Guild Rules

New Members

To become a new guild member any applicant must adventure with at least two existing guild members. The guild members will then submit a recommendation to the guild master and a vote of the high council will be made.

Grounds for Expulsion

Any member who engages in unfriendly acts may be kicked out. Such acts would include:

price gouging - charging any other player a significantly higher amount than an item is worth.
bait and switch - offering to sell an item but delivering something similar but not matching the advertised qualities.
unsportsmanlike combat - letting another player die, then taking full exp for the kill and collecting the loot.
abandonment - leading another player to a dangerous and/or unfamiliar location and then leaving them.

Financing

A potential need for guild funds is recognized. It is difficult to be precise about this as we do not know what Verant will do for us in this regard. Potential uses for guild funds:

rent on a guild house
financing for quest treasures
emergency fund for guild members that have been struck by a server catastrophe (I've heard tales of identical names not being caught by the character creation process resulting in swapped characters).

Fundraising methods:

Initial membership fee (this is the simplest and fairest to apply)
Taxation (something like 1 silver per week)
Trade events (difficult to organize, impossible to enforce a perfectly fair system)

Funds Management - we don't know what Verant will do for us as far as a "guild bank" so details on this will have to wait until later. Distribution of funds would be subject to a decision of the High Council.

Encouraged Activities

The following activities are strongly encouraged by our guild:

Escort services - providing protection and guidance for players trying to travel.
Newbie education and assistance - Verant provides minimal information, thus newbies can benefit greatly from guidance and advice (try to make sure that the advice you give is accurate!). Also Everquest can be frustratingly difficult for low level characters (especially 1st to 4th levels) and thus newbies may enjoy the game a lot more if they are given a fair start (a better weapon and/or some items of armor). I'd like to have a stockpile of cheap armor and weapons available for distribution to new characters.
Enjoyment of the game / roleplaying - as opposed to power leveling. In our opinion making a new friend is far more important than gaining another level.

Last updated: June 18, 1999