The Pathfinders' Alliance

## Synopsis

The Pathfinders' Alliance is Materi's largest adventuring guild. Headquartered in Ossidia, where it was originally founded, it also operates chapters in most of the large cities of the Alviren Empire.

## History

The Pathfinders' Alliance began as the first adventuring guild in Ossidia, around 200 years ago. From its humble beginnings as The Pathfinders, the guild has expanded over the past two centuries, incorporating other small guilds around the world and forming the larger adventuring network that they have now become.

## Relationship With Conclave

The Pathfinders' Alliance has an informal but mutually beneficial relationship with the Weavers Conclave. The Pathfinders' Alliance requires their magic-using members to be licensed, and also requires all items traded on their markets to be registered. In exchange, the Conclave offers guild members a discounted and streamlined licensing process, and also reduced magic item registration rates through the guild. From the perspective of the Conclave. From the perspective of the Conclave, the guild and its members do beneficial work, collecting and cataloguing magic artifacts, exploring and discovering lost magic, defeating dangerous magical creatures and anomalies, etc.

## Benefits

Members of the Pathfinder's Alliance gain access to many members-only benefits. All guild members receive lodging, leads on adventure opportunities, and a place to meet other adventurers and form parties. At higher membership tiers, members receive basic healing and divination services from the guild, as well as access to the members-only magic item trade, where adventurers can buy, sell, and trade registered magic items to each other. The Pathfinders' Alliance's magic item market is by far the largest market for magic items in all of Materi.

## Costs and Services

Membership in The Pathfinders' Alliance is tiered, offering more benefits for its higher-tier members. Membership fees are assessed monthly.

Pathfinders' Alliance Membership Fees

### Magic Item Market Day Passes

For those seeking to simply take advantage of the guild's magic item market, but not seeking a full membership, the guild offers day-passes to the members-only magic item market, at a price of 5GP per day.

### DMPC Board

The guild's most experienced and proven members can apply to become DMPCs (Designated Mercenaries for Perilous Contracts). These members can offer themselves for hire on a contract basis to accompany other adventurers. The cost of hiring a DMPC is based on their level, referencing the DMPC Cost table below. DMPCs are always the same level as the party.

In addition to the below listed costs, a DMPC contract also typically stipulates that the hired DMPC receives an equal share of any non-magical spoils from the adventure. These terms are negotiable, and some DMPCs will forego this stipulation in exchange for a higher daily rate.

DMPC Costs
 5-7
 8-10
 11-13
 14-16
 17-20

## Leadership

The Pathfinders' Alliance holds a quadrennial election, nominating members to the position of President of the guild, and local Prefects for each chapter. The current President is Taurok Munakatho, who is currently serving his third 4-year term.