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          <h1>Oddjobs</h1>
          <span class="subtitle">The guild for MapleStory odd-jobbers</span>
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          <a href="#huh" class="h-anchor"><h2 id="huh">Huh?</h2></a>

          <p>
            Oddjobs represents a handful of folks who enjoy playing so-called
            &ldquo;odd jobs&rdquo; in (pre-Big-Bang, or pre-BB)
            <a
              target="_blank"
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              href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapleStory"
              >MapleStory</a
            >. Oddjobs currently occupies a server called
            <a
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              href="https://maplelegends.com/"
              >MapleLegends</a
            >, where <b>Oddjobs</b> is a guild with its own self-imposed
            ruleset, complete with a cute little
            <abbr title="&#x1f34f;">apple</abbr> icon next to the name. Thus,
            Oddjobs is a &ldquo;guild&rdquo; both in
            <a
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              href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_(video_games)"
              >the general sense</a
            >, and in the MapleStory sense.
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            ><h2 id="whats-an-odd-job">
              What&rsquo;s an &ldquo;odd job&rdquo;?
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            Simply put, playing a character that is of an &ldquo;odd job&rdquo;
            is a way of intentionally playing the game wrong. Odd jobs are
            builds that are distinct enough from ordinary builds/jobs that they
            are considered jobs <em>in their own right</em> (alongside those
            set out explicitly by the game, such as page, gunslinger, &amp;c.).
            However, because the game generally does not directly ask players
            to play these odd jobs, they are purely self-imposed, and often
            (but not always) parasitic on the &ldquo;jobs&rdquo; (like
            crusader, magician, hunter, and so on) set out by the game itself.
            For example, only knowing that a certain character is a cleric
            <em>does not tell you</em> whether they might be some kind of odd
            job, like STR cleric or LUK cleric, or whether they might be an
            ordinary non-odd INT-based cleric.
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            There is no limit <i>per se</i> to what odd jobs exist, other than
            your imagination. Nevertheless, we&rsquo;ve made an attempt to
            catalogue some of the odd jobs that have already been invented; for
            more information, see the
            <a href="./odd-jobs.html">Odd Jobs</a> page. For a gentler
            introduction, see &ldquo;<a
              href="./guides/introduction-to-odd-jobs/"
              >Introduction To Odd Jobs</a
            >&rdquo;.
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          <a href="#but-why" class="h-anchor"
            ><h2 id="but-why">But, why?</h2></a
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          <p>
            Because it&rsquo;s fun. Plus, odd jobs give new ways of
            experiencing MapleStory! If you <em>also</em> happen to think that
            playing odd jobs is fun, we encourage you to
            <a href="./join-on-up.html">join us</a>!
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          <a href="#sounds-good" class="h-anchor"
            ><h2 id="sounds-good">Sounds good.</h2></a
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            See the <a href="./join-on-up.html">Join On Up</a> page for more
            information. If you aren&rsquo;t already familiar with playing odd
            jobs and want some place to start, the
            <a href="./guides.html">Guides</a> page may be of some use as well.
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