Overview

Running Contract Bloodlines

AX.GHW.14.03

This document is GM-facing guidance for running campaigns with Marked PCs. It covers the five involvement levels, what moves the needle between them, how each contract type expresses attention, the Threshold alignment question for covenants with the Illuminated, and three modes of using the contract source as campaign architecture.

The Marked lineage is complete without this framework — the mechanics function, the perks work, the traditions are playable. What this provides is the material behind the engine: what happens when the Strained state isn't the end of the story, and what the GM needs to decide before the first session with a Marked player.