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  Has acquired the following regional certificate 
   
  Membership of Meerijder (Vestmeer) 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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  ® and ™ designate trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. © 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This certificate is 
  the property of Wizards of the Coast and has $0 actual cash value. 
  Your PC belongs to the Vestmeer branch of Clan Meerijder, or to one of its Septs (sub-clans). The benefit of belonging
  to the Vestmeer branch of the Meerijders is one of Lifestyle costs when in Vestmeer Meerijder lands. This is called a
  Hearth and Home Benefit and has the following effects for your PC. 
   
  Whenever your PC is in an area where the Vestmeer Meerijder dominate, they gain any life-style at half cost. Your
  character can also wear clan colours and spout clan loyalties at will, gaining if they do a +1 reaction bonus to
  Diplomacy checks when dealing with other Vestmeer Meerijder clan members. A member of the Vestmeer Meerijders
  has the right to appeal to any local Vestmeer Meerijder authority for justice and recompense from any other member of
  their clan who has done them a perceived wrong. A member of the Vestmeer Meerijders can gain access to the Prestige
  Class of Clan Protector (as per Tribal Protector) for their branch of the Clan and its lands. 
    
  The Meerijders are a clan divided. Bitter inter-clan warfare and constant disputes have divided the clan into two roughly
  equal divisions, the Vestmeers and the Oostmeers. The Vestmeers live mainly along the southern shores of Lake Quag,
  especially in the cities of Schwartzenbruin and Clatsberg. Of mixed Flan and Oerdian descent, they have a deep and
  abiding love for the lake around which they live. Proficient sailors, the Vestmeer ply the waters of the lake and even
  take Perrender goods as far as the city of Greyhawk during the summer high melts. Rivalry between themselves and the
  Oostmeer branch of the clan occasionally sees blood drawn, and some “privateering” has occurred recently. Both sides
  deny any fault in the courts of the Voormann. Vestmeer players suffer a –2 reaction penalty when interacting with
  Oostmeer clan members. Vestmeer PCs of chaotic nature have access to the prestige class of Privateer (as per Dread
  Pirate).  
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Living Greyhawk/Metaorg Material/Perrenland/Vestmeer-ClanCert.pdf