Individuals who accept the challenge of participating in the Games are often called High Rollers. Due to the deadly risks they take by participating in the Games, they are gambling with their lives (or worse) at stake. Harbingers sometimes refer to them as Imbued or Chosen. In-game, characters have been known to adopt their own terms such as Contractors, Doornails, Specialists, Aspirants, Expendables, Head Hunters, and many more.
Newbies
New High Rollers know virtually nothing about the Games, Gifts, Harbingers, and the like.
Newbies seldom understand the concept of Games and objectives, and have only the vaguest conception of Gifts. A new High Roller will typically meet a Harbinger at some point within his first few Games, but will have little understanding of the significance of the event.
Novices
Characters with a couple of Games under their belt are full-fledged Novices. They typically have a limited understanding of the nature of the Games (though they at least know enough to ask questions) and a high mortality rate.
Seasoned Characters
Most characters become Seasoned after winning about ten Games. This is not a sharp cutoff, but a measure of power and ability.
High Seasoned Characters
High Seasoned Characters typically have twenty or more Gifts. They are allowed to play in Games with Veterans, but may not play with Novices. They may not play in Solos.
Veterans
A Veteran is a character who has received the Veteran Template and is recognized as mechanically sound. Most have thirty or more Gifts. Characters usually receive a revision upon achieving the Veteran Template.
Veterans (and only Veterans) can engage in Solo House Games. Vets may only play in Solos or with Veteran and High Seasoned Characters; they may not play with Novice or Seasoned Characters.
To qualify for a Veteran Test, a character should be able to stand in front of thirty cops unloading their service pistols and come out relatively unscathed.
Veteran Test: A character who wishes to declare himself a Veteran should complete a grueling Veteran Game entirely by himself, with no assistance.
The Veteran Template raises the cap on all Backgrounds from 5 to 8. A Gift may raise this limit to 10 in a specific Background.
Veterans gain the following Merits.
Veteran Nerves: All Virtue rolls are -2 Difficulty. Always in effect.
Grim Resolve: You can burn a permanent point from any Pool with a Permanent Rating (Willpower, Psion, Gnosis, Tao, etc. NOT Blood, Pathos, Mana, or similar Temporary Pools). You immediately regain all your temporary points up to your new adjusted rating. May be used at will.
All Veterans receive a free subscription to all episodes of "You Bet Your Life", which they may watch at their leisure. Vets may consider themselves "in the know" about any occurrences within such games, and may act accordingly.
