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Netak 10-30-07, 03:39 PM	So the question... What is the difference between a affiliation and a guild? I have my ideas but I am not sure. A affiliation can also be a gathering of people trying to complete some quest or goal... And another question while we are on it.. Are guild representet in any d&d book, like affiliations is presentet in PHP 2 for exaple.
Dog_O_War 10-30-07, 04:10 PM	I don't want to go into a really elaborate response, so I'll give you an example that you can draw your own conclusions on. affiliation is like being part of a religion. guild is like joining a union. A religion can have guilds within it (think a church support group), where guilds tend to be more generic; warehouse union, transit union, fire-fighter's union, etc... are all unions and of different job descriptors, but all have the same (or similar) goal; benefit the worker. Of course you could describe a religion the same way, but they often have other complexities that make them unique.
Netak 11-03-07, 06:58 PM	I don't get it. In PHP 2 there is an affiliation that do business. How is that like being a part of religion or something that reminds of that? Thanks for the reply:)
Kojiro James 11-04-07, 01:32 AM	I think affiliations are a more crunchy approach to the whole guild system. There really isn't a difference, they just simply made a better method of being part of a group.
Sarella Starshine 11-04-07, 01:34 PM	Affiliations can be guilds, but they are not neccessarily are. All an affiliation can be defined as being a group of people with a common goal. How the affiliation is layed out, how they carry out that goal, etc., varies from affiliation to affiliation. In fact, I bet it can be safe to say that all guilds can be considered affiliations, based on how affiliations mechanically work. The relationship does not have to go both ways (i.e. just because a guild can be considered an affiliation, it does not mean that an affiliation has to be considered a guild).