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==Known Faction Perks==
 
==Known Faction Perks==
 
Members of the Stationers' Guild in good standing might receive the following benefits:
 
Members of the Stationers' Guild in good standing might receive the following benefits:
* '''Apprentice:''' ''Rank 1+''. xxx
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* '''Master:''' ''Rank 1''. You have a master for whom you work. You are provided a Lifestyle free of charge (usually "Poor"), and are expected to dedicate at least one tenday every month in downtime activity toward working in the master's shop. This functions like the Training downtime activity except that you do not run the risk of Training Complications. Once you have completed a number of these Training workweeks to gain a new proficiency, you gain proficiency in the Stationers' Tools tool proficiency. If you already have this proficiency, you may instead gain proficiency in Calligrapher's Supplies or Forgery Kit. You also gain a Rank of Guild faction.
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* '''Journeyman's Work:''' ''Rank 2 • Special Mission''. The only mission that gains a Journeyman another Rank is the completion of the Journeyman Work. This is a DC 20 Dexterity (Stationer's Tools) test, which takes a tenday of the Work downtime activity. Each tenday put into a specialized downtime activity called Journeyman Work Preparation reduces the DC of this test by 1. When the apprentice is ready, the test is performed. If failed, the guild declines to elevate the apprentice, who must remain an apprentice for another year before trying again. If successful, the journeyman piece is accepted, and the student gains a Rank of Guild faction, becoming a Journeyman.
 
* '''Journeyman:''' ''Rank 3+''. xxx
 
* '''Journeyman:''' ''Rank 3+''. xxx
 
* '''Master:''' ''Rank 7+''. xx
 
* '''Master:''' ''Rank 7+''. xx
 
* '''Guildmaster:''' ''Rank 10''. The guildmaster is in total control of the Guild's finances and various holdings, established by the laws of Waterdeep.
 
* '''Guildmaster:''' ''Rank 10''. The guildmaster is in total control of the Guild's finances and various holdings, established by the laws of Waterdeep.

Revision as of 12:27, 26 February 2019

The Stationers' Guild
Stationers' Hall, the High Road and the Way of the Dragon, Trades Ward
Personages
Guild Master
Lady Master Stationer Phembra Baroon
Primary Contact
the Master
Other Guild Members
Membership: 600+
None
Membership
Livery
White robes, with a black quill pen on the breast
Dues
Entry Dues: 15 gp • Annual Dues: 1 gp/month
Goods & Services
• Books: Pages: quarto (10gp per 100pg), octavo (5gp per 100pg), folio (50gp per 100pg), plus covers
• Calligrapher's Supplies: 10gp
• Covers: leather, basic (–), leather, decorative (+10gp, +20gp, +40gp), leather, fine (+20gp, +40gp, +80gp), cloth (–), wood, basic (–), wood, decorative (+10gp, +15gp, +30gp), wood, fine (+12gp, +25gp, +50gp), metals, decorative (+18gp, +35gp, +70gp), metals, fine (+50gp, +75gp, +100gp)
• Forgery Kit: 15gp, but sold as a limner's kit
• Ink (2oz bottles): plain black (2gp), plain black non-fading (8gp), colors (5-7gp), colors, nonfading (16-20gp), spell (75gp)

• Paper (12" x 20"): scrip (2cp/sheet), ragpaper (2cp/sheet), parchment, average (2sp/sheet, up to 1gp for very large sheets), parchment, vellum (4sp/sheet, up to 2gp for very large sheets)
• Pens: quill (2cp ea), metal nib (2-4sp, depending on design)
• Sealing Wax: 5sp-2gp (based on color)
• Seals: 12gp for each design or likeness; requires Herald's affidavit
• Signet Rings: 5cp to 5gp (based on metal); requires Herald's affidavit

Member Shops
Faction Details
Common Descriptors: xxx
Primary Classes: xxx
Alignments: xxx
Faction Ranks
Apprentice: Rank 1. You are apprenticed to a master within the Guild.

Journeyman: Rank 3. You have completed your Journeyman's Work, and may now work within your guild's specialty, albeit under the direction of a master.
Master: Rank 7. You are an acknowledged master of your art in your own right.

This guild consists of those artisans who make both parchment paper and the cheaper rough-finished variety known in Waterdeep as “"scrip."” The guild also produces its own ink, blotters, colored waxes for seals, gilt ink for use in illuminating documents, metal pen nibs, and the like. It also imports many large feathers from the South for use as fine quill pens. All guild members have their own secret recipes for preparing special paper, but the guild does supply its members with fine parchment (made in Stationers’ Hall) and the other products of their trade, at a discount.

Notable Members

  • Lady Master Stationer Phembra Baroon: The guildmaster of the Stationers' Guild is a half-elven alchemist whose inks are considered some of the finest in the North. It is well known that she spends most of her year making specialty inks for Candlekeep's scriveners, and the rest of her year making the fine spell-inks used in the scribing of spellbooks. She is also known to be good friends with Rusella Varandal, the Herald of Waterdeep.

Known Faction Perks

Members of the Stationers' Guild in good standing might receive the following benefits:

  • Master: Rank 1. You have a master for whom you work. You are provided a Lifestyle free of charge (usually "Poor"), and are expected to dedicate at least one tenday every month in downtime activity toward working in the master's shop. This functions like the Training downtime activity except that you do not run the risk of Training Complications. Once you have completed a number of these Training workweeks to gain a new proficiency, you gain proficiency in the Stationers' Tools tool proficiency. If you already have this proficiency, you may instead gain proficiency in Calligrapher's Supplies or Forgery Kit. You also gain a Rank of Guild faction.
  • Journeyman's Work: Rank 2 • Special Mission. The only mission that gains a Journeyman another Rank is the completion of the Journeyman Work. This is a DC 20 Dexterity (Stationer's Tools) test, which takes a tenday of the Work downtime activity. Each tenday put into a specialized downtime activity called Journeyman Work Preparation reduces the DC of this test by 1. When the apprentice is ready, the test is performed. If failed, the guild declines to elevate the apprentice, who must remain an apprentice for another year before trying again. If successful, the journeyman piece is accepted, and the student gains a Rank of Guild faction, becoming a Journeyman.
  • Journeyman: Rank 3+. xxx
  • Master: Rank 7+. xx
  • Guildmaster: Rank 10. The guildmaster is in total control of the Guild's finances and various holdings, established by the laws of Waterdeep.