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Guild Charter
The Treasure Hunters
of Britannia (Europa), Henceforth (THB(Europa); is a Guild dedicated to achieving 3 primary
directives within Ultima OnlineŠ. First, providing adventurers a place
to contact and seek the services of its honest and trustworthy
Treasure Guides or mercenary warriors; secondly, to be recognized as a reliable and accurate
source of information related to treasure hunting, and to make this
knowledge available to others whether affiliated with THB or not; and
finally, to band together Treasure Hunters, so as to achieve a
collective voice that can be heard loud and clear by OSI when they
propose changes that impact treasure hunting.
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Guild Charter
- Each Treasure
Hunter
retains the right to set his or her own price for completing a map.
This right is non-negotiable, and the THB will use neither Guild
policy nor threats to revoke this right.
- Each Treasure
Hunter retains the right to refuse service to any prospective Clients for
any reason, provided that they do not steal the Treasure Map, nor do
they walk away in the middle of the hunt, unless dismissed by the
Client(s). The refusal must be made up front.
- The system of
looting the Treasure Chest, once dug up and unlocked, is to be
decided between the Treasure Guide and the Client(s). Some possible
methods include:
- Treasure Hunter
loots and puts it all in a bag, and all divide it later
- Map Owner
loots, and pays the Treasure Hunter the price agreed upon
- By contracting a
Treasure Hunter, Client(s) assume all risk of injury or death
inherent in completing Treasure Maps, and agree not to hold the
Treasure Hunter or THB(Europa) liable for any loss
or damages.
- All details
regarding the Treasure Hunt should be worked out by the Treasure
Hunter and Client(s) before digging up the Treasure Chest.
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- There are two main branches of THB(Europa).
- The main, which consists entirely of Hunters, some with, some
without, fighting skills, and will only accept Treasure Hunters.
- The sub, which consists of
Mercenary soldiers who can be hired to
protect the Hunter and client (fees are Standard)
- Both branches are on the same stone and will have the same THB abbreviation
and be required to abide by this charter.
- We expect our
members to be honourable, and provide exactly the services they are
advertising. All negotiations and details regarding the Treasure
Chest, Map and mercenary aids are to be finished before decoding the Client's Map.
Once the Map is decoded, the Treasure Guide is responsible for
fulfilling that contract. This means:
- The Treasure
Hunter or mercenary is not to leave the Client(s) until dismissed, barring
unforeseen and unfortunate client crashes and the like.
- The Treasure
Hunter is responsible for providing transportation for the
Client(s) to the site of the Treasure Chest. This does not,
however, mean that the Treasure Hunter must be able to cast Gate
Travel. Clients should either be able to Recall, or have someone
with them who can Gate, should the Chest be on an Island.
- The Treasure
Hunter or Mercenary should take all reasonable measures to make sure all
Client(s) leave the Treasure Chest site safely once they are
finished looting the Chest, or unless dismissed before that by
the Client(s).
- After the Treasure
Chest has been dug up, unlocked, and untrapped through any means
necessary, the owner of the Map is to be given the first look at the
contents of the aforementioned Treasure Chest, so as to prevent any
accusations of premature looting on the part of the Treasure Hunter.
- Treasure Guides
should not take part in the battle against the Chest's Guardian
Spawn unless it has been agreed to by the Treasure Hunter and the Client, and
suitable compensation for the Treasure Hunter's skills have been arranged.
- In the event of the
death of a Client, the Treasure Hunter should if possible gather the deceased's
equipment until a resurrection can be arranged.
- Treasure Hunters
and Mercenaries are
expected to act professionally and courteously at all times, toward
Clients and others.
- Treasure Hunters
should remember that while on a Treasure Hunt, they are representing
the honour of our Guild, and act accordingly.
- Intentionally
leaving the Guardian Spawn alive and leading them away from the
chest, also known as "spawn dumping," is not condoned by
the THB(Europa). Treasure Hunters and their party
are expected to make a reasonable effort to kill the Guardian Spawn.
- The Treasure Hunter
is responsible for removing the chest once it is empty.
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- While the THB(Europa) is not in the business of dictating playing
styles to others, we will not tolerate Player Killers in the Guild.
- Nor can the Guild
become involved in retaliation toward those who have killed Guild
Members, as this is not our area of expertise.
- This also applies
to the Mercenary branch of THB(Europa)
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- The Treasure
Hunters of Britannia does not endorse or condone the use of any
non-"UOPro" third-party program.
- The Treasure
Hunters of Britannia takes no responsibility for any members caught
using illegal third-party programs.
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- The Treasure
Hunters of Britannia has no specific Guild Uniform. We believe that
is up to individual tastes and preferences.
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- There will be a
compulsory levy of 2k per lvl of capability (i.e. lvl 3 hunter = 6k)
every 4 weeks (subject to review).
- This is to help
with Guild funds, this does not preclude donations.
- The levies will be
collected by the guild fund raising officer and passed on to the
treasurer.
- Lvl 1 members will
be exempt.
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- The Treasure
Hunters of Britannia realizes that different members have different
amounts of time to devote to Ultima OnlineŠ and to the Guild.
Therefore, amounts of participation are expected to vary Member to
Member. All that is asked for with participation is that you show
that you care about the guild. This can be done in any way that you
see fit.
- Guild Members are
encouraged to...
- ...attend Guild
Meetings whenever possible.
- ...be on ICQ,
and give your ICQ number to other Guild Members, so you can get
to know each other.
- ...use
our Forum as a means of keeping up with other Treasure Guides
and happenings in the world of Ultima OnlineŠ.
- ...The
registration on the THB(Europa) forum is compulsory, to enable
the GM to mass message all members, any veteran member who has
not registered by the end of October will be removed from the
Guild
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- The Guild master will, whenever possible, maintain a public house for use as a Shop
and Tavern.
- Those members, who,
in the Guild master's eyes, have proven themselves worthy (through
participation), may maintain a vendor inside the aforementioned Shop.
- The Owner of said
Shop makes no guarantees as to the safety of the Shop from any
Player Killers, nor does he or she make any claims of truthfulness
as toward the items on vendors in said Shop. As always, buyer
beware.
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- The THB(Europa)
Guild will expect you to be on the provisional or main stone and to take part in
guild affairs and events.
- Applicants will be
initially be put on the provisional stone for a probationary period
- For those who wish
to hire a Treasure Hunter, a full Roster of official Treasure
Hunters may be
found here. If you see a someone with
the initials THB in their Guild Title, and they are not on the
Member Roster, then they are not members of the THB(Europa).
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- Any reported
violations of the Code of Conduct or the rest of the Guild Charter
will result in penalties.
- The first violation
will result in a warning to the member.
- The second
violation will result in standing trial before the Guild master and
two other Guild Officers. The strongest possible punishment is
removal from the Guild.
- Some actions merit
immediate removal from the guild. As an example, should a member be
caught "scamming" a client, by taking his treasure maps,
for example, he or she will be immediately removed from the guild.
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