The Adventurers Guild of Cormyr is a kingdom-sanctioned, semi-independent organisation responsible for regulating adventuring activities throughout the kingdom of Cormyr. Its central headquarters is located in the capital city of Suzail, with regional branches established in major settlements, including Waymoot. The guild operates as a multi-branch network, with dozens of adventurers and mercenaries serving at individual branches. Its membership is diverse, consisting of humans, elves, halflings, half-elves, and other races.
The guild distributes contracts concerning regional threats, licenses adventurers, supplies members with equipment, and provides essential amenities such as food, water, shelter, and stabling. It operates under strict kingdom regulations, particularly concerning unauthorised vigilantism and the handling of draconic artefacts.
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Adventurers Guild of Cormyr
Basic Information
Type Stat Aliases The Adventurers Guild, The Guild Region Cormyr, Faerûn Population Multi-branch network, with dozens of members and mercenaries per branch Races Diverse (Humans, Elves, Halflings, Half-Elves, etc.) Religions Non-denominational / Multi-faith Dealings Monster hunting, public contracts, equipment supply, licensing, public safety Alignment Lawful Neutral / Neutral Good Family
Type Stat Leader/s Suzail Guildmaster; Waymoot Branch Guildmaster & Guild Mom/Mistress Merchant/s Guild Quartermasters (General Goods & Magical Goods) Important Name/s Warden Garen Marston (allied official)
Appearance
The Adventurers Guild maintains a network of regional facilities throughout Cormyr, with its central headquarters situated in the capital of Suzail. Its Waymoot branch, which serves the King’s Forest and western Cormyr, is housed in a large, rustic black oak wooden building near the centre of town.
Inside, the building features a long, dark wood reception desk, a noisy canteen furnished with wooden tables and padded seating booths, and a large stone fireplace. A quiet library and vestiary are situated off to the side, while a rear loading dock accommodates heavy deliveries and contract spoils. Behind the reception counter, rows of decommissioned bronze, silver, gold, and platinum adventurer badges are pinned to the wall in remembrance of guild members who lost their lives fulfilling contracts.
Adjacent to the main building is an outdoor camping ground used when the guild’s indoor bunkhouses reach capacity. The facility is designed to accommodate adventurers, mercenaries, and travelling members who require somewhere to rest, resupply, and prepare for their next assignment.
Events Contributed by the Party
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Licensing and Registration: Following an admonishment from Warden Garen Marston for performing unlicensed heroics near Espar, the companions registered with the Waymoot branch under his recommendation. They received official Bronze Tier badges, alongside 50 gp and a healing potion each as retroactive payment for saving Sicily.
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Royal Honey Harvest: The party executed a smoke-and-torch strategy to harvest royal honey and capture a live larva queen from a location north of Waymoot. They delivered the heavy barrel to the guild’s loading dock, receiving a payment of 240 gp, alongside a 500 gp bonus.
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Ranch Equipment and Stallion Recovery: The companions investigated the theft of warhorse stallions and equipment from Grolicer’s ranch. They tracked the stolen property to a fortified goblin and hobgoblin cave, cleared the threat, and submitted their contract evidence to the guild. Their reward consisted of 200 gp and a health potion.
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Wolf Pack Eradication: The party eliminated a rogue wolf pack led by a scarred direwolf. They submitted 19 wolf tails, 2 direwolf tails, 6 wolf pelts, and 1 direwolf pelt as proof of completion, receiving 237 gp and a health potion.
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Silver Tier Promotion: After successfully completing multiple guild contracts, the companions qualified for promotion to Silver Tier. Their bronze tokens magically transformed into upgraded silver badges, officially recognising their increased standing within the guild.
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Secret Scouting Mission: The party accepted an unofficial scouting assignment from Warden Garen Marston, who offered 1,000 gp upfront from his personal stipend. Despite its secretive nature, the mission was officially sanctioned through the guild and tasked the companions with investigating three marked settlements within the King’s Forest.
Shops and Markets
The Adventurers Guild provides its members with access to dedicated quartermasters who supply general adventuring equipment and magical goods. These services are exclusively available to guild members, with certain items and equipment becoming accessible depending on an adventurer’s current rank.
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Guild Quartermaster (General Goods): Supplies essential adventuring equipment, including containers, barrels, silk rope, shovels, crowbars, hunting traps, healer’s kits, antitoxin, and ammunition.
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Guild Quartermaster (Magical Goods): Provides magical supplies and equipment appropriate to the member’s rank. Available merchandise includes healing potions (50 gp), drift globes, decanters of endless water, beads of nourishment, and cold-weather equipment.
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Member Amenities: Members in good standing receive free food and water through the guild canteen, complimentary lodging in the bunkhouses, and access to magical folding tents with spacious extradimensional interiors when necessary. The guild also provides free stabling and storage for horses, carts, and carriages.
Quests and/or Opportunities
The guild distributes contracts according to an adventurer’s registered rank, ensuring that members undertake assignments appropriate to their capabilities and experience.
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Bronze Tier Contracts: Entry-level assignments generally involve local threats and community protection. Examples include giant bee hive eradication, investigations into ranch thefts, recovery of stolen property, and hunting rogue wolf packs.
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Silver Tier Contracts: More challenging assignments involving significant regional threats and sanctioned reconnaissance operations. These may require adventurers to travel throughout the King’s Forest and investigate locations such as Knightsword, Mouth o’ Gargoyles, and Collinwood.
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Warden Garen’s Secret Scouting Mission: A special assignment involving the investigation of three marked settlements within the King’s Forest. The objective is to monitor hobgoblin troop movements, assess potential threats, and support local allies. The mission offers 1,000 gp upfront and is officially sanctioned through the guild despite its discreet nature.
Landmarks or Known Locations
The Adventurers Guild maintains several important facilities throughout Cormyr, supporting its administrative, commercial, and operational responsibilities.
Suzail Headquarters
The central headquarters of the Adventurers Guild, located in Cormyr’s capital city of Suzail. This is where overall guild policy is established, senior administration is conducted, and higher-tier promotions are processed.
Waymoot Branch
The primary regional guild facility serving the King’s Forest and western Cormyr. Located within the motte-and-bailey town of Waymoot, the branch provides adventurers with lodging, supplies, contract registration, administrative services, and a base of operations for regional assignments.
Guild Library and Vestiary
A specialised reference room located off the main hall of the Waymoot branch. It contains bestiaries, regional maps, contract records, and writing implements, allowing adventurers to research potential targets, threats, and assignments before departing.
Guild Loading Dock
A designated delivery area situated at the rear of the Waymoot branch. It accommodates the unloading and storage of heavy contract spoils, barrels, livestock, and oversized goods brought back by adventurers.
Guild Camping Grounds
An outdoor camping area adjacent to the main guild building. It provides additional accommodation for members when the indoor bunkhouses are filled to capacity, allowing travelling adventurers to pitch their own tents.
Origins
The Adventurers Guild was established in Cormyr as a legally mandated framework for regulating adventuring activities throughout the kingdom. Its creation was intended to prevent unsanctioned mercenary violence, discourage vigilantism, and maintain public safety by ensuring that individuals undertaking dangerous work operated within the kingdom’s established laws.
Licensing and Ranking System
All adventurers operating within Cormyr are required to possess an official guild licence. New recruits undergo aptitude evaluations designed to assess their martial, magical, or stealth capabilities. Regardless of previous experience or reputation, newly registered adventurers begin at Bronze Tier.
The guild maintains a strict four-tier progression system:
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Bronze: Entry-level adventurers and newly registered members.
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Silver: Experienced adventurers who have demonstrated their capabilities through completed contracts.
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Gold: Higher-ranking adventurers entrusted with more significant threats and responsibilities.
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Platinum: The highest recognised adventuring rank within the guild.
Promotions are awarded through demonstrated competence and successful completion of increasingly challenging assignments.
Kingdom Legal Boundaries
The guild operates under Cormyr’s legal authority, meaning adventurers cannot freely undertake violent actions simply because they believe their intentions are justified. Members are permitted to intervene in immediate emergencies and life-or-death situations, but proactive vigilantism, unsanctioned raids, and other potentially violent operations require an active guild contract or explicit authorisation from a Purple Dragon Knight.
These restrictions ensure that adventurers remain accountable to the kingdom rather than operating as independent mercenary forces.
Draconic Artefact Policy
Cormyr maintains an especially strict zero-tolerance policy regarding draconic artefacts, owing to the kingdom’s dark history with dragons. Any discovered draconic remains or objects, including scales, teeth, eyes, hearts, and chromatic dragon artefacts, must be surrendered immediately to the guild.
The guild subsequently transfers these materials to the Purple Dragon Knights for destruction. Concealing, retaining, or otherwise withholding draconic artefacts is considered a serious criminal offence. Penalties can include the revocation of an adventuring licence, imprisonment, or execution.
Decommissioned Badges and Remembrance
The guild maintains a tradition of honouring adventurers who perish while fulfilling their contracts. When a member dies in the line of duty, their guild token is formally decommissioned and displayed on the wall behind the reception desk.
The bronze, silver, gold, and platinum badges serve as a permanent memorial to fallen members, ensuring that their sacrifices are remembered by the adventurers who continue to serve the kingdom.