Detailed MK Guild Rules

Part 1

Getting Started

The MK Guild is an organised play event for Dungeons & Dragons. It uses the fifth edition rules from both 2014 and 2024, with local adjustments for weekly Guild play.

Games run on Tuesday at Wargames Workshop, MK and on Wednesday at The Plough, Simpson. Characters can be brought to any game in their correct tier.

What you need to play

• The D&D player rules. The free basic rules on D&D Beyond are enough to start.
• A character sheet, either official or another sheet that suits you.
• A pen or pencil and paper for notes and resource tracking.
• A logsheet to record sessions, level, treasure, and other notes.
• Dice for play at the table.

Part 2

Character Rules

Allowed books and sources

Guild characters use fifth edition D&D content. Official fifth edition books are allowed, including books printed before 2024, subject to the legacy-content rules below. Character options from Explorer's Guide to Wildemount and Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn are also allowed.

"Official" means content published directly by Wizards of the Coast. Third-party content is not normally available unless the Guild rules list it as an exception.

Character creation quick reference

Custom backgrounds for 2024 characters

A 2024 character may create a custom background by choosing ability-score increases, one origin feat, two skill proficiencies, and one tool proficiency. The ability-score increase can be three separate +1 increases, or +2 to one ability and +1 to another.

If a 2024 character chooses an official background that does not include an origin feat, they may choose an origin feat.

Part 3

Sessions and Adventures

Signing up

To play, sign up for a player spot in the Discord event-signup channel. Spots are made available at 10am on Saturday for Tuesday sessions and 10am on Sunday for Wednesday sessions.

A signup gives you a guaranteed place if enough DMs are available for the players. Walk-ins may be possible, but they depend on space and are not guaranteed.

Adventure tiers

Session format

MK Guild games usually follow a one-shot format. Each adventure starts, plays out, and ends in a 2-4 hour session. Some adventures may connect through plot hooks, and rare adventure arcs may work differently.

Each game is run by a DM and usually has 3-6 players. A DM may choose to run with more or fewer players. Adventures may include combat, exploration, social scenes, investigation, or a mix of these.

Allowed adventures

DMs can run official adventures or Guild-approved custom adventures. Official adventures are published by Wizards of the Coast or approved for Adventurers League, and usually have an adventure code. Custom adventures are written by Guild members, reviewed by Council members, and given a custom MK Guild code.

Part 4

Rewards and Advancement

After an adventure, characters may receive renown, gold, milestones, and magic items. Record rewards on your logsheet after each session.

Milestones needed to level up

When you level up, you can continue in your current class or multiclass using the normal D&D multiclassing rules.

Part 5

Community Guidelines

The Guild aims to be inclusive, friendly, and built around shared adventures. By joining games, players agree to support a table where everyone can have fun.

No harassment

Harassment of any kind is not tolerated. This includes offensive comments or actions about identity, appearance, disability, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, or sexual orientation, as well as intimidation, stalking, disruption, inappropriate contact, or unwelcome sexual attention. In-character behaviour does not excuse harassment.

Do not cheat

Cheating includes manipulating dice, using illegal character options, inventing or rewriting items, or otherwise gaining unfair advantages. It disrespects the DM and the other players.

PVP

TBD - wording to be confirmed by MK Guild admins.

Limit meta-gaming

If you know the monster, plot, or twist as a player, ask whether your character would know it. Avoid spoiling story moments or using out-of-character knowledge to take over the table.

Support the table

Remember that the DM and other players have set aside time to enjoy the game. Optimised builds and strong tactics are welcome, but they should not come at the cost of the table's fun.

Leave it at the table

Character conflicts are not personal conflicts. If something in play bothers you, raise it respectfully with the player, DM, admins, or Council members rather than holding it against someone outside the game.

Give people room to make mistakes

People sometimes make poor or risky choices in play. If another player's choice causes trouble for your character, start from the assumption that it was not meant personally and talk it through if needed.

Make people welcome and comfortable

Sexual content, torture, and other controversial topics are discouraged. If something might offend or upset the table, avoid it. If another player says they are uncomfortable, listen, apologise, and change course.

Raise concerns

If you feel uncomfortable, witness behaviour that breaks the guidelines, or have a concern about the community, speak to a Council member, DM, admin, or Wargames Workshop. Serious disputes may be handled by impartial arbiters, and players who refuse to follow the guidelines may be removed or put on a break.

Breaks and returning to play

If repeated discussions, warnings, and escalations do not resolve a serious conduct issue, the Guild may put a player on a break. A player who has done wrong can discuss what needs to change and may be invited to try again with a level 1 character without renown, items, or gold before returning with their other characters.

Part 6

Rules Summary

Character options

• 2024 characters have an expanded origin feat list: Strike of the Giants, Rune Shaper, Squire of Solamnia, Initiate of High Sorcery, Scion of the Outer Planes, and Strixhaven Initiate.
• Blood Hunter is available and functions as a 2014 class.
• Feats, subclasses, and spells from Explorer's Guide to Wildemount and Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn are available.
• Dragonmark feats from Eberron: Forge of the Artificer are available to Guild characters without the Eberron campaign prerequisite.

Equipment and items

• Characters cannot have magic items from a higher tier than their current tier allows.
• Creatures you control can use and attune to magic items if they can reasonably hold and use the item. Their attunement uses your attunement slots.
• Crafting magic items and consumables is not possible between adventures.

Spells and magical effects

Long-duration spells do not normally carry over from one adventure to the next. Find Familiar, Find Steed, and Homunculus Servant are exceptions. Curses and similar story effects may persist if the DM makes them part of a story reward, and can be removed through the Guild Shop.

Spell and Magical Effects rule 2: TBD - wording to be confirmed by MK Guild admins.

General rules

• If a new player only has Tier 1 characters and signs up when only higher-tier games are running, their character may temporarily play at level 5 in a Tier 2 game. The level change ends after the session. They may claim milestone, renown, and half gold, but no magic items.
• Abilities and magic items with cooldowns longer than one day recharge after the character's next adventure. These are effectively usable every other adventure, even if multiple in-world days pass during that adventure, unless an adventure arc or multi-day adventure says otherwise.

Part 7

Class-Specific Rulings