A1: Guildhall of Architects and Stonemasons

As befits the meetinghouse of artisans specializing in quality construction, this guildhall is one of the most unique buildings in the Free City-the only one with an address on each side of the same street!

The guildhall resembles a bridge in the way it straddles Smith Road. It rests on two square pillars, each a stone buildmg of no little size. Supported by eight massive trunks-single beams more than 100 feet long and nearly three feet thick-the upper portion of the building rests upon these bases. The structure is phenomenally strong. As if to prove the point, the Guild Ballroom, where the members hold their social gatherings and dances, is located in the part of the building suspended over the road.

The guild maintains a small museum in the left leg of the hall, wherein are displayed detailed scale models of some of the greater accomplishments of guild architects. Models of the Citadel, the Lord Mayor's Palace, the Hall of Deans at Grey College, and the Guildhall of the Performing Artistes are the only buildings of the Free City displayed here, but a dozen more models represent palatial structures from other parts of the Flanaess.

Each model is provided with its own alcove in the museum, lighted by its own chandelier. The museum is a mazelike area of stone passages, columns, freely swinging stone doors, and other examples of the stonemason's art. It is open to the public during the afternoons. It is staffed by one master architect or stonemason, and about six young teenage children of guild members who aspire to apprenticeships.

The other pillar of the bridge holds a storeroom of rare tools and a large drawing laboratory. Its facilities are available to guild members who have temporary need of equipment or space exceeding their own resources.

The upper part of the hall, reached usually through the museum but connecting to both sides, contains small meeting rooms, the large ballroom with a raised orchestra platform, and an amply provisioned bar and kitchen area.

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A1: Architects’ and Stonemasons’ Guildhall. This massive and beautiful building is a great square arch that straddles Smith Road. Two square pillars support eight thick wooden beams spanning the street, on which the long third floor of this structure rests. The first two floors are in the pillars. A mazelike museum housing detailed scale models of some of the guild’s greatest works is in the western leg of the structure, with examples of true arches, pivoting 9 stone doors, and so on. The guild’s founders worked on Greyhawk's Grand Citadel, the Lord Mayor's Palace, Grey College, the Guildhall of Performing Artistes, and other structures during the reign of Zagig Yragerne; they created the guild itself after his disappearance.

DM's Notes: The Thieves’ Guild has occasionally infiltrated this site to get the plans for various buildings in and around the city, so as to better outline its unlawful activities. The guild now has a very efficient security system of trained guards, passwords, spells, locks, and more to prevent these plans from being copied or stolen. A few plans stolen earlier by thieves are being sought by the guild, and any character aiding either the thieves or the architects will make an enemy of the other side.