You understand wealth, power, and privilege but are about it not. You carry a noble title, and your family owns land, collects taxes, and wields significant political influence, but your heart is elsewhere. You might be a pampered aristocrat unfamiliar with work or discomfort, a former merchant just elevated to the nobility, or a disinherited scoundrel with a disproportionate sense of entitlement but everything you do, you do for the guild. Or you could be an honest, hard-working landowner who cares deeply about the people who live and work on your land, keenly aware of your responsibility to them yet overrun with passion to save the turtles.

Work with your DM to come up with an appropriate title and determine how much authority that title carries, although most often Visco Guild Members are the type of nobility that has a title but little responsibility. Your noble title doesn't hold sway over your judgement, it simply gives you the rank and leisure time typically necessary to devote yourself to Visco Guild matters. The fact that you are nobility and others are not is quite often an afterthought for Visco Guild members.

 

While Visco Guild members' only guild requirement is to commission one portrait of themselves a week and send it to at least one other noble, they can be recognized by the following optional traits (choose at least one):

• Colorful clothing, especially that brought about by the mixing of multiply dyes in an orderly chaotic fashion
• Large, fluffy hair holders that can be both worn in the hair or on the wrist
• A cylindrical canteen called a "water flask"
• Thick hide moccasins known as "Burkhart Sox"
• Secret code words such as "andai'oop" and "sksksk"

Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment: A set of fine clothes, a signet ring, the most recent portrait of yourself, and a purse containing 25 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Most nobles are born and raised to a very different lifestyle than most people ever experience, and their personalities reflect that upbringing. A noble title comes with a plethora of bonds—responsibilities to family, to other nobles (including the sovereign), to the people entrusted to the family’s care, or even to the title itself. But this responsibility is often not the main concern of the Visco Guild member.

d8	Personality Trait
1	My eloquent flattery makes everyone I talk to feel like the most wonderful and important person in the world.
2	The common folk love me for my kindness and generosity.
3	No one could doubt by looking at my regal bearing that I am a cut above the unwashed masses.
4	I take great pains to always look my best and follow the latest fashions.
5	I don’t like to get my hands dirty, and I won’t be caught dead in unsuitable accommodations.
6	Despite my noble birth, I do not place myself above other folk. We all have the same blood.
7	My favor, once lost, is lost forever.
8	If you do me an injury, I will crush you, ruin your name, and salt your fields.

d6	Ideal
1	Respect. Respect is due to me because of my position, but all people regardless of station deserve to be treated with dignity. (Good)
2	Responsibility. It is my duty to respect the authority of those above me, just as those below me must respect mine. (Lawful)
3	Independence. I must prove that I can handle myself without the coddling of my family. (Chaotic)
4	Power. If I can attain more power, no one will tell me what to do. (Evil)
5	Family. Blood runs thicker than water. (Any)
6	Noble Obligation. It is my duty to protect and care for the people beneath me. (Good)

d6	Bond
1	I will face any challenge to win the approval of my family.
2	My house’s alliance with another noble family must be sustained at all costs.
3	Nothing is more important than the other members of my family.
4	I am in love with the heir of a family that my family despises.
5	My loyalty to my sovereign is unwavering.
6	The common folk must see me as a hero of the people.

d6	Flaw
1	I secretly believe that everyone is beneath me.
2	I hide a truly scandalous secret that could ruin my family forever.
3	I too often hear veiled insults and threats in every word addressed to me, and I’m quick to anger.
4	I have an insatiable desire for carnal pleasures.
5	In fact, the world does revolve around me.
6	By my words and actions, I often bring shame to my family.