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| <div style="font-family: 'Cinzel', serif; font-size: 2.2rem; font-weight: bold; color: #ffd700; text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000000; letter-spacing: 2px;">THE FACTION SYSTEM</div>
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| <div style="font-family: 'Cardo', serif; font-size: 1.15rem; color: #d8caa7; font-style: italic; margin-top: 6px;">The Struggle for Britannia: Warfare, Politics, Sigil Conquest & Silver Economics</div>
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| The '''Faction System''' is an organized, large-scale player-versus-player (PvP) and political warfare system set exclusively within the Felucca facet of Britannia. Four ideological factions vie for military dominance, political power, and economic control over the realm's eight major townships. Players engage in town sigil conquest, hierarchical ranking, specialized tradecrafting, factional guard defense, and shard elections.
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| == Overview & The Four Factions ==
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| Britannia is fractured into four distinct factions, divided along philosophical lines of Order, Chaos, Principle, and Nihilism. Each faction maintains a heavily fortified stronghold, an internal ranking hierarchy, unique craft hues, and allied creature guardians.
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| ! style="width: 15%; padding: 10px;" | Faction
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| ! style="width: 20%; padding: 10px;" | Philosophy & Alignment
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| ! style="width: 25%; padding: 10px;" | Stronghold Location
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| ! style="width: 20%; padding: 10px;" | Primary & Secondary Hues
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| ! style="width: 20%; padding: 10px;" | Allied Guardian
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| | style="padding: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #ff4444;" | <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/factions_minax.gif" alt="Minax" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 6px;" /></html><br />'''Minax'''
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| | Anarchic Evil / Chaos.<br />Followers of the dark enchantress Minax.
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| | '''Destard Mountain Fortress'''<br /><small>North side of the Destard mountains</small>
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| | style="color: #ff4444;" | Blood Red<br /><span style="color: #888888;">Black</span>
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| | '''Ogre Lords'''<br /><small>(30 Silver on kill)</small>
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| | style="padding: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #4da6ff;" | <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/factions_councilofmages.gif" alt="Council of Mages" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 6px;" /></html><br />'''Council of Mages'''<br /><small>(COM)</small>
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| | Arcane Order / Neutral.<br />Scholars dedicated to magical sovereignty.
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| | '''Moonglow Starfield Citadel'''<br /><small>Southern tip of Moonglow island</small>
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| | style="color: #e0f0ff;" | Blue-White<br /><span style="color: #3388ff;">Blue</span>
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| | '''Wisps'''<br /><small>(20 Silver on kill)</small>
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| | style="padding: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #d4af37;" | <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/factions_truebritannians.gif" alt="True Britannians" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 6px;" /></html><br />'''True Britannians'''<br /><small>(TB)</small>
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| | Loyal Order / Virtue.<br />Royalists loyal to Lord British and the Crown.
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| | '''Castle Britannia'''<br /><small>Within Lord British's Castle, Britain</small>
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| | style="color: #b366ff;" | Purple<br /><span style="color: #ffd700;">Gold</span>
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| | '''Silver Serpents'''<br /><small>(30 Silver on kill)</small>
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| | Nihilistic Evil / Despair.<br />Agents of Falsehood, Hatred, and Cowardice.
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| | '''Yew Crypts'''<br /><small>Haunted crypts northeast of Deep Forest Healing</small>
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| | style="color: #888888;" | Black<br /><span style="color: #2ecc71;">Dark Green</span>
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| | '''Daemons'''<br /><small>(30 Silver on kill)</small>
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| === Strongholds & Faction Signup Stones ===
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| Each faction maintains two critical stones:
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| # '''Signup Stone:''' Located outside or near the entryway to the stronghold grounds, allowing un-guilded candidates to inspect and join the faction.
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| # '''Faction Stronghold Stone:''' Located deep within the inner sanctuary of the base. This stone anchors the Faction Treasury, houses the voting booth during elections, facilitates member resignations, and serves as the staging tile for town sigil corruption.
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| <div style="color: #ff4444; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 8px;">Minax Stronghold</div>
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| <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/MinaxBase.jpg" alt="Minax Fortress" style="max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid #443322; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 6px;" /></html>
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| <div style="font-size: 0.9rem; color: #c0b293;">Destard Mountain Fortress Entry</div>
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| <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/MinaxStone.png" alt="Minax Stone" style="max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid #443322; border-radius: 4px; margin-top: 8px;" /></html>
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| <div style="font-size: 0.85rem; color: #ffd700; margin-top: 4px;">The Faction Stone of Minax</div>
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| <div style="background: rgba(24, 18, 10, 0.95); border: 1px solid rgba(77, 166, 255, 0.5); border-radius: 6px; padding: 12px; text-align: center;">
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| <div style="color: #4da6ff; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 8px;">Council of Mages Stronghold</div>
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| <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/COMBase.jpg" alt="Council of Mages Base" style="max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid #443322; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 6px;" /></html>
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| <div style="font-size: 0.9rem; color: #c0b293;">Moonglow Island Starfield Bridge</div>
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| <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/COMstone.png" alt="COM Stone" style="max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid #443322; border-radius: 4px; margin-top: 8px;" /></html>
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| <div style="font-size: 0.85rem; color: #ffd700; margin-top: 4px;">The Faction Stone of COM</div>
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| <div style="color: #ffd700; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 8px;">True Britannians Stronghold</div>
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| <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/TBBase.jpg" alt="True Britannians Base" style="max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid #443322; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 6px;" /></html>
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| <div style="font-size: 0.9rem; color: #c0b293;">Castle Britannia Courtyard, Britain</div>
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| <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/tbstone.png" alt="TB Stone" style="max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid #443322; border-radius: 4px; margin-top: 8px;" /></html>
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| <div style="font-size: 0.85rem; color: #ffd700; margin-top: 4px;">The Faction Stone of True Britannians</div>
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| <div style="color: #2ecc71; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 8px;">Shadowlords Stronghold</div>
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| <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/SLBase.jpg" alt="Shadowlords Crypts" style="max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid #443322; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 6px;" /></html>
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| <div style="font-size: 0.9rem; color: #c0b293;">Haunted Crypts of Yew Forest</div>
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| <html><img src="/wiki/images/factions/SLStone.png" alt="SL Stone" style="max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid #443322; border-radius: 4px; margin-top: 8px;" /></html>
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| <div style="font-size: 0.85rem; color: #ffd700; margin-top: 4px;">The Faction Stone of Shadowlords</div>
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| == Enlistment & Resignation ==
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| === Requirements for Enlistment ===
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| * '''Individual Players:''' Double-click the signup stone outside any faction base and choose '''Join'''.
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| ** Account must not be under "Young" player status.
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| ** Account must be at least 30 days old.
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| ** The player must not possess any other character on the same account enrolled in a rival faction. Multiple characters on the same account may join the ''same'' faction.
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| * '''Guild Enlistment:'''
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| ** If an un-guilded member wishes to join a faction guild, the player must enlist in that faction first before accepting the guild invite.
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| ** A Guildmaster can enlist an entire guild by double-clicking the faction stone. All members (online or offline) become faction members.
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| ** Guild requirements: The guild cannot be allied with other guilds; no member may possess an alt character in an opposing faction; and no member may hold "Young" account status.
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| === Non-Participant Immunity & Healing Restrictions ===
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| To protect the integrity of open-world warfare, non-faction characters (neutrals) are barred from performing beneficial actions (Healing, Bandaging, Curing, Resurrecting) on faction players or their combat pets while in Felucca. This eliminates third-party "blue healer" exploits during competitive engagements.
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| === Resigning from a Faction ===
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| * '''Resignation Process:''' Double-click the internal faction stone inside your stronghold and select '''Resign'''.
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| * '''3-Day Grace Period:''' You remain in the faction for exactly '''72 hours (3 real days)'''. During this term:
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| ** You cannot use faction stones or steal/corrupt town sigils.
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| ** You remain fully attackable by enemy faction members.
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| ** You can verify your remaining time by speaking aloud:
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| : <div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4); border-left: 3px solid #ffd700; padding: 6px 14px; margin: 8px 0; font-family: monospace; color: #ffd700;">"What is my faction term status"</div>
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| * Upon the next login after 72 hours, your character is cleanly removed from the faction system.
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| * '''Guild Resignation:''' Guild members cannot resign individually from a faction guild; you must first quit your guild, then resign from the faction. If a Guildmaster resigns the guild from factions, all guild members enter the 3-day countdown.
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| == Combat Mechanics, Scoring & Ranks ==
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| === Lawful Aggression & Combat Rules ===
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| # '''Felucca Ruleset:''' Faction warfare operates strictly in Felucca. When faction members visit Trammel, faction status is inactive (though standard guild wars remain in effect).
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| # '''Precedence Hierarchy:''' Combat legality is evaluated in strict order:
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| : '''Character Reputation''' (Innocent / Criminal / Murderer) → '''Guild War Status''' → '''Faction Alignment'''.
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| # '''Free Aggression:''' All opposing faction members highlight '''orange''' and can be freely attacked anywhere in Felucca, including guarded town limits.
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| # '''Friendly Fire / Innocence:''' Faction mates highlight '''green''' and are treated as innocents. Attacking or killing a friendly faction member flags you as a criminal/murderer.
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| # '''Guarded Area Magic:''' Faction combatants may cast the full offensive spell repertoire in guarded cities without guard interference, provided the target is an enemy faction combatant.
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| # '''Party Restrictions:''' Members of rival factions cannot form or join a party together.
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| === Death Penalty (Stat / Skill Loss) ===
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| When a faction combatant is slain by an enemy faction player (or commits suicide while in a faction), they suffer an immediate temporary '''33% skill loss penalty''' for '''20 minutes'''. This applies to active combat skills and ensures that battlefield victories have decisive tactical weight. Death by neutral creatures, monsters, or faction mates does not trigger this skill penalty.
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| === Looting Rules ===
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| * Opposing faction corpses can be freely looted without criminal flag only if the looter dealt '''lawful combat damage''' to the deceased during the encounter.
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| * Placed floor traps that damage an enemy also add the trapper to the lawful looting list.
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| * If a wounded faction player recovers to 100% maximum health before perishing in a separate encounter, prior attackers' looting rights expire.
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| === Kill Points, Percentiles & Deficit ===
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| Every player's combat ranking is determined by '''Kill Points''':
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| * '''Point Exchange:''' Slaying an enemy awards '''10% of the victim's total kill points''' (rounded down), transferred directly from the victim to the victor.
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| * '''Low Point Minimum:''' If the victim has 19 or fewer points, the victor receives a minimum of '''1 point'''.
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| * '''Deficit System:''' When a player with 0 kill points is slain, they accumulate '''Deficit Points''' (capped at a maximum of 6 deficit).
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| ** When in deficit, each death adds 1 deficit point.
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| ** Slaying an opponent while in deficit uses earned kill points to clear deficit before adding positive score.
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| ** Slaying a victim capped at 6 deficit awards 0 kill points (anti-farming protection).
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| * '''Score Atrophy:''' At approximately 10:00 AM shard time daily, all players holding 10 or more kill points lose '''10% of their points''' (minimum 1 point), keeping the competitive leaderboard active.
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| * '''Honoring Leadership (Point Transfer):''' Once every 24 hours, a faction member with at least 10 points may transfer score to a comrade by speaking:
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| : The targeted faction mate receives 4 points, while the giver expends 5 points (1 point is consumed as a system tax).
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| === Rank Hierarchy & Daily Titles ===
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| Scores are recalculated daily to place faction combatants into percentile ranks, granting martial titles and determining how many faction items may be equipped:
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| ! Rank
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| ! Score Bracket
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| ! Minax Title
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| ! Council of Mages
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| ! True Britannians
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| ! Shadowlords
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| ! Faction Items
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| | '''1''' || Below 20% || Defiler || Mystic || Defender || Servant || 4
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| | '''2''' || 20% – 39% || Defiler || Mystic || Defender || Servant || 4 <small>(Mount access)</small>
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| | '''3''' || 40% – 49% || Defiler || Mystic || Defender || Servant || 4
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| | '''4''' || 50% – 59% || Executioner || Diviner || Sentinel || Keeper of Lies || 5
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| | '''5''' || 60% – 69% || Executioner || Diviner || Sentinel || Keeper of Lies || 5
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| | '''6''' || 70% – 79% || Executioner || Diviner || Sentinel || Keeper of Lies || 5 <small>(Commander Candidacy)</small>
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| | '''7''' || 80% – 89% || Warlord || Luminary || Crusader || Bringer of Sorrow || 6
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| | '''8''' || 90% – 94% || Warlord || Luminary || Crusader || Bringer of Sorrow || 6
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| | '''9''' || 95% – 99% || Dread Knight || Archon of Principle || Knight of Virtue || Agent of Evil || 7
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| | '''10''' || Top 0.9% || Avenger of Mondain || Inquisitor of the Council || Knight of the Codex || Purveyor of Darkness || 8
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| | '''Commander''' || Elected Leader || Faction Commander || Faction Commander || Faction Commander || Faction Commander || 9
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| == Silver Currency, Crafting & Faction Equipment ==
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| === Earning Silver ===
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| Silver is the official currency of the faction system. It appears as shimmering blessed silver coins that cannot be stolen or lost on death:
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| * '''Player Kills:''' Slaying an enemy faction member awards '''40 Silver pieces per 1 kill point''' earned. (Victims in deficit award zero silver; repeat kills on the same individual within a short duration are throttled).
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| * '''Faction Monsters:''' Killing enemy-affiliated creatures in Felucca yields silver bounties:
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| ** Minax Ogre Lords: '''30 Silver'''
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| ** Council of Mages Wisps: '''20 Silver'''
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| ** True Britannians Silver Serpents: '''30 Silver'''
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| ** Shadowlords Daemons: '''30 Silver'''
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| * '''Town Conquest:''' Successfully capturing a city deposits '''10,000 Silver''' directly into the faction treasury.
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| === Faction Equipment Imbuing ===
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| Artisans within a faction can expend silver while crafting in a faction-controlled town to imbue goods with enchanted faction properties:
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| * '''Equipment Properties:'''
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| ** '''Blessed Status:''' Faction gear is blessed for '''21 real days (3 weeks)'''. It cannot be stolen and remains on the player upon death. After 21 days, the enchantment fades and the item becomes standard mundane equipment.
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| ** '''Hue Customization:''' When crafting, the artisan selects either the faction's '''Primary''' or '''Secondary''' hue.
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| ** '''Equip Limits:''' Only members of the crafting faction with sufficient rank may equip faction gear (from 4 items at Rank 1 up to 8 items at Rank 10, or 9 for Commander).
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| | '''Metal Armor''' || 1,000 Silver || Rank 1+ || Plate, chain, ringmail; blessed for 21 days; faction hued.
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| | '''Leather Armor''' || 750 Silver || Rank 1+ || Studded & regular leather; blessed for 21 days; faction hued.
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| | '''Melee Weapons''' || 1,000 Silver || Rank 1+ || Swordsmanship, Fencing, Mace Fighting; blessed for 21 days.
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| | '''Archery Weapons''' || 1,000 Silver || Rank 1+ || Bows, crossbows, heavy crossbows; blessed for 21 days.
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| | '''Clothing & Robes''' || 500 Silver || Rank 1+ || Cloaks, robes, sashes, doublets, kilts; blessed for 21 days.
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| | '''Spell Scrolls''' || 500 Silver || Inscription 90.0+ || Imbued Heal, Greater Heal, Harm, Fireball, or Lightning.
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| | '''Faction War Horse''' || 500 Silver || Rank 2+ || Purchased from town Stablemaster; enhanced strength and stamina.
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| === Spell Scroll Staff Imbuing ===
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| A faction scribe possessing at least '''90.0 Inscription''' can apply a Faction Spell Scroll to an exceptionally crafted wooden gnarled staff. The staff becomes charged with spell casts:
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| Charges = 40 ÷ Spell Circle (rounded down)
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| * Lightning (Circle 4): '''10 charges'''
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| * Fireball (Circle 3): '''13 charges'''
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| * Greater Heal (Circle 4): '''10 charges'''
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| * Harm (Circle 2): '''20 charges'''
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| Staves cannot be recharged; once exhausted, a new staff must be crafted and enchanted.
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| === Faction Floor Traps ===
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| Tinkers with at least '''90.0 Tinkering''' can fashion tactical floor traps for '''1,000 Silver''' each. Traps arm players with defensive area denial during city assaults and base defense.
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| * A faction may have a maximum of '''15 active traps''' placed worldwide across all cities and strongholds.
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| * Traps only trigger against '''opposing faction members'''.
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| * Traps trigger repeatedly unless successfully disarmed.
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| * '''Revealing Traps:''' Using the '''Detect Hidden''' skill reveals any trap in range to all players for 60 seconds. An ambient warning alert also pings nearby enemy faction members.
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| * '''Disarming Traps:''' Only opposing faction thieves/engineers with the '''Remove Trap''' skill can permanently disarm and dismantle a faction trap.
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| | '''Gas Trap''' || Faction Stronghold Only || High-potency poison cloud, causing escalating poison ticks.
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| | '''Explosion Trap''' || Any Controllable Town || Immediate concussive fire blast dealing direct burst damage.
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| | '''Saw Trap''' || Friendly-Controlled Town Only || Whirling blades dealing heavy physical bleed and laceration damage.
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| | '''Spike Trap''' || Friendly-Controlled Town Only || Ground impalement dealing instant piercing damage.
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| == Town Conquest & Sigils ==
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| The cornerstone of territorial dominance is the control of Britannia's eight major townships:
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| * '''Britain''' <small>(Pedestal located south of east Britain mage shop)</small>
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| * '''Skara Brae''' <small>(Pedestal located north of provisioner)</small>
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| * '''Magincia''' <small>(Pedestal located southwest of tavern)</small>
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| * '''Minoc''' <small>(Pedestal located south of tavern)</small>
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| * '''Moonglow''' <small>(Pedestal located east of provisioner)</small>
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| * '''Trinsic''' <small>(Pedestal located east of meeting hall)</small>
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| * '''Vesper''' <small>(Pedestal located near town bridge)</small>
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| * '''Yew''' <small>(Pedestal located west of healer)</small>
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| === The Conquest Cycle ===
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| | A faction rogue with at least '''80.0 Stealing''' double-clicks the town pedestal to steal the Town Sigil.
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| * The thief and all equipped gear immediately hues '''bright purple'''.
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| * The thief is prohibited from casting Recall, Gate Travel, Teleport, Polymorph, or Incognito; cannot use disguise kits or moonstones; and cannot place the sigil into floor containers.
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| * The carrier '''can''' use Hiding and Stealth.
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| * Logging out drops the sigil back to its home pedestal.
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| * The runner has exactly '''1 hour''' to carry the sigil into their faction stronghold tile, or it teleports home.
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| | style="font-weight: bold; color: #ffd700; padding: 10px;" | 2. Stronghold Corruption
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| | Once placed upon the faction stronghold tile, the sigil begins a '''24-hour corruption timer'''.
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| * Rival factions can breach the stronghold and steal the sigil. If moved, a '''15-minute grace period''' exists to restore it without resetting the 24-hour timer.
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| * If a rival faction carries the sigil to their own stronghold, their own corruption timer begins.
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| | style="font-weight: bold; color: #ffd700; padding: 10px;" | 3. Delivering the Sigil
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| | Once the 24-hour corruption completes, the sigil is fully corrupt.
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| * The faction has '''1 hour''' to transport the corrupted sigil back to the town's pedestal.
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| * Placing it onto the pedestal finalizes the conquest! The town falls under your faction's banner for a minimum of '''7 days''', and the faction treasury receives '''10,000 Silver'''.
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| | style="font-weight: bold; color: #ffd700; padding: 10px;" | 4. Perpetual Ownership
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| | Towns never revert to neutral status; ownership persists until another faction successfully steals, corrupts, and re-deposits the sigil.
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| == Faction Governance & Leadership ==
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| Territorial control empowers three public offices within a faction: the elected '''Faction Commander''', the appointed '''Town Sheriff''', and the appointed '''Finance Minister'''.
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| === The Faction Commander ===
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| * '''Election:''' Every 7 days, an election cycle occurs:
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| ** '''Campaigning (24 hours):''' The first 10 eligible candidates holding '''Rank 6 through 10''' may register on the faction stone.
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| ** '''Voting (24 hours):''' All registered faction members cast one immutable vote on the faction stone.
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| ** The candidate with the highest vote tally assumes office for a one-week term.
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| * '''Commander Powers:'''
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| ** '''Treasury Allocation:''' Directs silver from the central Faction Treasury into specific captured town treasuries.
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| ** '''Tithing Control:''' Sets the global player silver tithe from '''0% to 100%''' in increments of 10% (one adjustment allowed per 24 hours).
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| ** '''Appoint Officers:''' Selects one Sheriff and one Finance Minister for each conquered city via the townstone.
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| ** '''Global Faction Broadcast:''' Once per hour, speaks aloud:
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| : <div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4); border-left: 3px solid #ffd700; padding: 6px 14px; margin: 8px 0; font-family: monospace; color: #ffd700;">"message faction"</div>
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| : This opens a text prompt dispatching a global message to all online faction comrades.
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| === The Town Sheriff ===
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| Each conquered town possesses one Sheriff appointed by the Commander. By speaking:
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| : <div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4); border-left: 3px solid #ffd700; padding: 6px 14px; margin: 8px 0; font-family: monospace; color: #ffd700;">"I am sheriff"</div>
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| The Sheriff accesses the garrison interface to hire and command '''Faction City Guards'''.
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| * '''Guard Capacity:''' A town can maintain up to 10 guards of each type (maximum 40 guards total per city).
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| * '''Tactical Standing Orders:''' The Sheriff sets orders against each rival faction:
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| ** '''Ignore:''' Guards permit enemy presence without reaction.
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| ** '''Warn:''' Guards give verbal proclamations alerting citizens to the enemy's presence.
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| ** '''Attack:''' Guards attack enemy faction combatants on sight. (Guards never attack neutral non-faction citizens).
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| |- style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(45, 32, 18, 0.95) 0%, rgba(24, 18, 10, 0.95) 100%); color: #ffd700;"
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| ! Guard Tier
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| ! Minax
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| ! Council of Mages
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| ! True Britannians
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| ! Shadowlords
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| ! Silver Cost
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| | '''Tier 1 (Light)''' || Henchman || Henchman || Henchman || Henchman || 5,000 Silver
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| | '''Tier 2 (Medium)''' || Mercenary || Mercenary || Mercenary || Mercenary || 6,000 Silver
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| | '''Tier 3 (Heavy)''' || Berserker || Sorcerer || Knight || Death Knight || 7,000 Silver
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| | '''Tier 4 (Elite)''' || Dragoon || Wizard || Paladin || Necromancer || 8,000 Silver
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| === The Town Finance Minister ===
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| Each conquered town possesses one Finance Minister appointed by the Commander. By speaking:
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| : <div style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4); border-left: 3px solid #ffd700; padding: 6px 14px; margin: 8px 0; font-family: monospace; color: #ffd700;">"I wish to access the city treasury"</div>
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| The Finance Minister commands the fiscal policies of the town:
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| * '''Vendor Taxation:''' Adjusts NPC vendor purchase prices throughout the city from '''1/3 normal price''' up to '''3x normal price''' (in increments of thirds). This tax applies to all shoppers realm-wide, generating municipal revenues deposited into the town treasury.
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| * '''Control Extension:''' May spend '''20,000 Silver per day''' (up to 7 additional days maximum) to lengthen town control without re-stealing the sigil.
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| * '''Purchasing Specialized NPC Vendors:'''
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| |- style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(45, 32, 18, 0.95) 0%, rgba(24, 18, 10, 0.95) 100%); color: #ffd700;"
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| ! Vendor Type
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| ! Silver Cost
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| ! Max Per City
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| ! Inventory & Purpose
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| | '''Stablemaster''' || 5,000 Silver || 1 || Sells sturdy Faction War Horses (500 Silver) to Rank 2+ faction riders.
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| | '''Reagent Vendor''' || 5,000 Silver || 10 || Stocks wholesale mage reagents for frontline spellcasters.
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| | '''Ore Vendor''' || 3,000 Silver || 10 || Stocks raw iron ore for faction blacksmiths and armorers.
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| | '''Wood Vendor''' || 3,000 Silver || 10 || Stocks timber and shafts for faction carpenters and bowcrafters.
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| |}
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| == Summary of Essential Faction Speech Commands ==
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| ! style="width: 35%; padding: 8px;" | Spoken Command
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| ! style="width: 25%; padding: 8px;" | Authorized Role
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| ! style="width: 40%; padding: 8px;" | System Action
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| | style="font-family: monospace; color: #ffd700; padding: 8px;" | What is my faction term status
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| | Any Resigning Member
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| | Displays the exact remaining hours until clean resignation from the faction.
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| | style="font-family: monospace; color: #ffd700; padding: 8px;" | I honor your leadership
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| | Combatants with ≥ 10 Kill Points
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| | Prompts target cursor to transfer 4 kill points to a faction comrade (costs 5 points; once per 24h).
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| | style="font-family: monospace; color: #ffd700; padding: 8px;" | message faction
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| | Faction Commander
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| | Broadcasts an instant guild-wide speech notification to all online faction members (1 hour cooldown).
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| | style="font-family: monospace; color: #ffd700; padding: 8px;" | I am sheriff
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| | Appointed Town Sheriff
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| | Opens the city defense menu to hire faction guards and configure Ignore / Warn / Attack orders.
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| | style="font-family: monospace; color: #ffd700; padding: 8px;" | I wish to access the city treasury
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| | Appointed Finance Minister
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| | Opens the municipal ledger to adjust town vendor taxes, extend town control, and hire NPC vendors.
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| |}
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| ''Reference grounded in the classic Stratics Faction System and UO Renaissance game archives. All illustrations and diagrams are hosted on the local wiki server.''
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| </div>
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