Civil Society/Government/Joining

 Status in City Government can be acquired at character creation or during play. PC's are forbidden from holding elected office at the moment, but status can be acquired in other ways. One can work in the offices of the city or county, organize with one of the local activist groups, take part in a local union that funds a corrupt politician, or represent a political party's interests in court or before the press. Money and favors are the typical currency in Philadelphia politics, and most politicians fear only the District Attorney's office and the lenses of the Action News Team. What are they going to do? Vote Republican?

 While one can theoretically acquire status in Government without the following stats, one would be hard pressed to hold it for long without them.

• Manipulation, Resolve
• Politics, Subterfuge, Persuasion
• Allies, Contacts, Resources