Pack Advocate

"You are representing a pack that has been in this territory for six generations. The Conclave will hear you. Whether it hears what you're actually saying is a different question, and that's what I'm here for."

Favored Save: Body Save (+1D to Body + Fortitude rolls)

Power Access: Pact-Shifting at 1D (optional). Advocates who develop Pact-Shifting alongside their community work find the tradition's Form expressions complement their practice, the lineage's physical depth expressed professionally, and the tradition's development reflecting the same community roots the advocacy work draws on. Pact-Shifting access through this Profession follows standard affinity (1D); it does not require Skinchanger lineage to take the Advocate role, but non-Skinchanger Advocates rarely develop the tradition.

Starting Resources: Compact credentials (recognized by organizations with formal Compact relationships as community representative standing), standing access to the regional Conclave proceedings and territorial records for their operating area, and the backing of the pack or packs they represent, which means their standing in external relationships is exactly as solid as the packs behind them.

Lineage Affinity: Skinchanger. Non-Skinchanger Advocates exist, particularly in Conclaves with significant lineage diversity or in cases where a pack requires representation in external institutional contexts that benefit from a human-presenting representative, but the role is overwhelmingly held by Skinchanger community members.

Progression Track: Pack Advocate

Stage 1 (10 XP), Conclave Standing
  The Advocate has recognized standing in their regional Conclave
  and enough track record to be taken seriously when representing
  their pack's interests.
  - Conclave Authority: When representing a pack in Conclave
    proceedings or external relationships backed by Conclave
    standing, the Advocate rolls at +1D on Wit + Persuade rolls.
    The Compact's documented history and territorial records are
    present in every negotiation.
  - Territory Verification: The Advocate can access and formally
    invoke the regional Registry documentation for any pack within
    their Conclave's area, confirming recognized territorial
    claims, lineage standing, and historical precedents relevant to
    active disputes. This verification carries institutional weight
    in Conclave proceedings.

Stage 2 (25 XP), Senior Advocate
  The Advocate has built relationships across their Conclave and
  has standing recognized beyond their home pack.
  - Cross-Pack Standing: The Advocate can represent any pack within
    their Conclave region that requests their advocacy, not only
    their originating pack. This extends their operational scope
    and their knowledge of inter-pack dynamics in the region.
  - External Representative: The Advocate has formal standing to
    represent Skinchanger community interests to external
    organizations, BUA, Vanguard, Obsidian Solutions, others,
    in a capacity those organizations are expected to acknowledge.
    The acknowledgment is not always gracious, but it is on record.

Stage 3 (50 XP), Conclave Chair / Senior Authority
  The Advocate has become someone the Conclave relies on for its
  most consequential decisions, a figure whose standing in the
  community reflects decades of genuine service.
  - Chair Authority: The Advocate may hold or has held the position
    of Conclave Chair, the authority to manage proceedings,
    commit the Conclave's institutional position, and submit formal
    Registry actions on the Conclave's behalf. Whether they
    currently hold the Chair depends on their Conclave's rotation
    schedule; their standing to hold it is established.
  - Registry Submission: The Advocate can initiate formal Registry
    actions, new pack recognition submissions, territorial record
    updates, contested entry flags, with the Conclave's backing.
    These submissions go to the Registry Council. They are not
    automatically accepted. They are not ignored.