The Society of Tanelorn - Promotion System

The first rank (Wanderer) is a temporary position for starting members and those accused of wrongdoing. They have no vote in clan affairs.

Rank in Tanelorn now follows a point-based promotional system. To advance you must accumulate enough points and be active in the clan for a minimum period of time based on the rank to be gained. Being inactive can result in a reduction in rank.

Activity Point Promotion System
Target Rank Points Needed Min. Time
Brother/Sister 500 1 Month
Synthesist 1000 3 months
Concilator 2500 5 months
Just 6000 7 months
Peacekeeper 16000 12 months
Halcyon Special Special

Being inactive for extended periods of time count against your Minimum Time. Being offline for most of a month will void that month when deciding if you qualify for promotion.

Halcyon selection is still primarily decided by clan vote and other related factors. Points and Time in the clan don't enter into it directly although it's quite possible a leader nominee will gain fewer votes if they're new to the clan or are known to be inactive or have few points gained. That is up to individual clan members to decide for themselves.

Pillar of Experience
Tiers 10pts/tier
Remorts 5pts/remort
Levels 2pts/level
Powerups 1pt/pup
Clan Donations 1pt/million donated.


Pillar of Knowledge
Percentage of MUD Explored 1pt/percent
Global Quests Won 10pt/gquest
Campaigns Complete 5pt/campaign
Quests Complete 1pt/quest
Goals Complete 5pt/goal
Intraclan Activities * 5pt/submission
Recruting Members ** 50pt/Recruit
* These are things that can be uploaded to our Mailing List for members-only. Upload your own submissions as we will track things by email address associated with the uploads.
** Recruits must reach Brother/Sister.

Examples of Intraclan Activities : map submissions, goal submissions, leveling guides, monster weakness charts, Customized Tanelornian SWs, scripts etc.


Pillar of Wisdom
Wars 1pt/win
Tanelorn Festival Participation 250pt (1/yr)
Inter-Clan Festival Participation 200pt (1/yr)
Winning Another Clan Contest 100pt (Must Confirm)
Area Builder 50pt/area
Advisor Status * 10pt
Helper Status * 50pt
Mudwide Games/Trivia 10pt/game
Public Dissertations 200pt ** (1/month)
Designing Clan Items/Mobs/Rooms 1pt/vote ***
* These points are only given while you have the associated flag. Losing the flag makes you lose the points! (The points are not cumulative/month!)
** Must pass evaluation on performance.
*** Must also pass a clan vote.

Promotion Tracking Activities

An exception to the normal ability to advance in ranks is being a Tanelorn Helper. These individuals are given regular tasks to be performed that assist with various parts of the Clan's management. Most of these will likely deal with the tracking of promotion points.

These individuals advance in rank once per month until they have reached Peacekeeper so long as they have their duties performed for the month. Failure to perform their required duties will result in a recalculation of their rank based on normal points and dropped to the appropriate rank as necessary.


Inactivity & Demotion Qualifications

Tanelorn has specific rules that are expected to be followed by all members. While specific punishments for breaking those rules will always be decided on a case-by-case basis as always, a temporary demotion to Wanderer will be involved at all times. This has not changed.

Additionally, members must remain active to retain their rank. At the very least this means staying online, but generally it will also involve actually BEING ACTIVE! Being inactive for excessive amounts of time will cause the loss of ranks, one at a time, until they reach the rank of Brother/Sister. Being inactive for a year or longer will result in a drop to Wanderer regardless of rank.

Basically, after so many months inactive at a certain rank, a member gets demoted.

If a member has not gotten their required points needed to be promoted when their time requirement is fullfilled they stay at their current rank, if that member is an active player.

Inactivity Demotions
Current Rank Inactive for Dropped To
Halcyon* 2 months Peacekeeper
Peacekeeper** 3 months Just
Just 3 months Concilator
Concilator 3 months Synthesist
Synthesist 2 months Brother/Sister
* Halcyons are expected to be relatively active. However at the same time there must be suitable replacements for whenever one is to be demoted. Suitable replacements are not determined by rank (although they must be above Wanderer naturally!)
** Peacekeepers that have assigned duties within the clan retain their rank so long as their duties are carried out reliably. The inactivity period only holds for those who have the rank normally.

One can not drop below Brother/Sister strictly for inactivity unless they have been offline for a full year. (And even Peacekeepers will go directly to Wanderer for being offline/inactive for that long!)


Extended Inactivity Grace

The times given above are for members who have earned their points in passive or "easy" ways. (powerups, levels,tiers, being an advisor/helper, etc)

Members who achieve fairly big milestones or have accomplished some major achievements for Tanelorn within the last year can be inactive for twice as long without incurring rank penalities.

NOTE: Being offline for an entire year will still result in a drop to Wanderer!

Some examples that can give a tanelornian extended grace periods include, but are not strictly limited to:

  1. Staying within the Top 100 of any ranking.
  2. Exceeding 90% of the mud explored.
  3. Giving a public dissertation within the last year.
  4. Participating and helping to run the Tanelornian Festival, or Tanelorn's participation in a more general Inter-Clan fair, within the last year.
  5. Reaching Tier 9.