Master’s Guild (Player Master) Revamp

Either decrease the extra Fundie slots, or remove them altogether.
I remember that masters had that limitation on Fundies and I was like "?? why??" at the time. If it's gone, then the corresponding perk should also be gone. I do understand the idea of 'masters being masterful', so maybe increase Fundies to a simple count of 20.
Hardcap Fundies at DR4 also sounds perfect.

What you could do, is give them a free extra custom Fundie. It'd make sense in context if they brought their own thing to the table, considering their masterful understanding of martial arts and/or Ki.

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In the Signature Tech department, seeing how currently it's only "twice per combat and +1 DR", why not use a points system for it.

For example, we can allocate 10 points to different ideas, effect costing a set amount of points, like:

• Multi-target - 5 points
• CE of choice - 3 points
• Spammability (does not take up a slot or allows more uses) - 8 points
• Pure DR increase - 3 points
• Other - XX points (consult with staff)

Just to throw an idea there.
It's not fleshed out, but I believe this will allow Signature Techniques more customization.
I'd also be against limiting them using their signature technique only twice per battle, seeing how, well. It's their signature tech. I say, let their signature follow the same rules as all normal tech rules.

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I love the idea of the master Dojo existing, only change it to school instead of Dojo. Training there will give you bonuses, like it would any other NPC master.
And if you want to increase or promote interactions with masters as Masters and not just characters with a title, how about this.

Much like every other organization, you can have tiers for Masters.
These tiers will affect the perks of training with this master, such as decreasing the maximum SP required for learning certain techniques, or allowing the master to teach techniques they themselves don't know (so long as they're green).
I also think training PC students should come with benefits for masters, to encourage that aspect as well. Student Uniform aside, the master also trains. So maybe give them an amount of SP and maybe half of their own master bonuses, as well as, idk. Master Tokens that they can use to rank up or pawn for more Zeni.

Higher-graded masters should get better perks. More quests they can give, training more than 1 student at once (triple-partner training), the ability to create chain custom techs (signature tech no longer costs a slot).

If you know ATLA to a good degree, there's this White Lotus organization, that I feel like can get very close to this concept.
A guild of old people Masters, that actually interact with one another.
I love the idea of them being able to hand out quests, especially if it's emphasized that it's specifically for non-masters.

For the record, I do feel like a Weapons Master should be able to do everything any other Master can, except with Weapons.
And that's a whole other system in and of itself lol.

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Closing thoughts, I guess. Masters Guild looks like it's basically the "create stuff for people" club.
Then, capitalization should be on letting them "create stuff for people". Not just for themselves, but for the students they take up.

That's what I think, anyway.