may know enough etiquette to effectively host a Toreador Ball.
x5: Gossip that takes real talent to uncover [RST Approval]
- Heard some rumors of Toreador specific sections of the Book of Nod, not knowing what specifically it said.
- Knows Toreador specific events and rumors from 500 to present time, or history of Clan Toreador which spans the character's lifetime, whichever is greater.
- Heard some interesting rumors of the Clan Founders [CbT, paragraph 1-8, "A Frightening Legacy", pg. 11]. Can recognize any Toreador with 2 or more status.
- Knows the history of the recent re-establishment of the Guilds, and knows the Guild Membership of neighboring Regions.
- Has heard rumors of the minor Toreador coteries.
- Knows most, if not all, of the members of the Major Toreador Lineages, and knows to contact the most prominent member of each minor Toreador Lineage.
- Aware of how Toreador have influenced the minor movements.
- Knows the secret motivations behind those who sponsor Salons, and usually has an inside ear, whether you attend that salon or not.
- Knows the etiquette for hosting a Grand Salon.
x6: Rumors and Secrets which fall beyond Gossip [RST Approval]
- May own some portions of the Book of Nod relating to the Toreador.
- Knows Toreador specific events and rumors from 1 AD to present time, or history of Clan Toreador which spans the character's lifetime, whichever is greater.
- Has heard all the rumors of the legends of the First City and some of the legends of the Second City from the Toreador perspective.
- Has heard a few more interesting rumors [CbT, All of "A Frightening Legacy", pg. 11].
- Can recognize any Toreador with in clan status.
- Can name all of the Grand Masters and Syndaskoli of the Guilds, and possibly have contacts there in; knows of the history of the Guilds from 1400 to the present time.
- Has a contact within the minor Toreador Cotories.
- Very aware of Toreador Lineages.
- Aware of each and every Toreador influenced artistic movement.
x7: Rumors and Secrets no one talks about [NST Approval]
- Owns significant portions of the Book of Nod that relate to the Toreador in.
- Knows first hand what happened in the First City and in the Second City.
- Can name all of the Didaskoli of the Guilds, and most probably has their ear.
- Knows several contacts in the minor, secretive coteries.
- Has hosted many Grand Salons.
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