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Did anyone from Zeim's original game join a faction and gain rank?

Ryssa was a member of the Order of the Gauntlet but I am not sure about any gaining of rank.

I read through the threads and I guess, for some reason, Zeim hinted at an opportunity when you visited Daren Ederleaf starting around this post.

When we merged parties, the Z party had not visited the old owl well while the party in the N party had so Zeim didn't rehash it. But this current party did and it would be unfair to you to "penalize" you for a GM decision. So the mission he asked you to fulfill is fulfilled.

The same goes for Ryssa, who wanted to join the Order of the Guantlet.

Also, the mission for Sister Garaele was fulfilled by the other party so the same applies. She's a Harper agent and the lone "Harper" was Balthazar but Ken's no longer playing. But there is a reward of healing potions. See this post for the fun you missed out on.

Openings to talk to Daren and Sister Garael are available now in the game thread. The agent of the Emerald Enclave was Reidoth, the druid at Thundertree. There may be other hooks for things people might want to do before heading out.

Mentioning the Emerald Enclave, even though I wished Davroar to join it and having a bit in his background notes on it through his old mentor, would he still have to actually role play the event to join the faction?

Jaliera is already belonging to Zhentarim Faction, same as her mentor.

Away now until Tuesday. Ghost as needed

Speaking of factions ... have we ... the characters ... talked about factions? I have 'sussed' everyone's faction ... except for Chandon's <g>

Lumimorn was looking at joining the Emerald Enclave as well, fyi.

Not sure Lumi has ever been asked nor mentioned it. But he isn't ashamed of it, so there it is..

Yeah, I saw that in the OOC stuff Pande. And since there are at least two other EE members in the group, I cannot imagine why that would not have happened. Faction members =DO= wear 'insignia' ... right?

Faction members do not have to wear insignia if they do not want to? In Davroar's description I never paid any attention to wearing any visible badge or insignia to announce his membership, although being a druid it would be an easy guess for most people to believe he is a member of the Emerald Enclave.

This module was designed to allow you to meet a mentor and join a faction. I think, due to the consolidation of games, there were some short-cuts taken. Anyhow, if you identified your intention to join the Emerald Enclave, assume this happened but didn't get played out in the game:

JOINING THE EMERALD ENCLAVE
If the party helps Reidoth by chasing off Venomfang, the druid privately approaches certain members of the group and urges them to join the Emerald Enclave. He speaks with those who exemplify the ideal of protecting the natural order. If a character agrees, Reidoth gives the individual the title of Springwarden.

As he is not here in town, there's no roleplaying for it at the moment. Realize that this is more of a factor for the in-store games. When we finish this game (not that far off) we'll discuss again

What about those intended for Order of the Gauntlet?

See above. The contact was Daren Edermath and Ryssa has time to visit with him. See the end of this post for that opening.

So just curious ... anyone =not= belong to a faction?

They haven't made a faction for Chandan yet.

Why not Neil? Is he a slacker? Perhaps he is unworthy of any of the factions <gd&r lmao>

Chandan is sort of an outlier. He is not a Soldier (Order of the Gauntlet), nor a Noble (The Lords Alliance), he is not a naturist (Emerald Enclave), nor a person craving individual power (Zhentarim). Finally, I don't think he is an agent of Good opposed to power hungry people (Harpers), although Harpers might be the only one he could shoehorn into.

But note it is not required to join a Faction. Factions are loosely defined in the new version and are really up to the DM to flesh out. However they can come with benefits, contacts, and responsibilities, if the DM wishes to implement them.

<heh heh heh> yeah ... but those poor 'factionless' ... 'outcasts' <sigh> ... wha-chya gonna do with them when ya get back ta civilization <chuckle>

Don't ask Kriv.

It is absolutely not necessary to be a member of a faction. It's there for flavor. In Adventurer's League play there are tidbits of information that might be passed to a faction member or there could be advantages when dealing with certain people. As an example, someone like Sildar might give Kriv the name of a good contact, there could be specific missions for particular PC's. It's a roleplaying vehicle.

As for Chandan, I don't know. I accept that "They haven't made a faction for Chandan yet" within the ones that are outlined in AL play. It's more likely that he belongs to a monastic order like one of these .

The Harpers are probably the best fit for Chandan, from the factions presented in 5E. But some characters are going to be apolitical by design, and monks likely more defined by their monastic order, like those Nep posted.

The Old Order is probably as good a fit as any for Chandan. I always imagined Chandan's order had ties to giants and elementals.

Neal - I think you posted your survey in the wrong section.

It's set to global over the weekend, so everyone sees it. It'll be back in its cubby-hole on Monday.

Lumi will be trapped in the corridor for a bit. I can't seem to grab my token.

It's a good thing that Kriv has a cantrip that can ignite a torch, because otherwise trying to set it aflame from a staff with a light spell on it would be tricky.

Heh, Thanks!