An international guild of seekers for lore and loot. Divided into lodges, of which the Sasserine lodge is one.
Class Notes: Rangers, wizards, rogues and cloistered or adventurous clerics are popular, but no class is biased against. The seekers sponsor the Loremaster and Ruin Explorer prestige classes.
Type: College
Scale: 14 (Continent)
Capital: 14. Gp limit 100,000. Assets 1,400,000 gp.
Executive powers: Gift, Research, Trade.
Advancement
| Criterion |
Affiliation Score Modifier
|
| Character level |
+1/2 levels
|
| Inherent |
0
|
| Acquired |
4
|
| Ability to read or write three "dead" languages. This does not include Common and racial tongues, but most other languages do count. |
+1
|
| 5 or more rains in Appraise |
+1
|
| 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (Geography) or Knowledge (History) |
+1
|
| 10 or more ranks in Knowledge (Geography) or Knowledge (History) |
+1
|
| Work |
6
|
| Pay 10% of income in guild dues |
+2
|
| Paid less than 1% of income in guild dues |
-1
|
| Donates magic item to seeker lodge (this also counts against guild dues) |
+2/5,000 gp
|
| Continual reports on most activities to the affiliation (doubled if players writes and publishes journal) |
+1
|
| Owns an artifact or a magic item worth 100,000 gp or more |
+1
|
| Works as guild official 1 month/year |
+1
|
| Works as full-time guild scribe, chronicling another member for a full year |
+2
|
| Adventure |
2
|
| Adds significant new lore to seeker lodge |
+1
|
| Wins crucial lodge debate |
+1
|
| Penalties |
2
|
| Fails to deposit a journal in seeker lodge once/year |
-2
|
| Failure to serve duties as a Seeker Council member this year |
-4
|
| Loses a magic item on deposit from the seekers |
-4
|
| Reveal Seeker secrets to non-members (you are free to reveal secrets you brought to light) |
-2
|
| Deliberately wrecks a ship |
-4
|
This bonus is not generally applicable to PCs. Does not count for balance purposes.
Bonus not cumulative with others in the group or with the line above the group.
Benefits
| Affiliation Score |
Title: Benefits and Duties
|
| 3 or lower |
Apprentice: no benefits.
|
| 4-10 |
Seeker: Free but spartan accommodations at any seeker lodge. +2 circumstance bonus on Knowledge checks at seeker libraries.
|
| 11-20 |
Master Seeker: +4 circumstance bonus on Knowledge checks at seeker libraries. Receives an unflinchingly loyal servant/chronicler (expert class cohort).
|
| 21-29 |
Member of Seeker Council: Access to a lodge's most secret tomes, grants an +8 circumstance check on Knowledge checks at seeker libraries and a +4 circumstance bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks in Seeker debates. Borrow and use non-charged guild item worth Affiliation Score x 500 gp for one month once per year. Must serve 30 days each year administrating the lodge. Loss of item or failure to serve gives loss of affiliation score.
|
| 30 or higher |
Grand Master: Borrow and use non-charged guild item worth Affiliation Score x 500 gp. Loss of item gives loss of affiliation score.
|
Peter Blood
| Criterion |
Affiliation Score Modifier
|
| Character level |
+1/2 levels
|
| 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (Geography) or Knowledge (History) |
+1
|
| Paid less than 1% of income in guild dues |
-1
|
