Undermountain has created the need for the guilds, groups with set goals and aligned purpose. This guild is one of those created for a specific purpose. Saving lost and injured adventurers, as well as recovering the dead.
- Skill Proficiencies: Medicine and your choice of one from: Investigation, Perception, or Survival.
- Languages: One language of your choice.
- Equipment: Recovery Team Pack, Badge or emblem of your guild, a copy of a seminal guild text , a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 1 sp.
Recovery Team Pack:
2x Quarterstaff
Hardy Blanket with folds for stretcher
Healer's Kit
Trauma Kit (Bonesaw, Tourniquet, Cauterizing Iron)
Rope, Hempen (50 feet)
Small sized keg of Brandy
As a guild member of one of the Undermountain Guilds, you openly display either a badge, insignia, or signet ring of your guild. In Undermountain, you are protected and bound by the laws of the charter.
1. You may not openly attack members of any guild that has signed the Undermountain Guild Charter.
2. You are protected from attacks by members of any guild that has signed the Undermountain Guild Charter.
3. You have the ability to be backed by your guild, financially. Normal starting gold limit is 400gp, but with a guild backing you, your limits may be higher or get extra equipment.
4. You obey the tenets set forth by your Guild Leader or Council.
5. You may be asked to join a group comprised of one or many different guilds' members, the group must elect a party leader to give the party a focused direction or directive.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the folk hero background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a guild agent.
Your bond might be associated with other members of your guild, or a location or an object that is important to your faction. The ideal you strive for is probably in keeping with the tenets and principles of your guild, but might be more personal in nature.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I judge people by their actions, not their words. |
| 2 | If someone is in trouble, I’m always ready to lend help. |
| 3 | When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way. |
| 4 | I have a strong sense of fair play and always try to find the most equitable solution to arguments. |
| 5 | I’m confident in my own abilities and do what I can to instill confidence in others. |
| 6 | Thinking is for other people. I prefer action. |
| 7 | I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter. |
| 8 | I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny? |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Respect. People deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. (Good) |
| 2 | Fairness. No one should get preferential treatment before the law, and no one is above the law. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Freedom. Tyrants must not be allowed to oppress the people. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Might. If I become strong, I can take what I want—what I deserve. (Evil) |
| 5 | Sincerity. There’s no good in pretending to be something I’m not. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Destiny. Nothing and no one can steer me away from my higher calling. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have a family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see them again. |
| 2 | I worked the land, I love the land, and I will protect the land. |
| 3 | A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will take my revenge on any bully I encounter. |
| 4 | My tools are symbols of my past life, and I carry them so that I will never forget my roots. |
| 5 | I protect those who cannot protect themselves. |
| 6 | Everything I do is for the common people. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely. |
| 2 | I’m convinced of the significance of my destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk of failure. |
| 3 | The people who knew me when I was young know my shameful secret, so I can never go home again. |
| 4 | I am inflexible in my thinking. |
| 5 | I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them. |
| 6 | Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life. |
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