[AUTOPASS] [BYLAW REVISION] Custom Content Bylaws Rework

THIS PROPOSAL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO AUTOPASS

I, Chase Jelliffe, as Assistant Head Coordinator, hereby propose the following changes to Character Bylaw 7 regarding Custom Content:

Before:

7. Custom Content
   
   1. Defined as any sort of power, item or similar listings which has not been printed in a White Wolf/Onyx Path/CCP book.
   2. Creating Custom Content (Notification items apply to Vampire Players and their playable characters (PCs) only. Items designated as Coordinator (coord) Approval apply to both PCs and NPCs)
      
      1. Blood Magic, including both Paths and Rituals, requires the previous approval of the appropriate Coordinator for the Blood Magic in accordance with Coordinator Bylaws (Section 3.C.ii.6.a)
         1. Custom Paradigms, defined as player created Paradigms not supported by an official OWBN packet, of Blood Magic - PC: Disallowed - NPC: Disallowed - Coordinator: Tremere
      2. Disciplines, Combination Disciplines, Discipline Techniques, and Merits that give access to abilities that mimic supernatural powers (published merits that give mechanical advantages are not considered mimicking powers) requires Notification to the Coordinator responsible for the Clan/Discipline/Genre of the character creating the custom content unless otherwise specified below:
         1. Combination Disciplines and/or Techniques which require a component of either Blood Magic or a clan-specific Discipline also requires Approval from the Coordinator responsible for the Blood Magic paradigm or clan-specific Discipline.
         2. Caitiff and Panders are overseen by the appropriate Sect Coordinator
         3. Custom Combination Discipline or Technique using Protean, Spiritus, and/or Ogham requires Gangrel Coordinator Approval
         4. Custom Combination Discipline or Technique using Chimerstry requires Ravnos Coordinator Approval
         5. Custom Combination Discipline, Technique or other custom content using Temporis requires Brujah Coordinator Approval
         6. Custom Combination Discipline, Technique or other custom content using Dementation requires Malkavian Coordinator Approval for Non-Malkavians
         7. Custom Combination Discipline, Technique, or other custom content using Flight and/or Visceratika requires Tremere Coordinator Approval
         8. Custom Combination Discipline, Technique or other custom content using Quietus, Hematus, Minhit Dume, Cruscitus, or Sorcerer Quietus requires Assamite Coordinator Approval
         9. Custom Combination Discipline, Technique or other custom content using Dur-An-Ki, Assamite Sorcery, or Sihr requires Assamite Coordinator Approval
         10. Custom Combination Disciplines, Technique or other custom content using Daimonion requires Demon Coordinator Approval
         11. Custom Combination Discipline, Technique, or other custom content using Obtenebration requires Lasombra Coordinator Approval
         12. Custom Combination Discipline or Technique using Abombwe requires Anarch Coordinator Approval
         13. Custom Combination Discipline, Technique or other custom content using Valeren or Obeah requires Salubri Coordinator Approval
         14. Custom vampiric content that includes, duplicates, mimics, or acts in a similar fashion to Thaumaturgical Countermagic (or similarly published powers) requires Tremere Coordinator Approval.
         15. Custom Combination Discipline, Technique or other custom content using Serpentis, Akhu, Nahuollotl, Wanga, Afro-Caribbean Sorcery, or Seidr requires Setite Coordinator Approval.
      3. Custom Infernal Investments requires Demon Coordinator Approval
      4. Custom powers or item which allows the detection of Infernalism, or Demons, Fallen, or Earth bound requires Demon Coordinator Approval
      5. Custom Abyss Mysticism Rituals requires Lasombra Coordinator Approval
      6. Salubri Custom Blooding Rituals requires Salubri Coordinator Approval
      7. Paths of Enlightenment, including customized versions of existing/printed Paths of Enlightenment
         1. Notified to the Sect Coordinator appropriate to the character. For members of Independent Clans who are not part of a Sect, notification is to the Coordinator responsible for the character's Clan. These Clans are as follows:
            
            1. Assamites
            2. Baali
            3. Followers of Set
            4. Gangrel
            5. Giovanni
            6. Ravnos
            7. Samedi
      8. Ritae with Mechanical Advantages - PC: Coordinator Approval - NPC: Coordinator Approval – Coordinator: Sabbat
      9. Custom Demon the Fallen Lores, and Fallen Rituals - PC: Coordinator Approval - NPC: Coordinator Approval - Coordinator Demon
      10. Custom Content that alters experience point costs - PC: Disallowed - NPC: Disallowed
          1. Custom content that has additional benefits beside experience altering properties may still be purchased, but may not utilize the benefits of the experience point alterations contained in said custom content.
      11. Custom Content that alters, affects, interacts with or ignores True Faith - PC: Coordinator Approval - NPC: Coordinator Approval - Coordinator Hunter
   3. Learning Custom Content
      
      1. PCs learning any Custom Content previously created by another Character needs to Notify the appropriate Coordinator as per the above guidelines and must also have learned the custom content from the character that created it or another character who can accurately trace the instruction to the original creator. This is to exclude any power or mechanic that is contained within a packet or had been in a packet (requiring that Coordinator's Approval). Coordinators may, at their discretion, also exclude a power from this clause if they have sufficient need to do so and a recent packet that would cover the power or mechanic has not been updated within ONE calendar year.
         1. Non-Malkavian PCs learning any Custom Content using Dementation previously created by another Character requires Malkavian Coordinator Approval.
         2. Non-Gargoyle PCs and NPCs learning any Custom Content using Flight or Visceratika previously created requires Tremere Coordinator Approval
            
            1. Non-Gargoyle NPC’s with Visceratika/Flight based custom content are disallowed
         3. Dur-An-Ki practitioner PCs learning Custom Content paths and rituals of Dur-An-Ki previously created require Assamite Coordinator approval, but do not require a PC "teacher" because Dur-An-Ki is learned via ascending the ladder of heaven, and is not "taught" by a PC.
         4. Learning Custom Combination Discipline, Technique, or Other Custom Content using Quietus, Hematus, Minhit Dume, Cruscitus, or Sorcerer Quietus requires Assamite Coordinator Approval.
         5. Wanga practitioner PC's learning Custom Content paths and rituals of Wanga previously created require Setite Coordinator approval.
            
            1. Must have Original Creators OOC Approval as well as Coordinator Approval.
      2. PCs learning Custom Content which has not been previously Notified will be required to Notify the Custom Content as well as the learning of it.
         1. The Notification of this learning must include the name of the character who is teaching the Custom Content
   4. Duties for Custom Content archival shall be:
      
      1. All Custom Content will be recorded and compiled by the Archivist into a single document which shall be accessible on the One World by Night website.
         1. This document will include the following information about each item of Custom Content:
            
            1. Name of the Custom
            2. Type (Discipline, Combo, etc)
            3. For Combination Disciplines, the component requirements
            4. Cost
            5. The MET Mechanics
            6. Date of the Archival
            7. Coordinator office responsible for monitoring the Custom Content
         2. HST Name and Chronicle Name (where the Custom Content was Approved) will be recorded, but not listed publicly in the document

After:

7. Custom Content
   
   1. Defined as any sort of power, item or similar listings which has not been printed in a White Wolf/Onyx Path/CCP book.
   2. Custom Content follows the Registration time frame detailed in the Controlled Items section.
   3. Creating Custom Content (Notification items apply to Vampire Players and their playable characters (PCs) only. Items designated as Coordinator Approval apply to both PCs and NPCs)
      
      1. Restricted Custom Content overseen by Vampire Genre Coordinators
         1. Blood Magic, including both Paths and Rituals, requires the previous approval of the appropriate Coordinator for the Blood Magic in accordance with Coordinator Bylaws (Section 3.C.ii.6.a)
            
            1. Custom Paradigms, defined as player created Paradigms not supported by an official OWBN packet, of Blood Magic - PC: Disallowed - NPC: Disallowed - Coordinator: Tremere
         2. Custom Disciplines, Combination Disciplines, Discipline Techniques, and Merits that give access to abilities that mimic supernatural powers (published merits that give mechanical advantages are not considered mimicking powers) requires Notification to the Coordinator responsible for the Clan/Discipline/Genre of the character creating the custom content.
         3. Disciplines, Combination Disciplines and Discipline Techniques requires Notification to the Coordinator responsible for the Clan/Discipline of the character creating the custom content unless otherwise specified below:
            
            1. Caitiff and Panders are overseen by the appropriate Sect Coordinator.
            2. Combination Disciplines and/or Techniques which require a component of either Blood Magic or a clan-specific Discipline also requires Approval from the Coordinator responsible for the Blood Magic paradigm or clan-specific Discipline with the following exceptions:
               
               1. Custom Combination Discipline, Technique or other custom content using Dementation requires Malkavian Coordinator Approval for Non-Malkavians only.
         4. Any Custom vampiric content that includes, duplicates, mimics, or acts in a similar fashion to Thaumaturgical Countermagic (or similarly published powers) requires Tremere Coordinator Approval.
         5. Custom Blooding by the Code Rituals requires Salubri Coordinator Approval
         6. Paths of Enlightenment, including customized versions of existing/printed Paths of Enlightenment
            
            1. Notified to the Sect Coordinator appropriate to the character. For members of Independent Clans who are not part of a Sect, notification is to the Coordinator responsible for the character's Clan. These Clans are as follows:
               
               1. Assamites
               2. Baali
               3. Followers of Set
               4. Gangrel
               5. Giovanni
               6. Ravnos
               7. Samedi
         7. Ritae with Mechanical Advantages - PC: Coordinator Approval - NPC: Coordinator Approval – Coordinator: Sabbat
      2. Restricted Custom Content overseen by the Demon Coordinator
         1. Custom Infernal Investments requires Demon Coordinator Approval
         2. Custom powers or item which allows the detection of Infernalism, or Demons, Fallen, or Earthbound requires Demon Coordinator Approval
         3. Custom Demon the Fallen Lores and Fallen Rituals require Demon Coordinator Approval
      3. Restricted Custom Content overseen by the Hunter Coordinator
         1. Custom Content that alters, affects, interacts with or ignores True Faith require Hunter Coordinator Approval
      4. Custom Content that alters experience point costs - PC: Disallowed - NPC: Disallowed
         1. Custom content that has additional benefits beside experience altering properties may still be purchased, but may not utilize the benefits of the experience point alterations contained in said custom content.
   4. Learning Custom Content
      
      1. PCs learning any Custom Content previously created by another Character needs to Notify the appropriate Coordinator as per the above guidelines and must also have learned the custom content from the character that created it or another character who can accurately trace the instruction to the original creator. This is to exclude any power or mechanic that is contained within a packet or had been in a packet (requiring that Coordinator's Approval). Coordinators may, at their discretion, also exclude a power from this clause if they have sufficient need to do so and a recent packet that would cover the power or mechanic has not been updated within ONE calendar year.
         1. Non-Malkavian PCs learning any Custom Content using Dementation previously created by another Character requires Malkavian Coordinator Approval.
         2. Non-Gargoyle PCs and NPCs learning any Custom Content using Flight or Visceratika previously created requires Tremere Coordinator Approval
            
            1. Non-Gargoyle NPC’s with Visceratika/Flight based custom content are disallowed
         3. Dur-An-Ki practitioner PCs learning Custom Content paths and rituals of Dur-An-Ki previously created require Assamite Coordinator approval, but do not require a PC "teacher" because Dur-An-Ki is learned via ascending the Ladder of Heaven, and is not "taught" by a PC.
         4. Learning Custom Combination Discipline, Technique, or Other Custom Content using Quietus, Hematus, Minhit Dume, Cruscitus, or Sorcerer Quietus requires Assamite Coordinator Approval.
         5. Wanga practitioner PC's learning Custom Content paths and rituals of Wanga previously created require Setite Coordinator approval.
            
            1. Must have Original Creators OOC Approval as well as Coordinator Approval.
      2. PCs learning Custom Content which has not been previously Notified will be required to Notify the Custom Content as well as the learning of it.
         
         1. The Notification of this learning must include the name of the character who is teaching the Custom Content
   5. Duties for Custom Content archival shall be:
      
      1. All Custom Content will be recorded and compiled by the Archivist into a single document which shall be accessible on the One World by Night website.
         1. This document will include the following information about each item of Custom Content:
            
            1. Name of the Custom
            2. Type (Discipline, Combo, etc)
            3. For Combination Disciplines, the component requirements
            4. Cost
            5. The MET Mechanics
            6. Date of the Archival
            7. Coordinator office responsible for monitoring the Custom Content
         2. HST Name and Chronicle Name (where the Custom Content was Approved) will be recorded, but not listed publicly in the document

Reasoning:

Reformatting the custom content bylaws so they are more organized and removed duplicated information.

Added 7.b regarding bump bump passing for Custom Content as arguably it didn’t apply before since bump bump pass is in Section 10 of the bylaws, not 7.

Rewording/Clarification of the Blooding Rituals bylaw supported by the Salubri Coordinator.