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  Has acquired the following regional certificate 
   
  Membership of Meerijder (Oostmeer) 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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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 Oostmeer branch of Clan Meerijder, or to one of its Septs (sub-clans). The benefit of belonging
  to the Oostmeer branch of the Meerijders is one of Lifestyle costs when in Oostmeer 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 Oostmeer 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 Oostmeer Meerijder clan members. A member of the Oostmeer Meerijders
  has the right to appeal to any local Oostmeer Meerijder authority for justice and recompense from any other member of
  their clan who has done them a perceived wrong. A member of the Oostmeer 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 Oostmeers live mainly along the north-eastern shores of Lake
  Quag, in the Cantons of Clatspurgen and Traft, and especially in Traft City. Of mixed Flan and Oerdian descent, they
  have a deep and abiding love for the lake around which they live. Proficient sailors, the Oostmeer 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 Vestmeer 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. Oostmeer players suffer a –2 reaction penalty when
  interacting with Vestmeer clan members. Oostmeer PCs of chaotic nature have access to the prestige class of Privateer
  (as per Dread Pirate).  
   
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Living Greyhawk/Metaorg Material/Perrenland/Oostmeer-ClanCert.pdf