Guild of Trusted Pewterers and Casters was one of the registered guilds of the city of Waterdeep, specializing in the casting of metal items.[1][2][3]
Organization[]
The Guild was led by a "High Artisan". During the mid-14th century DR, this title was held by Dunbold Laraeikan. The guild's public contact held the title of "Voice of the Guild".[1][2] During this time, that title was held by Baerhar Surtlan.[1][2][4]
The symbol of this guild depicted their two most popular products, a bell and a tankard. The tankard was depicted as a green silhouette, with its handle to the right of the viewer, and situated beneath the bell.[1][2]
The initial fee for entrance to the guild was 20 gold pieces. Afterwards, guild members had to pay a monthly due of a single gold piece.[1][2]
Activities[]
The members of this guild casted and sold a wide range of products. Their most popular were bells and tankard, followed closely by books and bowls. They rarely ever worked with precious metals, such as gold, preferring to leave such work to other more appropriate guilds in Waterdeep, such as the Jewelers' Guild.[1][2]
In addition to their normal activities, members of the guild were willing and able to conduct exchanges of other currencies into Waterdhavian coinage. They had a reputation for having reliable merchant's scales and guild-wide rates of exchange.[5]
Tactics[]
The Guild bought the raw materials to form its own basic pewter mixture, which it then sold to all its members in the form of a bar, at a cheap rate of 1 copper piece per instance. These bars measured 1 foot (0.3 meters) in length and 3 inches (0.076 meters) in both height and width. This mixture was the basis for all castings conducted by guild members, though guildsmen always liked to add their own "secret ingredients" to their castings in order to further refine the quality of their products.[1]
The Guild's title of "trusted" referred to its common policy of discreteness. Guild members would melt down objects and re-casting them without badgering their clients with any sort of inquiries or comments.[1][2]
Base of Operations[]
The headquarters of this guild was the Pewterers' and Casters' Guildhall, located along the High Road in the city's Castle Ward.[1][2]
Possessions[]
Most guilds in Waterdeep had some form of livery, a uniform that denoted an individual's membership and was legally only wearable by members of their guild.[6][7] The standard livery of a members of the Pewterers and Casters guild was a white, sleeveless surcoat and apron with the guild's symbol emblazoned upon it.[1][2]
Members[]
This guild had a total of over 400 members by 1357 DR,[1] an amount that remained consistent well into 1368 DR.[2]
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Adventures
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Ed Greenwood (1987). Waterdeep and the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 40. ISBN 0-88038-490-5.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Ed Greenwood and Steven E. Schend (July 1994). “Who's Who in Waterdeep”. City of Splendors (TSR, Inc), p. 46. ISBN 0-5607-6868-1.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 169. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1987). Waterdeep and the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 25. ISBN 0-88038-490-5.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 169. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1987). Waterdeep and the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 34. ISBN 0-88038-490-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood and Steven E. Schend (July 1994). “Who's Who in Waterdeep”. City of Splendors (TSR, Inc), pp. 3, 35. ISBN 0-5607-6868-1.