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[@DHGagnon]

Here's my pitch for a guild in your next campaign: "You want us to be hosts?" "We prefer the term Guild Members." Roll a wisdom save... 1 "You know, these mind flayer guys seem pretty ok to me."

[@The-Samuil]

You know what, when Baldur's Gate III comes out I want this to be a possible dialogue

[@Shinsay]

Add 1 inspiration to your character sheet.

[@nickchavez720]

"Here me out mom and dad. Just here me out. They have good benefits, solid pay, plus a 401k. Pretty solid deal compared to the Tailers Guild."

[@lemongambit]

I imagine a mind flayer guild to have a functional structure like an MLM.

[@username_unavailable7592]

I love how Logan literally makes a living making videos about Dungeons and Dragons and he still calls /us/ nerds

[@jackson12ten85]

bruh

[@evankauffman2139]

"Nerd" is a term of endearment here.

[@ochitakishi2350]

Shut up "nerd" :)

[@Mojotasticification]

You're only a nerd until you start getting payed for it.

[@neoleaf2819]

I think he’s kidding.

[@TheCantripCast]

I have a guild in our world that consists of werewolves that serve in the name of Selune. "The Order of Selune", protectors of the night, who look at lycanthropy as a gift rather than a curse. It's been a fun addition to our show. They also have taco Tuesdays with the party.

[@Robocrafter-bq9bq]

The Cantrip Cast that’s a great idea. I’m gonna steal it.

[@TheCantripCast]

@@Robocrafter-bq9bq You're more than welcome to! I'm glad to have people use my ideas in their games. Pretty much why I made my own channel 😅

[@jakestavinsky3480]

Thats just Diet Companion Guild from Skyrim... Todd Howard, I knew you play DnD!

[@TheCantripCast]

@@jakestavinsky3480 I couldn't make an entire homebrew realm with at least one small call back to Skyrim 😅

[@jakestavinsky3480]

@@TheCantripCast "Everything is at least a little Skyrim"- Todd Howards, probably

[@troublewakingup]

4:27 WAR FOR THE WAR GOD BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE LET THE BLOOD FLOW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH-

[@Jadenyoung1]

DO YOU HEAR THE VOICES TOO?!

[@troublewakingup]

@@Jadenyoung1 I FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME! *IT IS A GOOD PAIN*

[@ShineyFace1337]

*It matters not where the blood comes!*

[@markusnavergard2387]

@@troublewakingup I AM DESTRUCTION INCARNATE!

[@andrewh6188]

MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAAAAAAAAAKES!

[@Saplingbat]

When I saw the notification I thought it was "Guide to creating guides"

[@sebastianscopa3188]

That's next week's video

[@pedro_.]

Just wait after you kill wall of flesh, if your world has a free house a new one will appear

[@The-Samuil]

Guildmakers' Guild

[@Jimbo55151]

Time to play “Will the new Runesmith video make me wanna watch Adventure Time again” tune in to find the results. Edit: It did.

[@kendrickrochelanzot2053]

Do tell later

[@Runesmith]

I did rewatch Adventure Time while editing... odd

[@Jimbo55151]

Runesmith I’m not complaining, your Lich video finally got me to go back and finish the series...since then I’ve rewatched it from the beginning to end at least twice.

[@smilz7470]

Runesmith: "Religions with oral traditions" Brain: sex cult

[@FluffeeSMASH]

>7 minute video >Released 3 minutes ago, already twenty-three comments. Seems about right.

[@tahunuva4254]

Well.. You're here. So..

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

First

[@Bluecho4]

Secret societies work great for this purpose. Here's one of mine: The Order of the Iron Ward. Founded in secret by a bunch of Wizards, who remembered well the Burning Times. When people - spellcaster or not - were put to the pyre as witches, because the common people hated and feared magic. While many levels of initiation exist within the Iron Ward, for Wizards to pool their resources and advance their knowledge of magical theory, the big preoccupation of the order is to protect the world from magic...and to protect magic from the world. To this end, they recruit folk of many sorts - Wizards, Sorcerers, Fighters, Rogues, even Arcane Clerics - to go out into the world and covertly deal with errant and hostile magic. Many Sorcerers were recruited by the Iron Ward when its agents saved them from persecution. Meanwhile, more than a few evil magic users, capricious fae beings, magical monstrosities, and things from Elsewhere have had their malign intentions thwarted by Iron Ward agents. Of course, the Iron Ward also snatches up magic items and spellbooks (even ones currently in the possession of Wizards, evil or otherwise), and a magician who cannot be controlled is just as often a target for death as recruitment. The Iron Ward is an ambiguous organization, in that regard. As members of the Iron Ward often say, Magic is beautiful, sublime, and supremely _dangerous._ It can elevate the soul, or be a weapon. Just as you wouldn't hand a loaded crossbow to a child, you don't let just anyone have magic. That would be irresponsible. If it were up to the Order of the Iron Ward, magic would only be available to those willing to go to the arduous and lengthy process of mastering it properly; a process meant to weed out the stupid, the impulsive, the wicked, the lazy, and the insane. Only those wise, dedicated, and responsible enough should have it. That the Order of the Iron Ward presume to say THEY fit those qualifications is part of the hubris. Again, the Iron Ward are a morally gray force. A great deal of debate and argument goes on within its ranks. Who knows what sort of conspiracies exist, secret societies _within_ the secret society? If the player characters are members of the organization, how will their navigate the competing forces of the order's mission statement, dictates from higher ranks, and their own ethics?

[@gingermcgingin4106]

I know this is super late, just call me a necromancer, but: What does the Iron Ward make of Warlocks, you know, the people who by rights shouldn't be spellcasters, but made a pact with/stole the power from otherworldly beings to become spellcasters anyways?

[@Bluecho4]

@@gingermcgingin4106 Depends on what beings they got the magic from, their relationship to them, and what they're using their magic for. A Celestial Warlock can probably be trusted to be on the side of good. An Archfiend, Old One, Undying, or Undead Warlock probably less so, even if they insist they aren't loyal to their patron. Archfey and Hexblade Warlocks could go either way. The Iron Ward probably have a few Warlocks among their ranks. Some of them even _openly_ Warlocks. As a whole, though, the Order looks askance at those who forge pacts, because their loyalties and motivations cannot always be counted on. A man cannot serve two masters, after all. Do they have the best interests of mortals and the Iron Ward in mind? Or do they serve primarily the interests of their patron, whose motivations one can only guess at, but which are rarely wholly good for people? Plus, there's something galling, to a person who spent years studying magic, about someone who was willing to cut a deal for easy power.

[@cloverpod]

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[@wert1234576]

How many elf pelts do I need?

[@donutlovingwerewolf8837]

@@wert1234576 Enough to make armor for 500 people

[@SantiagoRodriguez-we1mu]

Why create guildes when i can create friendship

[@papertroll1876]

The real guilds were the friends we made along the way!

[@OneEyeShadow]

The real guilds are the friends we made along the way.

[@thorndrall]

Now that's a coincidence, in our session yesterday my players asked me about a guild and I had none so far. Luckily I could come up with "Simons Gefunkel" (translates to "Simon's sparkling things") for a guild of gemcutters. And now this guide! Perfect timing

[@deanfosser7147]

Simons gefunkel? hallo dunkelheit mein alter freund

[@testingstuff5942]

This right here is a proper tutorial! Organized, simple, straight to the point and leaves room for customization. Subbed!

[@remievans9018]

Awesome vid- In one of my campaigns we had a a really cool guild for sexworkers which ended up being integral to the whole plot. Essentially it was this network of sexworkers which spanned the continent, from brothel workers to dancers to high end escorts- their mission statement was to protect their own originally, but they ended up (through a partnership with our monk's monastery) offering martial training to their guild members, and actually became a considerable force of vigilante's protecting vulnerable members of their respective towns- in our campaign setting halflings were pretty looked down upon so they were often protected by this guild. It was super cool, they higher end escorts had like, political secrets and sometimes assaniation requests, the local brothels knew crazy combat skills, it was an amazing part of that world.by the end of it they ended having a guild rep in nearly every major town. So cool!

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

I'm stealing that necromancer guild.

[@thepaladinninjask5154]

I (personally) cannot believe there isn't an entire book dedicated to this specific subject. This was very informative.

[@thekinginyellowmessiahofha6308]

Due to the centralized state control of a major empire in my setting, most human guilds are artisans or worker’s unions. Mages, alchemists, monster hunters, witch hunters, and warriors are either: working for a lord or noble, working for the state, or attached to a state guard (professional army) unit. The closest thing to an adventurer’s guild is a branch of the military called the people’s guard, which works to protect towns who don’t have large guard forces or provide specialists to monster hunting parties

[@kendrickrochelanzot2053]

I enjoy factions so much. I have way to many. This is a great help, thank you

[@MyCupOfTea101]

Let's all get it out. "FOR THE WAR CHIEF!" But that undead guild, I freakin love that. I want that in my game.

[@riakm921]

At 5:10 (FATHER_S POWER), does your typeset not have apostrophes?

[@as1tis]

It does, but he prefers it this way. Obviously.

[@thegnarledpirate9198]

Those Tesseract's Guilds descriptions make me feel none-imaginative :(

[@carnivoriousleaf]

Hey, your twists are either better than you give credit for. OR you can create new guilds. We believe in you.

[@TheBayzent]

Did a quick check, using the d100 tables to create your own guild randomly in the Forgotten Realms website, to use as a base to flesh out, got an small Wizard's College, used a random name generator "Akoyce academy of Scrolls", random motto generator ""With Pen and Sword". Lastly I used a random PC generator to give me a guild Master, 1d6 to establish how many teachers were (randomly generated too)...even the emblem I got from a Guild Wars emblem geneeator online. Suffice to say, it gave me a lot of work to implement, creating the NPC backstories, the academy's backstory as well and so on. Funny thing is that, I'll probably never use it.

[@undeadgamer2090]

That Bonsai Treant looks cool, I’m hoping for something akin to a Leaf Leshy in this as well. Can’t wait.

[@traviskegerreis5704]

"Abstract Pinterest Board" Yeesh, wasn't expecting a callout today.

[@pastelkandies.8322]

FACTSSS

[@matthewparker9276]

The Militant Guilds of Meitsen: From largest to smallest. The Merchant Guilds: one large guild that has many bureaucratic subdivisions. Essentially controls a monopoly on trade in the city. The city that is central to the trade on the continent. Most members do not play an active role in the guild, instead paying dues for things like protection from other militant guilds and access to the greater reputation that guild affiliated merchants enjoy. The Mercenary's Guid: the most militarised of the militant guilds, they act as a police force for hire, or as an army for hire. All members are highly trained combatants and can attack effectively anyone without running afoul of the law, though are kept in tight control by the guild itself. The Thieve's Guild: significantly smaller than the mercenarys guild, the thieves guild serve as the accepted method of engaging in crime in the city. Like the mercenarys guild, guild affiliated thieves are protected from the law, though are quite strict in which laws they will break. They do offer other services apart from thievery, however they don't engage in violent crime. The Asassin's Guild: the smallest and most secretive of the militant guilds. They offer to assassinate anyone named, with prices being set as a function of accessibility to the target, and the targets level of political opposition to the guilds. Their contracts are anonymous, and can be public or private. Public contracts are made common knowledge, while private contracts are made out to be accidents, or else can be blamed on someone else. Together three four guilds work to undermine the power of the throne and exert political control over the city. They outnumber the city guard, they collect more taxes than the crown, and if you publicly oppose them you tend to go missing, lose everything, have all your secrets revealed, or are publicly executed. The guilds all are extremely politically active, working to ensure laws are passed that favour them and their activities, and that any potential competitors are wiped out immediately. They also work together very tightly. Refusing to cooperate with one guild makes you a target of the others. The crown, you can understand, is not too happy with the situation, but what can they do?

[@Larrity312]

Oh Runesmith, you make me do a chuckle with every video.

[@mrspicewolf5137]

The timing of this video coming out was perfect. Because I'm creating guilds for my works rn

[@abdullahaboccy2621]

In which game you're creating? Can you please tell me more details?

[@achimsinn7782]

The most important thing is that you don't really need to flesh out every bit of every guild you make. Formulate the goal, create the key members and the ones your party is going to meet and figure out how they are going to approach their goals as a group and how they are going to react to the parties actions when they meet.

[@SleepinJimmy]

Hell yeah, exactly when I needed it. Thank you!

[@miguelokao]

Runesmith, i'm truly grateful for your guides, it's hard to organize a living world and it's so much easier when you explain all these concepts, thank you for your hard work.

[@tap5445]

Thank you for all these awsome videos man. I really love to learn from you with each new video that you upload.

[@TheMikerophone]

I have an anarcho-Syndicalist guild based on the IWW called the Guild of Toil that seeks to organize everyone who toils into one big guild that will abolish the feudal system as well as all other oppressive hierarchies. The guild has to remain mostly covert since it’s been labeled a terrorist organization by the feudal lords who see the guild’s existence as a threat to their power and authority

[@cowboy_dogg2124]

I just discovered your channel, now I’m binging what have you DONE

[@racekitty]

While watching I had a idea for anyone planning a eberron game connect the clifftop adventures guild to the chamber of dragons and deathsgate to the lords of dust play it more like the two are being used by the larger factions to progress the dragonic prophecy in their favor that way you can expand the campaign to a larger scale.

[@sobertillnoon]

My dyslexia read this as "guide to making guides". I thought, weird concept but I'll try it. This was a better video than my stupid brain initially thought

[@Yous0147]

6:00 Hahah yeah that does feel a bit new, but I'm glad you managed to do it in this video. I like how well rounded this is.

[@AGrayPhantom]

I'mma start a brothel.

[@JaedangFord]

i love this!! please don’t stop making these videos

[@perryborn2777]

This channel is screenshot gold, thanks Logan 👌

[@xtragedgnolf]

ok i have to say i absolutely love your vids. they're fantastic.

[@psv2]

This, like all of your other stuff, is great! Thank you!

[@philipschorr5145]

I like how the very last bit can be interpreted as you saying no player will ever interact with someone important in the guild.

[@bohemianprince7944]

Mannn the aesthetic of your videos are unlike any other. I LOVE THEM 💚🎊🎉🍑

[@travisblack8767]

Looooved this keep up the great work man

[@PipPanoma]

I need to make a mercenary guild, a lumberjack "guild" and fey faction by next week. This video couldn't have been better timed!

[@herosbounty2754]

Best part of my week

[@zetazetazeta0]

Thanks, was looking for this

[@leandrosi4950]

”War for the war god“ Sounds like Blood for the blood god skulls for the skull throne

[@alaric375]

Oh man this video comes when I really need it. In my new campaign I have a player who is a tabaxi fighter with the guild artisan background, and in the future when they reach a bigger city I'll have to think on how the guild actually works.

[@GreenStuffConsumer]

I love the way you do your "how to build" vids

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

All the adventurers guilds I try to make in my games end up being declared terrorist organizations

[@gaben2542]

Runesmith: A guild is a group of people who have the same goal and gather together to become like a person. The Supreme Court: Corporations are people USSR: People are corporations

[@ultraatari9298]

Gabe N In law this means a world of difference saying corporations are people vs people are corporations

[@rejvaik00]

That was the worst decision of the court when it ruled that a corporation was a person

[@tranquil_fox]

This is incredibly helpful!

[@the_Miles_crew_fun]

I can't wait to use this idea for my campaigns

[@DavidFlrczk]

Good stuff as usual

[@omlo9093]

Oh wow, this Kickstarter seems amazing! Thank you for sharing Runesmith. I no longer need to make my own character portrait battlemap tokens.

[@we444444silvermagnus]

Looks like one of your fonts doesn't have apostrophes. Also, I really enjoy your content.

[@Venthryx]

that pintrest joke hit to close to home lol

[@wert1234576]

Excellent the news goblin has arrived.

[@marcolu5395]

"Organizations are just big ass people" I think I like Organizations better than before.

[@westdakota9180]

"I am become google" comedy gold

[@handsomeman-child8751]

I knew it was only a matter of time before Portrait Workshop was gonna show up on your channel.

[@jtjames79]

Guilds were the original monopolies. They were to keep other people in their place in off their territory. For example in England the button making guild, controlled all the button making. That meant you were not allowed to make your own buttons. Guilds are less about rising all boats, and more about protecting one's interests, whatever those interest may be.

[@calebmayhem8463]

Hey man! You're gonna be interested in this upcoming project called Soulbound! This project aims to collate the best players and give them access to epic guilds that in return a win-win situation for players and guild leaders

[@WTFisTingispingis]

You forgot the most important guild: THe Lollipop Guild. Never fuck with those guys.

[@Taradoxxi]

The Degolect sounds cool. I love necromancers/undead who aren’t automatically pure evil.

[@gear5226]

Yes time to make my own overlord guild

[@Grabnok]

At least the Golden Gathering aren’t trying to pay you in EXPOSURE

[@phyrexian_dude4645]

You could make a world based on guilds, with hippies, cultist, mob churches, crazy scientist, etc... and like 9 of them, ONLY 9. There is not need for a 10th.

[@chmurkawichurka9651]

thats reallyyyyy cooool

[@RIVERSRPGChannel]

Yes guilds are needed in the game

[@ImmortalLemon]

I consistently use a mafia like violent occupational group caller Blood Of The Red Sun, who raids, and works kind of like The Saviors from the walking dead. They are not always the main villains in my games, but they are ever present in my world

[@PalatiunsSharpshield]

Damm, this Golden Gathering guild its so cool that now I am angry I didnt come up with that idea!

[@michaelmulligan1746]

4:28 *skulls for the skull throne!*

[@boaboy8052]

O'Doyle rules

[@TheSuperRatt]

I like how Guild Wars is named after an obscure conflict that happened in the past of the games, and has essentially no relevancy to the actual content of the games.

[@l.l1969]

Just a suggestion, but how about making a video about nobles, the royal court and the sorts in detail? That would be very, very much appreciated, thank you~

[@erlanddrow7950]

I just started making 6 guilds yesterday 🙃

[@reinekaelamakemedokidoki7206]

Guilds with oral traditions are my personal favorites.... Eh heh

[@Glace1221]

Wendy's use their cute redhead mascot with pigtails to hide the true form of the omnipresent, multi-dimensional, eldritch, mindhive, Lovecraftian horror that they/it really are.

[@dziecko8219]

Blood for the Blood God!

[@anonimo2932]

my merchant guild was so sucessfully made that my players started a company

[@hamd8375]

2:28 ooh.... Half of these are the same thing. I'm going to leave it to the comments to interpret this in the most offensive way possible

[@philosopherdragon123]

While these guide videos provide the traits of the topic with examples, I want to see a companion video that elks through your creative process. What led you to design a faction of undead bent on rebuilding their creator?(Are they a driving force in the narrative?) I haven’t had time to watch/listen to Tesseract.

[@dantealivieri5390]

Ancient knowledge YAY!

[@gavyns8620]

Does the portait artist have warforged?

[@tigert2092]

3:40 So Wigglytuff's Guild from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness

[@MrSimonmshannon]

Guild halls are usually are just quest hubs

[@thatshyguy9573]

1:50 Me: laughs in Lich

[@btchaplin7859]

The black Knights of the hollow realm: Skulls for the skull throne!!! Blood for the blood god!!!

[@Michael-fd1gx]

Like the group patrons from Tash's Cauldron Of Everything.

[@loafofdisappointment156]

Should have called it “the guild to guides”

[@airborne_j4ck604]

Sick, I haven’t been incorporating enough guilds in my world and campaign. I mean...they’re there but they aren’t really doing much because I have yet to flesh them out.

[@Biodeamon]

guilds be either spooky boys, greedy boys, or brave boys (otherwise known as fighting boys), and bully boys

[@soulblade4082]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

[@OmegAtlAnt]

Dude, I'm a huge fan. Where did you get those amazing sprites at 4:39?

[@Runesmith]

They're actual art for the game itself! An art trade done between me and retrograde minis. Look em up, they have a great site and patreon

[@OmegAtlAnt]

@@Runesmith first, oh my god you really answered me, didn't expect that X_X Second, wow they seem reeeeeally cool. Thanks so much. Keep up with the amazing work

[@foxard8478]

my players want to create a guild. Something like an adventurer guild where adventurers go out on quests and come back with money to put it in the guild's bank or something. And when my players would go out on a big big quest, all the adventurers in the guild and the players would go on the quest together... Any advice? Do I fuck up my campaign if I let them build that guild? They already have a big mansion where adventurers (the adventurers would be random npc) can stay for sometime. It would cost a lot of money I suppose, food, equipment, pay the adventurer, etc... ? Help me :)

[@Espartano692]

Fuck now I need a Bonsai treant.

[@Theskafan]

"War for the war God" Khorne? is that you?

[@skybladebloodheart4247]

i think i just watched your entire 'help for writing and D&D' playlist, as of it having 24 video's....