Meta-Organisations

Revised for 596 CY

Meta-organisations are groups, associations and guilds within Perrenland that allow player characters to join. They generally provide their members with benefits while imposing obligations on them. For example, the Auszug (Perrenland's army) requires all members to spend part of the year in training and active duty, and in return provides access to unusual and discounted equipment, special training (represented by bonuses to skills plus access to feats and prestige classes), and cheap accommodation in military-owned housing (represented by discounted living costs).

Of the meta-organisations, the clans, the fighting forces (the Landwehr and Auszug for soldiers in Perrenland and the Pax Mercuri for mercenaries outside Perrenland) and the Old Kerk are very important to the social fabric of Perrenese life. For the reason, the Triad encourages all players to consider having their characters join a clan, the fighting forces and/or the Old Kerk, as appropriate for the character's class and background.

The Meta-Organisations

The meta-organisations listed below are all compliant with the 596CY rules. The pre-596CY certificates and benefits of these meta-organisations may no longer be used.

Many meta-organisations provide access to otherwise-restricted core and limited prestige classes or feats: any such access is detailed in the description of the individual meta-organisation. The prestige classes and feats made available through Perrenland's meta-organisations are listed on the prestige classes page and the feats page.

Each meta-organisation's certificate is available through the link below to the individual meta-organisation, except where a special mission is required to qualify for the meta-organisation. In such a case, the applicable certificate will be distributed with the special mission.

In addition, a zipped file of All 596 CY Meta-Organisation Certificates (2.6Mb) is available for download.

Finally, the Meta-organisation FAQ contains important information about joining Perrenland meta-organisations, the costs and benefits of our meta-organisations, and transferring from Perrenland to Ratik metaorganisations.

Meta-organisation	Description
Clan Members	The vast bulk of Perrenders are members of one of the eight human clans, or two non-human clans. Each clan has a Grafgardt, the Pfaltzgraf’s elite personal guard, and the Voormansgardt has pledged sole allegiance to the Voormann.
Old Kerk	The dominant church of modern Perrenland, promoting the worship of all ten deities of the Flan.
Auszug	The elite standing forces of the Perrenland Army.
Pax Mercuri	Perrenland's famous mercenaries, posted to trouble spots throughout the Flanaess.
Den Zauber Guild	This guild serves Perrenland in all matters arcane and promotes the sharing of arcane knowledge between its members.
Dragonborn	An organisation dedicated to the research and training of Perrenders who have found themselves with draconic ancestry.
International Halfling Society	A society created out of a deep feeling of loyalty felt by halflings everywhere.
Den Masque von tausend Gesichtern	This travelling temple of Olidammara is part divine comedy, and part killing joke.
Non-Kerk Temples of Perrenland	Followers of other major religions in Perrenland.
Order of the Sleeping Fist	A monastic order that believes that the body should be honed to perfection, but the spirit must be disciplined enough to only strike when no alternative exists.
Rechters	Rechters are judges schooled in Perrenese Law.
Skâmtèguleren	Highly respected (even feared) female clan members who motivate those in the field of battle by a sharp tongue.
Treasure Hunters Guild	A society capable of tackling the toughest recovery missions with the research and knowledge to back it up.
Wildstriders	The Wildstriders are sworn to the protection of those who need to brave the wilderness, irrespective of race or clan ties.

Iuz's Border States Meta-Regional Meta-Organisations

In addition to the Perrenland regional meta-organisations listed above, there are also Iuz's border states meta-regional meta-organisations. At present, the following meta-organisations are available to characters from Perrenland and from the other regions in the Iuz's border states meta-region.

Meta-organisation	Description
The Drinkers of the Cup of Midnight	A secretive organisation dedicated to opposing the servants of Old Wicked and willing to use whatever methods are necessary to fight evil.
The Druids of the North	The ancient druidic organisation of the northern Flanaess.

How Do I Join?

To join a meta-organisation, you must obtain the appropriate certificate and attach it to your character's adventure records. To get a certificate you must either:

• Download a certificate from this site, and get it signed and attached to your adventure record by a Perrenland GM at your next game; or
• Contact the Triad and ask them about membership.

Your GM or the Triad will ask for evidence that you qualify for the meta-organisation before signing your membership certificate.