Daggerfall:Mages Guild

Mages Guild
Opening Hours	11:00 - 23:00

A typical Mages Guild guildhall

The Mages Guild is an inter-provincial organization under a council of five archmagisters, dedicated to the study and application of magicka.

The Guild is the official center of magical study in Tamriel, and has existed for at least a thousand years. It is often described as a school or club for mages; a place for spellcasters to congregate, study, experiment, and learn from one another.

Applicants must show a minimum of magical ability before being granted admission, although the Guild does offer limited services to non-members. Most major towns in the Iliac Bay region have a Guildhall where spells and magical items are sold.

Mages Guild OverviewEdit

The Mages Guild of Sentinel City

The Mages Guild offers many magical services; members and non-members may purchase spells or have enchanted items identified, for a price. Members, depending on rank, may also receive training in the various schools of magic, use the library, buy soul gems, purchase or create magic items or spells, summon daedra, and use teleportation services. Joining the guild requires fair aptitude in at least one school of magic.

The Guild also offers a variety of quests to adventurers. Most of these involve casting a spell such as Open or Sleep, protecting the guild, fetching an item, or killing an evil mage. Many of the Mages Guild quests also have you help out or step on the toes of other factions, so tread carefully.

The guildhalls of the Mages Guild come in a wide variety of building shapes and interior designs. While these vary widely from each other, the mages within will always be found in the same places across identical floorplans.

Political AffiliationsEdit

		Power
Political Factions (by influence)	Mages Guild	60
	Archmagister	70
	Guildmagister	20
	Popudax	25
	Karethys	30
	Master of Incunabula	20
	Master of Academia	25
	Master of the Scry	15
	Master at Arms	20
	Palatinus	25
	Master of Initiates	15
	Academics	15
	Patricians	25
	Travelers League	20
	Mercenary Mages	15
	Isolationists	20
	Utility Mages	50
	Cabal	35
	Order of the Lamp	35
	Odylic Mages	15
	Crafters	5

RanksEdit

Your guild rank is determined by a combination of your reputation with the Mages Guild and your two highest skills associated with the Guild:

Rank	Rank Title	Reputation	High skill	Low skill
0	Apprentice	0	22	4
1	Journeyman	10	23	5
2	Evoker	20	31	9
3	Conjurer	30	39	13
4	Magician	40	47	17
5	Enchanter	50	55	21
6	Warlock	60	63	25
7	Wizard	70	71	29
8	Master Wizard	80	79	33
9	Archmage	90	87	37

Guild SkillsEdit

The following skills are used to determine guild rank:

BenefitsEdit

Advancing in rank within the Mages Guild affords the following advantages:

Benefits by Rank
everyone	Access to Item Identification
everyone	Access to Spell Merchant
Rank 0	Access to Spell Maker
Rank 0	Free magicka restoration for Sorcerers
Rank 2	Access to Library
Rank 3	Access to Magical Item Merchant
Rank 4	Access to Soul Gem Merchant
Rank 5	Access to Item Maker
Rank 6	Access to Daedra Summoner
Rank 6	Guild members/services available 24 hours per day
Rank 8	Access to Teleporter Service

DialogueEdit

The people of the Iliac Bay may discuss the Mages Guild if asked:

"The Mages Guild is the official center of magical study in Tamriel. Most major towns have a bureau of the Guild where they sell spells and magical items, in addition to their studies."

"The Mages Guild is sorta a school for studying spells. You have to already be pretty decent to get in, but even non-members can use some of their services."

"The Mages Guild is pretty much what the name suggests. It's an organization for all varieties of spellcasters to get together and teach each other. Used to be that mages were solitary types. No longer."

"It's just what you think it is. A school and a club for mages who are already pretty good to make them even better. It's been around for, oh, at least a thousand years."

MembersEdit

GuildmagisterEdit

The Guildmagister is the head of a local Mages Guild guildhall. He or she offers a wide array of quests for guild members, a limited number for non-members, and any promised rewards for those quests. A guildhall's Guildmagister can usually be found standing near the main entrance.

The Guildmagister of the Mages Guild of Daggerfall
The Guildmagister of the Mages Guild of Sentinel

Odylic MagesEdit

The Odylic Mages specialize in perfoming Item Identification services within the guildhalls of the Mages Guild. If you find a magic item in a dungeon or receive one as a quest reward, for a fee they will tell you what enchantments it contains.

These services are available to everyone at a relatively low cost. The exact cost depends upon the value of the magical item and your reputation with the Guild.

A typical Odylic Mage
The Odylic Mage of Daggerfall

AcademicsEdit

The Academics are the spell merchants of the Mages Guild. Their spells are available for purchase by members and non-members alike. The price of a spell depends on the quality of the current guildhall, your mercantile skill, and also your current reputation with the Academics.

Unlike most types of Guild mages, there may be multiple spell merchants in a single guildhall.

One spell merchant in the Mages Guild of Daggerfall...
...and another
Academic mage of the Mages Guild of Sentinel

PatriciansEdit

The Patricians offer training and scholarly services within the Mages Guild. A Patrician can be found at every Mages Guild guildhall. Training services are reserved strictly for guildmembers.

The cost of a training session depends entirely on your character level; your reputation with the Patricians will not affect the price of their services. The cost to train a skill is 100 gold per character level. As with all skill training, the Patricians can only train a skill up to a maximum of 50%.

Patricians offer training in the following skills:

He will help you learn, for a price

IsolationistsEdit

The Isolationists are the mages who can help you use the Spell Maker service within the Mages Guild. The Spell Maker is available to guildmembers only.

Since the cost of this service depends entirely on the created spell, your reputation with the Isolationists will not affect the price of their services.

This adventuresome young woman is one of the Guild's many spell makers
Isolationist mage of the Sentinel Mages Guild

Utility MagesEdit

The Utility Mages trade in magical items and soul gems to guildmembers of the appropriate ranks. The prices offered by the Utility Mages for these goods depend upon factors such as your mercantile skill and your reputation with the faction.

Your go-to guy for enchanted items and soul gems

CraftersEdit

The Crafters are the mages who create enchanted items for the Mages Guild. Their services are reserved to members of the appropriate rank. Since the cost of creating such an item depends entirely on any applied magical effects, your reputation with the Crafters will not affect the price of their services.

A crafter hard at work

The CabalEdit

Not much is known about the Cabal of the Mages Guild. It is generally supposed that their power comes from summoning great Daedra Lords and Princes. They are the cloaked, glowing-eyed mages who perform Daedra summoning for members of the Mages Guild. The price of this service depends entirely on your reputation with them.

A Daedra summoner of the Cabal

Travelers LeagueEdit

The Travelers League is made up of the mages that offer teleporter services within the Mages Guild. Their services are free to members of the appropriate rank. Beware, the trip is one-way.

A member of the Traveler's League

QuestsEdit

The following quests are offered by the Mages Guild:

General Quests and Information
Quest Name	Quest Text	Description	Rank or Level Required
Quests for non-members
Missing Book	My name is (Guildmagister's name). You want work but....	Retrieve a missing book for the Mages Guild.	Not in Guild
Grab an Ingredient	I am (Guildmagister's name). As a rule, only guild members...	Grab an ingredient from a local dungeon.	Not in Guild
The Loose Pet Imp	You may call me (Guildmagister's name). Normally I can only give work...	A student's pet imp has been released.	Not in Guild
An Ancient Scroll	Hmmph. You're not a guild member...	A local dungeon has a scroll needed by the Mages Guild.	Not in Guild
Quests for members
Retrieve an Ingredient	We need you to get a rare ingredient that is hidden away... One of our more brilliant students...	Grab an ingredient from a local dungeon.	In Guild
Mummy Wrappings	(Oath), is there anything more exasperating than the discovery... Recipes are a daft business, (player's guild title)...	A nearby mummy has a bit too much cloth.	In Guild
Cast the Sleep spell	Noble (noble) has sponsored the guild in... If you are capable of casting the standard circinate spell Sleep...	Help a noble get some sleep.	In Guild
Research Notes	As the premier research institution in the Empire... The Mages Guild of (guild town) has...	Grab some research for the Mages Guild.	In Guild
Open a chest ^*	I need someone who can cast the Open spell...	A merchant needs a magical chest opened.	In Guild
Azimuthal Vectors ^*	(Player's guild title), I am perplexed. Perhaps... Hmm, yes, if the internal azimuthal vectors...	Help a mage with his research.	In Guild
Former Student Part I ^* Former Student Part II ^* Former Student Part III ^*	You are loyal member of the Mages Guild ...	Hunt down or befriend a former student practicing unsanctioned magic. Help the renegade mage find a box within the Direnni Tower. Help the renegade mage find a lost magical item.	Rank 1 or higher
Atronach Hunting	Rather embarassing [sic], but one of our experiments... Actually, we have had a bit of...	An atronach has escaped from the Mages Guild.	Rank 1 or higher
Guard the Guild	The Guildhall -- how should one... The Mages Guild is in need of someone...	Thieves are trying to steal a magic item from the Mages Guild.	Rank 1 or higher
Protect an Honored Mage	I am (Guildmagister's name), servant of the mighty (mage's name)... It is a very great honor, my dear...	Assassins are coming for an entranced mage.	Rank 2 or higher
A Dangerous Wizard	Doubtless, you have heard of the crazed wizard (wizard's name). ... The people of (region) have been...	A powerful wizard threatens all of Tamriel.	Rank 2 or higher
Oracle	Are you (player's name)? The (player's guild title)?	A noble is prophesied to die.	Rank 2 or higher
Rogue Imp	My name is (Guildmagister's name). We need someone to kill...	Kill an Imp that has been annoying some nobles.	Rank 3 or higher
Banish Daedra	I don't know if you can assist me at ... It is a great irony that summoning a daedra... Banish Daedra is one of the most difficult of ...	Banish a Daedra for the Mages Guild.	Rank 4 or higher

* Quest is only available with CompUSA Special Edition.

Note: quests are offered based on rank or character level, whichever is higher.

Guildhall Map BlocksEdit

NotesEdit

If you're saving/reloading to manipulate the quests you receive, or are using Daggerfall Unity, some quests are clearly more rewarding than others. For quickly raising your reputation with the guild, the quests Open a Chest and Cast the Sleep Spell are the most efficient in terms of in-game time and can be done in less than an in-game hour if the settlement size/RNG is favorable. Protect an Honored Mage is somewhat slower and far harder, taking a bit over 3 in-game hours and requiring combat, but gives substantially better rewards, lower cost in real time, and can be less of a strain on your Magicka reserves for characters skilled with weapon use. Guard the Guild is near identical to Protect an Honored Mage if the guild is near closing time when receiving quests.

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