8. Status Points and Social Level

1. A character's Social Level (SL) affects just about every aspect of his life. SL can be increased by accumulating Status Points (SP) during a month.

2. SP may be accumulated in various ways. Everything from Club membership to weekly actions can earn or lose the character SP.

3. To maintain his current SL, a character must have a total number of SP equal to or greater than his SL by the end of each month. If he fails to achieve this, the character loses one SL but is refunded 2*new SL in SP or the entire amount of SP (whichever is the lesser).

4. At the end of the turn, an SP maintenance cost of 2*SL SP is deducted from the character.

5. The SP excess or deficit carried forward by a character into the next month following the deduction of the SP maintenance cost may not exceed 2*SL.

6. 4*SL Status Points are required to raise an SL. If that total is achieved, 3*old SL SP are deducted from the character that month in addition to the usual 2*old SL SP maintenance cost. Only then is the excess or deficit up to 2*old SL calculated.

7. A maximum of one SL may be gained or lost in one month in ordinary circumstances. Certain situations which impose an automatic gain or loss are additional to any SL changes based upon the character's SP total.

8. When on a Mission, no changes are made to a character's SP tally and he resumes with the previous total carried forward on his return to Rome. SP for certain events such as debates that take place before but in the same month as a character departs on a Mission or Foreign Expedition are held over until the character returns to Rome.

9. The SL of a PC cannot exceed 22.

10. The following table illustrates what might happen for a character of SL 8: