Maids' Guild (Faction)

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Adventures are messy, and someone has to clean them up. The Maids' Guild welcomes maids, butlers, groundskeepers, performers, and anyone with a flair for keeping things under control. The only real requirement is being a responsible and positive influence on the world.

## Rank 1: Scullery Scrubber

Willing to do the jobs no one else will do, your perseverance will take you far.

### Mechanics

***Dirty Work.*** Decide which role you wish to occupy in the guild, and gain the associated benefits:

***Customer Service Face (Entertainer).*** You may cast the *Friends* cantrip once, regaining use of this ability on a long rest. When you cast the spell in this way, the duration of the cantrip is increased to one hour.

***Potent Power (Cleanser).*** As someone experienced in dealing with grime and debris, your attacks, spells, and other damaging effects deal an additional 1 damage to any creature with the type monstrosity, ooze, or plant.

### Social

***Serving Up Smiles.*** Service workers recognize the tired look in your eyes, and are more likely to give you assistance or bend small rules in your favor.

## Rank 2: Cafe Caretaker

You've proven your dedication to cleanliness and have gained a place in one of the guild's many cafe locations that serve as their bases of operation throughout the archipelago as well as hosting entertainment of all kinds.

### Mechanics

***Refreshing Break (Entertainer).*** You have an admirable work ethic that inspires those around you. At the end of a short rest, you and your companions each gain 1d10 temporary hit points.

***Secure the Location (Cleanser).*** You may cast *Knock* and *Find Traps* once each, without spending a spell slot, regaining use of this ability after a long rest.

### Social

***Never Far from Home.*** You can attend a maid cafe location at any major city, gaining a 30% employee discount to your party on all services, as well as being able to hide in the backrooms, kitchen, and behind stage. Other members of a maid’s guild that are present will help defend your part if you are accosted inside, unless you really deserve what is coming for you.

## Rank 3: Mobile Representative

Your skills and dedication have been recognized, and you've been given an official Maids' Guild badge. Trusted to secure post-adventure locations and restore the status quo to chaotic battlefields, you're one of the members of the guild that others look up to.

### Mechanics

***Professional Garb.*** Choose one outfit or piece of clothing you wear on the job. It now gives a +1 bonus to saving throws and AC. If you're not wearing armor or using unarmored defense, the bonus to AC increases to +2.

### Social

***We're All Family Here.*** You've become more well-known and respected within the customer service industry. Servants, performers, and manual laborers in the know may even break rules and go behind their bosses' backs to assist you, though not at risk of their own health.

## Rank 4: Masterwork Manager

The guild has accepted you into a leadership role, giving some control of how it functions and operates. You also probably have a few green recruits to teach the ins and outs of your trade, though they would unlikely be helpful in a real fight. Additionally, you may choose to start training as a Mender, an elite of the guild who specializes in planar cleansing. Speak with a DM if you choose this path.

### Mechanics

***Impassioned Call (Entertainer).*** As a reaction, you can yell to your companions to buckle down, as the workday's not over yet. Allies who can hear you gain the effects of *Lesser Restoration* and gain advantage on the next saving throw they make. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you complete a long rest.

***Opening Shift Lead (Cleanser).*** Before each adventure, you gain 8 preparation points, and you may choose one creature type to have prepared extra cleaning supplies for. You add this creature type to Potent Power’s list. When you make a saving throw, before rolling, you may spend any number of Preparation points to gain a +1 to that save equal to the points spent. You lose these points on a long rest.

### Social

***Service, Wherever You Need Us!*** You can enter a location under the guise of a cleanup operation, provided that the location could conceivably need it and any attending party members could pass as helpful in such an operation. If an organization is hostile towards or distrustful of the guild, the ruse may fail, but you're aware of which organizations are unwilling to use the guild's services.