Official Kindred Society Rules, v2.9 (1/20/97)

These are intermediate rules for Scum: The Masquerade. They begin the movement away from normal scum, and towards a more complex version. You should use these only after you understand the basic rules. They may be used with or without any other intermediate rules.

Glossary:

Boon: A favor owed between players.

In this version, things play with the basic rules, with a few additions. These are as follows:

Voting: When voting, Justicar has 3 votes, Prince has 2, Primogen has 1, and the majority of all others is 1. The side with more votes wins. (There may be abstentions)
Boons: Players may barter and promise with each other, and are encouraged to do so in the normal politicking of the game. Boons are just a way of codifying that, and giving it a currency. Note that boons are between players, not positions, and so remain between sets. Boons range from the trivial to the overwhelming. The approved boons which can be granted are:
- trivial boon: you will pass once, when the recipient requests.
- minor boon: you will use a single discipline as the recipient asks.
- major boon: you will give the privilege to lead to another, when the recipient asks, and you would normally lead.
- life boon: any debt may be owed, but it must be specified at the time of the deal. Of course, all these debts must be legal. (i.e., promises to lead a certain type of hand, or to pass, etc. You can't use this to trade cards as boons.)
All boons are binding; however, they must be named as a boon. If a favor or deal is not named as a boon, it is not binding, so be careful.
Iron Fist: The Justicar has final say in all out-of-game things, such as who sits on the floor, and who gets cushy bench space. This is subject to vote (See 1).
Velvet Glove: The Justicar declares who deals, who to begin with, and in what order. It is usually still beneficial to deal to scum first, proceeding up. Note that this only affects the order of dealing, and thus will not cause a great discrepancy in card amounts (i.e., the Justicar may not declare that Scum is dealt 30 cards, Caitiff 10, Prince 11, and himself 1)
Anarch Revolution: If the current scum goes out first, thereby becoming Justicar, all positions reverse. Justicar becomes scum, Prince becomes Caitiff, etc.
The Masquerade: If any player goes out on a hand where the high card's value is the 2 of hearts or higher, he/she has broken the masquerade, and is automatically scum next set.
Bloodhunting: If a player is becoming extremely annoying, or anything similar, the Prince may elect to call a bloodhunt on this person. Only the Prince has this power. This initiates a vote on the subject. If the vote passes, the person becomes scum. This may only be used between rounds, after the person has retained the same position.
Discipline restrictions: Discipline restrictions may be edited by the Justicar, as long as they keep all positions equal (the exception to this is that Caitiff may be allowed to choose any disciplines, and/or no more than one dot in any discipline, and scum may be given a scum power (scum's choice) instead of disciplines.)
For example, some common changes are: requiring everyone to take one of each of their clan disciplines; allowing Protean to anyone; giving everyone an automatic dot of Potence; having no disciplines or powers. This is subject to a vote (See 1).

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