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Post by joatmoniac on Feb 15, 2019 7:42:05 GMT
The minds of rorrik and I are open once again. Joan Jett might not give a damn about her bad reputation, but the guilds, societies, coalitions, unions, associations, trusts, sororities, and rotary clubs of Dayeimbe sure do! So does Steven Williams, the guest on episode 171 of the Dungeon Master’s Block: A Reputation to Uphold. For this exercise, we’ll be creating some of the factions of Dayeimbe that might take a notice of the player’s activities or maybe the players take note of their actions: 1. What is the name of the faction? 2. What are their legitimate functions? 3. What illegitimate functions do they hide (if any)? 4. What does it take to join the faction? 5. What are the consequences for crossing them? 6. Anything else you can think of? Have at it! Let us build the world of Dayeimbe even further! |
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Post by DM Onesie Knight on Feb 16, 2019 19:31:41 GMT
1. What is the name of the faction?
The Priory of Thanatos
2. What are their legitimate functions?
They operate a university and curate the largest library on the continent. They maintain a vast collection of historical artifacts and work to preserve the past through active archaeology and research.
3. What illegitimate functions do they hide (if any)?
The highly secretive Prime Loremaster is in fact one of the last surviving warforged of an ancient and forgotten war. He aims to uncover the lost knowledge of the civilization which created him and eventually create a new generation of warforged.
A bit of an extremist, he believes the mortal races are irresponsible and capricious (see: the collapse of the once-great society which invented living constructs into war and degeneration). He envisions an isolationist society of living constructs, free from extreme emotions, with the wisdom of agelessness, maintaining an unbroken continuity of knowledge and culture for all time.
More immediately relevant to adventurers, the Priory is not above employing thieves, smugglers, and privateers to acquire rare tomes and artifacts. Though they try to obfuscate their involvement through proxies and middlemen, anyone “in the know” of the black market knows the Priory keeps the gold flowing in the underworld.
4. What does it take to join the faction?
Many civilian-types enroll in the university and after their diplomas are awarded, they may stick around as administrators, professors, or researchers, and climb the hierarchy that way. Adventurers often come in by way of the Department of Acquisitions. A select few *discrete* individuals join Acquisitions by way of their underworld connections. These shady members are unofficially called “fixers.”
5. What are the consequences for crossing them?
Many nobles across the land are educated at the university; as such, the Priory has a lot of sway with public opinion in the upper echelons of society. If things get REALLY bad, however, they are merely one guy-who-knows-a-guy away from many assassins and thugs.
6. Anything else you can think of?
When a particular artifact is too dangerous an acquisition to risk one of their own typical agents, they often offer an open bounty for adventurers. Repeated success in these assignments is a fast-track entry to a respectable position in Acquisitions.
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captaindialup
Commoner
Posts: 19
Favorite D&D Class: Artificer
Favorite D&D Race: Kobold
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Post by captaindialup on Feb 28, 2019 5:16:12 GMT
1. What is the name of the faction?
The Turnover Trailblazers.
2. What are their legitimate functions?
Long distance couriers. Travelling between cities can be dangerous work but with this group, who focuses on traveling as fast a possible, danger is already a mile behind them by the time they even notice it was there
3. What illegitimate functions do they hide (if any)?
Smuggling. Again, if the monsters have trouble catching these guys, what chance does the city guard has. There have only been rumors of these activities happening but so far no proof has come to light.
4. What does it take to join the faction?
Someone looking to join the trailblazers, has to be fast, be able to keep their nose down, and never, ever, try to discern the contents of the packages they are couriering. Discretion is a major asset.
5. What are the consequences for crossing them?
well the common snub is to not deliver parcels for the people who cross them lightly. More severe cases will have members actively disrupting there adventures, as an example, an adventuring fellow that had failed to pay guild dues and publicly told them off, was on a quest to recover a relic from a vault. After conquering the challenges, he reached the treasure room only to find that the room was empty save for a note. The note was a bill for recovering the relic and the remaining of his guild dues.
6. Anything else you can think of?
rumor has it that they have quite the stash of undelivered parcels, unable to be delivered for various reasons, as well as a few raided vault items that they beat adventurers too.
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DM Annabelle
Commoner
I write D&D music!! Would love to collaborate with anyone for their campaign settings!!!
Posts: 7
Favorite D&D Class: Druid
Favorite D&D Race: Dwarf
Gender: Female
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Post by DM Annabelle on Mar 18, 2019 0:14:54 GMT
1. What is the name of the faction?
Numerorum
2. What are their legitimate functions?
Numerorum is a coalition of mathematicians, primarily consisting of wizards and other magic users, sometimes called Math-Wizzes (pun FULLY intended). This group utilizes math equations to execute their spells. Numerorum looks like any other elite scholar's club, which gains little interest or visibility in the community.
3. What illegitimate functions do they hide (if any)?
The organization is actually an underground numerology circle. Gradually, this group of mathematicians has discovered that the universe and everything within it- has a hidden code. This code hides the secrets, dates, and details of important events. These numbers hold the fate of everything. Numerorum is a good organization that seeks to anticipate devastating events and prevent them through the power of math and numbers.
4. What does it take to join the faction?
Numerorum is always looking for new members. They leave ciphers everywhere, hinting at hidden entrances all over the city. You never know when you might stumble across one.
5. What are the consequences for crossing them?
There is a number for every person, for every manifestation. Reciting digits in a particular order can heal someone, it may attract wealth and opportunity to someone, alternatively, a certain number can curse someone. One might find a set of digits carved above their door, overhear them sprinkled throughout conversations, or wake up with a branding of numbers on their arm. Numbers have incredible power, and if you threaten the good of society, Numerorum will take care of it quietly.
6. Anything else you can think of?
Numerorum is operated by an old dwarf named Lloyd and his wife, Phyllis. They are a cute couple.
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Post by dmdraxil on Mar 24, 2019 0:18:46 GMT
1. What is the name of the faction?
The College of the Citadel.
2. What are their legitimate functions?
The Citadel trains military and government functionaries for various governments around the world.
3. What illegitimate functions do they hide (if any)?
Students are evaluated during their first year. Those students who fulfill certain criteria are asked to join special classes. These special classes are training for the true goals of the Citadel. Students are conditioned to have unwavering loyalty to the Citadel, these students are placed in key positions around the world. Theses students are loyal to their countries but information is passed to the Citadel for its use. These people are used as spies and saboteurs for the Citadel if needed, the Citadel has not used this information or people their true goals are unknown.
4. What does it take to join the faction?
Ability is the key to joining the Citadel, all qualified individuals are accepted. Noble and merchant families will pay the way of their "extra" children to make sure they can gain positions in the government. Individuals who can't afford to join can be supplied with scholarships if they meet the requirements, no resource is wasted.
5. What are the consequences for crossing them?
Usually if you cross the Citadel they will destroy the persons reputation and livelihood. Only in extreme cases will the Citadel resort to violence.
6. Anything else you can think of?
There are College of the Citadel all over the world each one seem to always to act in service to country they are located in.
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Post by shellbackbeau on Mar 27, 2019 10:57:33 GMT
1. What is the name of the faction? The church of the cleansing light. They are a church devoted to the worship of the sun God.(Pelor or similar, but just the light aspect) 2. What are their legitimate functions? Divine healing, providing city wide lighting of preferably a magic nature. 3. What illegitimate functions do they hide (if any)? Their paladins are known for having the most severe restrictions, the higher the paladins rank, the more restrictions they earn. This causes some angst amongst the would be rescued, as often as not, the Paladin may not touch the opposite gender. Nor may they be touched by the opposite gender. Celibacy. May not be nude, in public, or may not be nude at all. Must maintain pristine cleanly appearance even in combat. May never wear colors darker than a specific shade, as per their rank. The highest ranking are even known to be required to stay in the equivalent to direct sunlight, 24/7. The military arm is known as the Cult of the Searing light. 4. What does it take to join the faction? Like most churches, one normally joins as an acolyte as a youth for their apprenticeship program. They must appear at the steps in all light colors, and not only do they need to be immaculate, but they must also have the steps perfect, and well lit. 5. What are the consequences for crossing them? There once was a Baron who crossed the Church of Cleansing Light. During the mid week mass, which he was attending, the Cult arrested him, stripped of his clothes, washed with lye and harsh brushes well past the point of his bleeding. They then dressed him in all white, with a white cotton belt, and curse him. He now glows, like a black light, and all he sees is brilliant searing light, even after he tore his eyes out to stop the pain, which it didn't. After the curse was released, he was returned to his keep. 6. Anything else you can think of? Every cleric in the church are Light Domain. No exceptions. Paladins tend to have their connectivity to the divine lessen as they take injuries and blood/mud spray, but as they clean themselves, it returns.  |
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Post by letterlost on Jun 19, 2019 10:20:47 GMT
1. What is the name of the faction?
Asclepeion
2. What are their legitimate functions?
the Asclepeion are the physicians of the world. The healers who do not use divine magic. some use nearly imperceptible levels of Natural or arcane magic; but all rely heavily upon promoting, maintaining, and restoring health by traditional non-magical means. they also study and record the natural body of all races and species. they also perform autopsies for the local governments. (most of) their information is readily available to any who ask, which is stored at all of their five schools: Hygieia, Aceso, Iaso, Aegle, and Panacea.
their services are free to all who are not clerics (to which they politely refuse service and sarcastically ask them to instead seek the assistance from their god) ... though donations are are always welcome, appreciated, and encouraged.
3. What illegitimate functions do they hide (if any)?
they do not necessarily have an "illegitimate" function, but the group is outspoken about decreasing the need for and reliance upon divine healing, clerics, and gods. this puts them in direct conflict with many clerics and their gods who provide healing as it also decreases the need for them (since gods rely on worship for their power, you can see the potential conflict).
4. What does it take to join the faction?
you must complete a course at each of the five schools, being approved by that schools Dean. then you may become apprentice to a registered physician who will determine when you are ready. then you will be added to the list of registered physicians.
5. What are the consequences for crossing them?
the Asclepeion physicians reserve the right to deny treatment to anyone, no questions asked; though the seldom do so. also, since the provide a free service to the public, they are very popular with the common folk and would not discourage action being taken by the public against those who do cross them ... some might even say they encourage it, but that is said quietly.
6. Anything else you can think of?
The founder of the Asclepeion is Galen of Pergamon, who is still living and the Dean of Panacea. he claims to have found eternal youth through completely natural means entirely without any kind of magic at all, he shares this secret with only those who prove themselves through study, practice, and dedication to the common humanoid. He is of course a vampire who has learned to hide his presence from gods and their ordained servant. he shares this immortality with all registered physicians who continue to grow the Asclepeion and live in constant fear of being discovered by gods and their ordained servants.
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Post by 00dlez on Jul 11, 2019 20:50:44 GMT
1. What is the name of the faction? The Glimmering Company
2. What are their legitimate functions?Highly disciplined mercenary company hailing from the lands of Hibora, but operating primarily in the southern frontier lands. Known for their discipline and adherence to a code of morality far beyond most mercenary troops.
3. What illegitimate functions do they hide (if any)?They are secretly sponsored by some very old and very powerful masters in Hibora that often deploy the troop through proxies to address foreign threats to their interests. Only the top tier leadership are even remotely aware of their relationship with their mysterious benefactors, and even the Captain of the Company is made acutely aware at various times of their centuries old heritage.
4. What does it take to join the faction? An oath sworn upon the shield of the Company's First Captain - Sir Gustavos Palldwin*. The oath taker swears to protect his brothers in arms and to pursue the terms of the contract to its ends, even if it means their death.
5. What are the consequences for crossing them? Due to their moral code, crossing a rank and file soldier with a slight or insult often goes without reprisals. Crossing the Company as a whole, however, can spell your death. While they do hold themselves in higher esteem that rabble mercenaries, they are sellswords at the end of the day, and the execution of their contract** is paramount. Those who stand between them and their contracted goals are never long for the world.
Cross one of the benefactors or threaten their interests? Suffer the wrath of the Company's full brunt. Their devastating cavalry charges are stuff of legend and carried the day on many battlefields, but their quieter work has brought kingdoms to their knees as well. In fact, some argue that their battlefield prowess is secondary to the capabilities of their elite soldiers working in small groups behind the scenes. Assassination, guerilla tactics, and infiltration of enemy stongholds are all within their wheelhouse.
6. Anything else you can think of? *During a darker time of the Hiboran Empire's history, the realm ordered Sir Gustavos Palldwin was ordered to sack several villages in the south of the territory to silence peaceful dissenters who questioned the levying of troops to fight a foreign war. Others who were given the order carried it out with far too much vigor, and Sir Palldwin simply deserted and refused to execute his countrymen. He lived in exile as a mercenary with his brothers in arms who deserted with him and only one year before his death was a welcomed back to the Empire and lauded as a hero of the people. After he was reinstated, he immediately (but amicably) resigned formally and founded the Glimmering Company, accepting his first contract with the Hiboran Empire to protect the southern territories he was once charged to destroy.
Sir Gustavos Palldwin
** Some argue that the Glimmering Company are just as ruthless as other mercenaries, and they are not wrong, but the key difference is the contracts which they accept in the first place. Defending innocents, assaulting treacherous overlords, liberating seized territories - these are contracts that are accepted by the company. They do not accept those contracts seeking to sow violence and wanton destruction.
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