Affiliations (D&D)

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Type

The type of the affiliation indicates what services and executive powers it can have.

Scale

How likely are you to find the affiliation as you wander the world? An affiliation can be large without being powerful or rich. A loose affiliation or one where members have many interests besides the affiliation, can grow quickly without gaining much influence or wealth.

Scale	Members	Scope of Influence	Examples
1	2	Neighborhood	Bakery, druid, hermit
2	4	Neighborhoods	Crossroads tavern
3	8	City quarter	Small abbey, small tribe
4	15	City quarter	Bank, Slaughterhouse, trading post
5	30	City	Arena, pirate ship, githzerai rrakma
6	60	City watch, wild elf tribe
7	125	City and outliers	Large college, wizard in tower, populous gnoll tribe
8	250	City/county	Frontier fort, druid sect
9	500	Regional/barony	Small castle, established church
10	1,000	Regional/march	Minor nobility, powerful guild
11	2,000	Multiregional/duchy	Nobility, established knightly order, dread pirate fleet
12	4,000	Multiregional/kingdom	Standing army, orc hordes lead y a legendary chieftain
13	8,000	Multiregional/kingdom and vassal states	Vast army raised to fight the terrasque
14	15,000	Continental/sefaring kingdom	Centuries-old seafaring kingdom, illithid nation
15	30,000	Continental/empire	Emperor and his legions, circle of archmages
16	65,000	Multicontinental/empire	Imperial legions with arcane and divine support
17	130,000	Global	Ancient order of epic-level knights
18	250,000	Planar	Githyanki incursion
19	500,000	Multiplanar	Armies in blood war between demons and devils
20	1,000,000	Cosmic	Epic-level affiliations, lesser pantheons

Capital

This works the same as the gold-piece limit of a community; in an established base the affiliation can produce goods and services of this value or less. Unlike a community, an affiliation is limited in the category of good and services it can provide, depending on its type and executive powers. Unlike a community, the wealth of an affiliation is not limited by size; an affiliation can be vast but poor. Still, larger affiliations tend to be richer, and the capital of an affiliation is rarely less than half its size nor much larger than its size.

Capital also gives an indication of the level of influence in its area and organization within the affiliation; a richer affiliation has members willing to contribute more and thus gains a greater degree of control. Lawful affiliations tend to be richer than chaotic ones.

Wealth	Gold Piece Limit	Typical leading member
1	2	Druid, hermit
2	4	Yeoman, Journeyman,
3	8	Sergeant
4	15	Courtie
5	30	Knight
6	60	Guild Master
7	125	Noble
8	250
9	500
10	1,000	Baron
11	2,000
12	4,000
13	8,000
14	15,000	King
15	30,000
16	65,000
17	130,000	Emperor
18	250,000
19	500,000
20	1,000,000	Extraplanar lords

Executive Powers

The following tables list which executive powers the different types of affilations have, and how well they do the three different types of actions; violence, negotiation, and espionage. Each affiliation generally has only three actions available to it, which must be selected when it is created.

Affiliation Checks Table

Type	Busi- ness	Cabal	College	Druid circle	Fighting company	Gover- nement	Spy ring	Tem- ple	Theives Guild	Tribe
Affiliation checks
Violence	1/4	1/4	1/4	1/4	1/2	1/2	1/4	1/4	1/4	1/2
Espionage	1/4	1/2	1/4	1/4	1/4	1/4	1/2	1/4	1/2	1/4
Negotiation	1/2	1/4	1/2	1/2	1/4	1/4	1/4	1/2	1/4	1/4
1/2	The affiliation makes this type of check using 1/2 of its capital or scope as a rating (whichever is greater). It is strong in this area.
1/4	The affiliation makes this type of check using 1/4 of its capital or scope as a rating (whichever is greater). It is generally considered weak in this area.
Typical classes
Violence	Rogue	Sorcerer	Fighter	Barbarian	Fighter	Fighter	Rogue	Fighter	Fighter	Barbarian
Espionage	Wizard	Wizard	Wizard	Druid	Rogue	Rogue	Rogue	Monk	Rogue	Ranger
Negotiation	Rogue	Bard	Bard	Druid	Rogue	Cleric	Rogue	Cleric	Rogue	Druid

The typical classes category is just for atmosphere, to give an idea what the different categories are all about, and to help the DM design challenges. Specific affiliations can have a completely setup; this is just what is typical for each type.

Executive Powers Table

Type	Busi- ness	Cabal	College	Druid circle	Fighting company	Gover- nement	Spy ring	Tem- ple	Theives Guild	Tribe
Assassinate		x		x		x	x	x	x
Beatify				x				x
Craft		x	x	x				x		x
Crusade					x			x		x
Excommunicate				x				x		x
Gift	x		x			x		x
Harvest	x									x
Holiday				x		x		x
Inquisition		0		x, 0			0	x	0
Law						x
Mint	x					x
Pariah		x					x		x
Plague		0		x			0	x	0	x
Plunder		0		0	x, 0	x	x, 0		x, 0	x, 0
Raid		x		x	x	x	x		x	x
Research		x	x				x
Shadow War		x		x			x		x
Terrorize		x, 0		x, 0	x	x	x, 0		x, 0	x
Trade	x		x
War	0	0		0	x	x	0		0	x
Type	Busi- ness	Cabal	College	Druid circle	Fighting company	Gover- nement	Spy ring	Tem- ple	Theives Guild	Tribe
Key
x	The affiliation can select this type of action.
0	The affiliation is immune to this executive power. This does not make specific members immune.