Cypher Lodge

The Cypher Lodge is the headquarters of the vaunted Order of Cyphers; a society of skilled wizards and sages who have dedicated themselves to unraveling the secrets of ancient Thassilon, in particular the purpose of the Cyphergate. The lodge is open to all cyphermages for a monthly room-and-board fee of 1 gp, a fee that grants access to its extensive libraries as well as a host of learned scholars on the subject. To non-cyphermages, a days' room and board (and access to the libraries) is a much heftier 20 gp. Nevertheless, its guest rooms are almost always full. -- source: Second Darkness Companion, p. 19.