Civil Society/Crime/Rules

 Crime Status reflects your influence within your organization. It represents the number of thugs you can bring to a fight, the amount of credence fellow members will give to your beefs in other organizations, and how likely your schemes are to be supported by leadership and your subordinates. It represents your value to your higher ups, and how likely or unlikely they are to betray you for the sake of peace or advancement. It's both your credibility and your gravitas. High status means others want to please you, and probably want to replace you. Low status means others want to use you, and possibly mentor you in the organization.

 There is honor among thieves, to a point. Especially within organized crime. But even with that said, the river is full of the bodies of those who were assured that it's only business.

• Status 1: Street level thug, mob associate, book maker, 'dues paying' business owner
• Status 2: Made men, soldiers, mob members, smuggler
• Status 3: Capos, block captains, chemist
• Status 4: Underbosses, gang leader, the consigliere
• Status 5: The Boss