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Canon Arbitration

Canon Arbitration tickets or "CATs" are forms for players to include members of a story arc and staff together to arbitrate a solution. These should not be done lightly or spitefully, and good faith is expected from all parties, even in the heat of disagreement.

To open a CAT, use the ticketbot button here (https://discord.com/channels/1343630476497391646/1343775209328607354/1396595516929736907) here. When opening it, list all the players involved in the situation. Once the ticket is made, elaborate on the IC justifications as well as the action you wish to take (Faction removal, demotion in status, etc).

Once all the involved parties are in the ticket by the staff member handling the ticket, the situation should be discussed between the players and the staff handling the ticket. The staff member will make the ultimate decision to advance the plot or not. If they choose to, the decision is binding and can involve restricting or deleting character sheets. If they choose not to, a lesser development may proceed, or whatever decision is made by the parties involved goes forward.

Staff will be making determinations based on the context of the situation to keep the theme of a Gothic Horror, World of Darkness setting. After a plot is allowed to move forward, it may be immediately played out.

Use of the Canon Arbitration system should NOT be for typical deaths, conflicts, or issues covered by Core Rules 7.2 or 7.3, and is made for when issues become irreconcilable. IE: CA tickets are to settle canonical disagreements between groups or players that have otherwise been unable to be solved in good faith. Outright character death, in most cases, will be a unanimous decision.