So it comes to pass that some of the newest crop of Guild Academy graduates are gathered in the Quad* the morning after graduation, their packs full of gear, their belt pouches mostly empty except for their new licenses with proof of insurance, and a burning need for a drink, that first job, or both.<br/><br/>Fortunately, every Guild House in the kingdom contains a tavern as well as a chapel, a library, a training ground, and dorms for visiting adventurers.  All part of the 'lifestyle maintenance fee' they collect every month.  On the bright side, this means that nobody has to pay for a drink unless they want to get away from the miniature morale boosting tapestries, the broadsides of import, and tons of shop talk.<br/><br/>The less bright side is that the Guild Tavern has the miniature morale boosting tapestries, the broadsides of import, tons of shop talk, and weak beer.<br/><br/><br/>(* Every higher center of education seems to have one, regardless of whether or not the space so named is in fact a quadrangle of any sort.)