The Treasure Hunters of Britannia (THB) is a Guild dedicated to achieving 3 primary directives within Ultima Online©. First, providing adventurers a place to contact and seek the services of its honest and trustworthy Treasure Guides; 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 Guide 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 Guide 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 Guide loots and puts it all in a bag, and all divide it later
- Map Owner loots, and pays the Treasure Guide the price agreed upon
- By contracting a Treasure Guide, Client(s) assume all risk of injury or death inherent in completing Treasure Maps, and agree not to hold the Treasure Guide or Treasure Hunters of Britannia liable for any loss or damages.
- All details regarding the Treasure Hunt should be worked out by the Treasure Guide and Client(s) before digging up the Treasure Chest.
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- We expect our members to be honorable, and provide exactly the services they are advertising. All negotiations and details regarding the Treasure Chest and Map 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 Guide is not to leave the Client(s) until dismissed, barring unforeseen and unfortunate client crashes and the like.
- The Treasure Guide is responsible for providing transportation for the Client(s) to the site of the Treasure Chest. This does not, however, mean that the Treasure Guide 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 Guide 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 forementioned Treasure Chest, so as to prevent any accusations of premature looting on the part of the Treasure Guide.
- Treasure Guides should not take part in the battle against the Chest's Guardian Spawn unless it has been agreed to by the Guide and the Client, and suitable compensation for the Guide's skills have been arranged.
- In the event of the death of a Client, the Treasure Guide should gather the deceased's equipment until a resurrection can be arranged.
- Treasure Guides are expected to act professionally and courteously at all times, toward Clients and others.
- Treasure Guides should remember that while on a Treasure Hunt, they are representing the honor 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 Treasure Hunters of Britannia. Treasure Guides and their party are expected to make a reasonable effort to kill the Guardian Spawn.
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- While the Treasure Hunters of Britannia 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.
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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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- The Treasure Hunters of Britannia realizes that different members have different amounts of time to devote to Ultima Online© 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.
- ...use the IRC chatroom.
- ...be on ICQ, and give your ICQ number to other Guild Members, so you can get to know each other.
- ...use our Message Board as a means of keeping up with other Treasure Guides and happenings in the world of Ultima Online©.
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- The Guildmaster will, whenever possible, maintain a public house for use as a Shop and Tavern.
- Those members, who, in the Guildmaster's eyes, have proven themselves worthy (through participation), may maintain a vendor inside the forementioned 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 Treasure Hunters of Britannia is a guild for and of Treasure Guides. While we all appreciate, and indeed rely upon, the skills of our warrior, mage, bard, and tamer friends, we regret that we are unable to place any but Treasure Guides themselves in the Guild.
- The Treasure Hunters of Britannia realizes that many Treasure Guides are already part of a Guild, and wish to remain in that Guild while still being a part of the THB.
- For those who wish to remain in their own guild, yet still be part of the Treasure Hunters of Britannia, you can have an entry in the Member Roster. We ask that you get your Guildmaster to put in your Guild Title the initials THB; for example, [------, THB, ---].
- For those who wish to hire a Treasure Guide, a full Roster of official Guides 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 Treasure Hunters of Britannia.
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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 Guildmaster and two other Guild Members. 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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