Kuani Hunters

### Description:

The Kuani Hunters are housed in Ocnepa and are partially a military branch of Xeque but mostly an independent guild. They hunt Xeque’s overgrown monstrosities for both the safety of the citizens as well as to acquire the valuable materials abundant in the land.

There are three tiers of mission difficulty ranking and accordingly three tiers of hunter accreditation; *Low-Rank*, *High-Rank*, and *Top-Rank*.

The normal process for a mission is the guild first finds and compiles relevant information about the goals, objectives, and rewards of a mission and then ranks the expected difficulty. It is then posted for any Hunter to take once they’ve found a sufficient team on a first come first serve basis. The Hunter that is overseeing the mission must be of an appropriate licence level and sometimes there might be additional restrictions as the guild sees fit. Typically, the highest ranked hunter will take responsibility for the mission and it is under their prerogative to form the rest of the team, which can include hunters of lower rank as well as powerful associates that might not be within the guild.

*Low-Rank* Missions usually are usually for gathering various materials that would involve high likelihood of conflict with Xeque’s wildlife in order to accomplish, either because it requires harvesting of the creatures remains, or that the material in question would be heavily guarded.
*High-Rank* Missions would entail an Alpha ranked creature being involved. *Top-Rank* Missions involve either a Prime Alpha or potentially several Alphas at once.

### Important individuals:

Ixcitoca - Tequihuaj and Leader of the Kuani Hunters

### Faction Benefits:

##### (Active) **Claw Sling**

Members of the Kuani Hunters are provided with a special type of grappling hook called a Claw Sling. These are wrist mounted and can be put over armor without any hassle and have a mechanism attached usually to the belt that allows them to have about 10ft of rope. They are made in a special way that they are able to absorb and hold some amount of natural magic which allows them to return a loose extended hook automatically.

This magic can also be used to rapidly flight the hook out and briefly anchor it. When a creature moves within 20ft of them, a hunter can use their reaction to fly up to 20 ft as they swing through the air. After which, the Claw Sling must be recharged and cannot be used in this way until a short or long rest.

##### (Passive) **Waste Not**

A member of the Kuani Hunters is taught how to read the subtle signs of other creatures and exactly what they mean, as well as what and how to gather the various bounties of nature in the best ways that are not wasteful when doing so.

* While tracking beasts or monstrosities, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and approximately how long ago they passed through the area.
* You can find food and fresh water for yourself and up to five other people each day, provided that the land offers berries, small game, water, and so forth.
* You have advantage on checks made to harvest materials from creatures and plants.

### Ranks:

Associate (lvl 1)

Hunter (lvl 5)

Prime Hunter (lvl 10)

To become a proper high-ranked Hunter, one must successfully complete a mission to hunt or capture an Alpha creature. To be considered a Prime Hunter, one must successfully complete a mission that involves dealing with a Prime Alpha monster.