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* Your party in the ''EtrianOdyssey'' games is one of these.

* ''FinalFantasyXII''

* ''FinalFantasyXIV''

* In ''Solatorobo'', the adventurers are called Hunters, but there are many guilds, the largest of which are the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Kuvasz]].

* ''[[{{ptitlecm0ohq79}} Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' is all over this - they take 90% of your pay though.

* ''MonsterHunter''

* ''ArcTheLad''

* Adventurer's Guilds are common in ''{{Eberron}}''. The city of Sharn has two competing ones.

* Many [[DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] campaign settings have several. Such as Sharn's Clifftop and Deathsgate guilds in {{Eberron}}

* This is the primary mechanism to get missions in ''WingCommander: Privateer''.

* The Adventurer's guild in the ''QuestForGlory'' series, although they typically only granted you the low level stuff, big things had to be done by convincing people you were the one to do them.

* The Adventurer's guild in the ''QuestForGlory'' series.

One more thing: Although the main characters are described as a guild, they usually don't have a common skill set. Fighters, mages, and thieves (and others) can all work for the same guild, but won't learn skills from each other. After all, that would make them similar, and WhatMeasureIsANonUnique? (There are occasionally organizations that cater to these types, but then we get into politics.)

This is an organization, and I use the term loosely, that enrolls adventurers and gives them access to jobs. Jobs generally range from "[[FetchQuest find my cat]]" to "destroy [[BonusBoss Omega Volcano Satan]]", and are posted by random locals who can't, apparently, do anything for themselves.

* ''[=~Pokémon Mystery Dungeon~=]'' is all over this - they take 90% of your pay though.

* ''FinalFantasy XII''

* ''ArcTheLad.''

* The later ''MegaManBattleNetwork'' has a bulletin board full of {{Side Quest}}s to do. Which ones can be done is typically limited by a ranking system.

* This is the primary mechanism to get missions in Wing Commander: Privateer
* ''PokemonMysteryDungeon'' is all over this - they take 90% of your pay though.

* The Trouble Center in ''PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''

See also WeirdTradeUnion, MurderInc, ThievesGuild.

!!!Examples:

* Adventurer's Guilds are common in ''{{Eberron}}''. The city of Sharn has two competing ones.

This is an organization, and I use the term loosely, that enrolls adventurers and gives them access to jobs. Jobs generally range from "find my cat" to "destroy Omega Volcano Satan", and are posted by random locals who can't, apparently, do anything for themselves.

Jobs generally are posted on a bulletin board (encrypted dataserver or cork slab, depending on the setting), where certified adventurers sign up for them. "Certified Adventurers" is basically a euphemism for spiky haired obsessives, teen girls who will almost certainly turn out to be princesses, and other protagonist types.

* The Trouble Center in ''PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''

Mainly a video game trope, but also shows up in anime, especially when the setting is a RolePlayingGameVerse. Mainly shows up in Japanese works, because the Japanese seem to feel that even killing people and taking their stuff should be done in a structured, social context.

BTW, competition or open war between rival guilds is a common plot point.

* The Trouble Center in ''PaperMarionTheThousandYearDoor''

Examples:

* FinalFantasy XII

* ResonanceOfFate

* FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance is probably the TropeCodifier

* ArcTheLad.

* FairyTail makes one of these guilds the main focus of the show/manga.

* The later MegaManBattleNetwork has a bulletin board full of {{Side Quest}}s to do. Which ones can be done is typically limited by a ranking system.

* {{Avernum}} has a bulletin board in every town that supplies you with jobs and quests.

* PokemonMysteryDungeon is all over this - they take 90% of your pay though.

* ElderScrolls games have something like this, but those are more function-specific and function more like actual medieval guilds than the odd job clearinghouses that epitomize this trope.

One more thing: Although the main characters are described as a guild, they usually don't have a common skill set. Fighters, mages, and thieves (and others) can all work for the same guild, but won't learn skills from each other. After all, that would make them similar, and WhatMeasureIsANonUnique?

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