Post/Author/DateTime	Post
tarkin 03-17-07, 03:47 PM	Member of the Alchemist and Potion Brewer Guild Pre Req: 1 gp/month fee, and EITHER a. the feat Brew Potion, or b. at least 4 ranks in Craft (Alchemy) You are a member of a major guild of Alchemists and Potion creators, and are entilted to a Guild Discount. The guild has shops throught the world, at all the major cities. At any of these shops, you may present yourself. The owner has a communication spell to check your creditials (turn around time = 1 day to verify) Once you have been verified, the shop owner will give you a 25% discout on the first potion or alchemical item you buy every month. The shop will insist on verification 1/month to make sure that you have paid your dues. If you have not, you may pay it then and there. Member of the Wonderous Guild Pre req: At least 3 HD, Charisma of 13+, Gather Information 4 ranks, Initiation fee of 1,000 gp. You are a member of the Wonderous Guild, a loose association of adventurerors that trade magic items. When you want to sell, or desire to buy a magic, you may take some extra time, but get a better price. Benefit: When in a major city, you may contact your guild master to sell/buy any Wonderous Item. They will get you a discount of 20% when buying, or a premium of 20% above the base price when selling (Note, the guild supports itself via the remaining 10%). Doing so however takes time. Specifically, 1d10 days for every 5,000 gp base value of the item (minimum 1d10 days). Note, if you repeatedly buy/sell wonderous magic items outside the guild, you may be kicked out of the guild, losing this feat.
WinterPsionic 03-17-07, 05:04 PM	I like the idea but it just doesn't seem right makin em feats...if they were to be done this way I'd think they should require association with said Guild.
tarkin 03-17-07, 05:17 PM	Do you mean for the Potion thing? The problem with that is pre-reqs. I wanted this to be for non-casters, as sort of an equivlenet of taking the brew-potion/craft wonderous item feats. As such, I could not see a guild accepting someone that could not actually make a potion. Hm. Wait a second, I will make it an Alchemy thing. Will re-write it. While you officially need to be a spellcaster to make them, you don't need to be one to take the ranks.
bloodtalon 03-17-07, 05:20 PM	i like but not feats more like charachter backgrounds in this way you dm can incorportate the background into the game and use the people you get the discounts as a way to get you tio do stuff you may not want to and yes doing the right thing means in a majority of the time doing what you do not want to staying home and raising your family living to a ripe old age or leaving them with a chance of them getting killed to save the world most peopel would choose to stay at home
kgauck 03-17-07, 06:57 PM	Membership in an alchemists guild or a brewers guild should have a secret handshake or a coded greeting. These used to be real things in secret societies. A background check sounds like your wizard stopped off at the department of motor vehicles and wants to get a comcercial drivers liscence. If the campaign world is very bureaucratic, a background check might make sense, but for most fantasy or medieval type settings, I'd go with a secret handshake or greeting to communicate you were eligable for the guild rate.