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Acquisitions Incorporated
As a rank 2 hoardsperson, you are granted the use of a living loot satchel, which is an uncommon magic item. It functions as a bag of holding and is available in a variety of colors and styles
transfer any amount of your franchise funds back to your satchel with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check.
Secret Satchel
As a rank 3 hoardsperson, your living loot satchel gets an
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
;Divine Rank” sidebar in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.) Auril’s beloved ice grasps all things in her clutches, preserving them against the ravages of time. She hoards beauty in
dwells on Solstice, a frozen island hidden among the titanic icebergs in the Sea of Moving Ice. Few creatures know of this island, let alone how to reach it. See chapter 5 for information about
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
winter’s cruelty. (For information on what defines a lesser god, see the “Divine Rank” sidebar in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.) Auril’s beloved ice grasps all things in her
island, let alone how to reach it. See chapter 5 for information about the regional effects that encompass the island.
While she’s on the island, the Frostmaiden can take one of the following
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
neutral evil lesser god of cold indifference who embodies winter’s cruelty. (For information on what defines a lesser god, see the “Divine Rank” sidebar in the Dungeon Master&rsquo
icebergs in the Sea of Moving Ice. Few creatures know of this island, let alone how to reach it. See chapter 5 for information about the regional effects that encompass the island.
While
Equipment
detailed analysis covers military units, weapons, strategy, rank, discipline, and much more.
When you study a chapter in the book for 1 hour during a short or long rest, you learn interesting
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
)Equipment: A uniform of your company (traveler’s clothes in quality), an insignia of your rank, a gaming set of your choice, and a pouch containing the remainder of your last wages (10 gp)
chapter 8 of the Player’s Handbook).
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the soldier background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
factions described in this adventure. You can use the optional renown rules in chapter 1 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to track a character’s rank and ascent within a given faction. The Dungeon Master’s
without this background can join factions once they reach the end of chapter 1 of this adventure. TRACKING RENOWN
This adventure includes side quests available only to characters who join the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
are the closest to those enemies when a fight breaks out. A character might occupy the front rank, one or more middle ranks, or the back rank. Characters in the front and back ranks need enough room
to travel side by side with others in their rank. When space is too tight, the marching order must change, usually by moving characters to a middle rank. Fewer Than Three Ranks. If an adventuring
Compendium
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above those gained normally through franchise advancement. See “Headquarters Features” earlier in this chapter for more information. Whispered Warnings Also at rank 3, your whisper jar gains
feature and one cosmetic feature over and above those gained normally through franchise advancement. See “Headquarters Features” earlier in this chapter. Whispered Arcana Also at rank 4, your whisper
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at rank 1, you can use your extensive supply network to buy one item found on any table in the “Mounts and Vehicles” or “Trade Goods” sections in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook and have it
quality of equipment and treasure, or analyze resources in a local area. The Hoardsperson Franchise Rank Features
1 Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, What a Deal
2 Living Loot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Whirlpools In areas where storms or opposed currents drive powerful waters together, violent maelstroms might form. Whirlpools are difficult terrain. Each whirlpool has a rank, which determines its
size and strength, as shown on the Whirlpool Rank table. A whirlpool’s depth equals half its diameter. Whirlpool Rank Rank Diameter Velocity DC 1 22 (4d10) ft. 5 ft. 5 2 55 (10d10) ft. 15 ft. 10 3
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franchise rank works well for most adventures, providing utility without disrupting balance. The loyalty system described in chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide can be used to determine whether the
Staff Chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook details the costs for characters to hire skilled and untrained hirelings. As is true of characters in any campaign, Acquisitions Incorporated franchisees are
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2. Barracks Stone steps lead from the watch post to a 1-foot-thick platform of zurkhwood (see “Fungi of the Underdark” earlier in chapter 2) extending between two of the hanging towers and into three
adjoining caverns. The two southernmost caves serve as barracks for the rank-and-file drow warriors of the outpost. Six warriors dwell in each barracks, each set up with a pallet, a small zurkhwood
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a jingle extolling the virtues of your franchise. The Secretarian Franchise Rank Features
1 Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, Sending Stone
2 Portfolio Keeper, Rumor Mill
3
Cards of Sending, Improved Rumor Mill
4 Always Hiring, Charming Introduction
Proficiencies and Starting Equipment As a rank 1 secretarian, you gain proficiency with one of the following of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
. If Talis is with the party, she can use her rank and influence to get the characters safely to Skyreach Castle, but once inside, she cannot guarantee their safety and, in fact, turns against them at the earliest opportunity. Characters should be at or near level 8 by the end of this chapter.
Chapter 8: Castle in the Clouds The cult has acquired a friendly roost in Skyreach Castle, a flying fortress built by cloud giants. This castle is docked near the village of Parnast and guarded by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Talis is with the party, she can use her rank and influence to get the characters safely to Skyreach Castle, but once inside, she cannot guarantee their safety and, in fact, turns against them at the earliest opportunity. Characters should be at or near 8th level by the end of this chapter.
Chapter 8: Castle in the Clouds The cult has acquired a friendly roost in Skyreach Castle, a flying fortress built by cloud giants. This castle is docked near the village of Parnast and guarded by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Master of the Wild Lioncrown Dread Lord Benefits of Renown The benefits of increasing renown within an organization can include rank and authority, friendly attitudes from members of the organization
, and other perks. Rank. Characters can earn promotions as their renown increases. You can establish certain thresholds of renown that serve as prerequisites (though not necessarily the only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
symbol, a flail with a head dipped in white paint. They work as a police force in hobgoblin society, making judgments about honor, mediating disputes, and otherwise enforcing discipline. Rank, Status, and
Title As in any strict military hierarchy, every hobgoblin in a legion has a rank, from the warlord down through a cadre of officers to the soldiers that make up most of its number. These ranks, using
Compendium
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Franchise Advancement As the characters attain 5th level, the franchise attains rank 2! You and the players should all spend some time in the “Franchise Advancement” and “Company Positions” sections
of chapter 2 to read up on the exciting improvements for the franchise, for its headquarters, and for the characters as their company positions yield even more powerful benefits. Franchise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
determine the party’s marching order (see the Player’s Handbook for more information). Characters in the front rank are likely to be the first to notice landmarks and terrain features, as well as the
ones responsible for navigating. Characters in the back rank are usually responsible for making sure that the party isn’t being followed. Encourage characters in the middle ranks to do something other
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Selecting Franchise Tasks Whether franchise tasks are undertaken during regular downtime or alongside other adventuring activities, a franchise’s rank puts a hard limit on the number of tasks the
franchise’s staff can undertake. See the “Franchise Advancement” section earlier in this chapter. (This limit is only for franchise tasks undertaken by staff. The characters are free to undertake
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Academy Locations The following descriptions are keyed to locations noted on the Spelljammer Academy map. Administration Security Level: Green (Visitor Rank) or Above, Purple (Officer Rank) or Above
mottled with patches of brilliant blue, and matching blue eyes.
Quote: “Academy accounts payable, Sor’kur speaking, please hold.”
Bridge Quarters Security Level: Gold (Bridge Rank) Only These opulent
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Rank Features
1 Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, It’s a Rental
2 Spyglass of Clairvoyance, Tale of Safe Travel
3 Map of Shortcuts, Map of the Moment
4 Elder
Cartographer’s Glossography, Greater Tale of Safe Travel
Proficiencies and Starting Equipment As a rank 1 cartographer, you gain proficiency with cartographer’s tools, and your choice of vehicles (land) or
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. You can adventure outside your territory, of course, and can assist or work for other organizations. However, you are expected to prioritize missions given to you by Head Office. Rank 1: Settlement
might wish to establish your franchise’s relationship with it through play as part of the campaign.) Rank 2: Small Territory Your license now expands to include a region similar in size to a province or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
strive to defend the weak and oppose evil. Your honor is as important to you as your life. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: An insignia of rank, a
deck of cards, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Feature: Squire of Solamnia You gain the Squire of Solamnia feat (presented later in this chapter).
In addition, the Knights of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
ways. Alcio “Baron” Metus It took Alcio years to learn of her brother’s death at the hands of Rudolph van Richten, a doctor from Rivalis (see “Mist Wanderers” at the end of the chapter). Furious, she
sought other avenues in her search for her brother’s slayer. In Martira Bay, Alcio discovered Baron’s allies in the Kargat. Through audacity and violence, she adopted her brother’s rank and the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Chapter 2: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh Four miles east of Saltmarsh, just inland of the old coast road, stands a haunted house. Until twenty years ago, it had been the residence of an aged
, though prime agricultural land, remain untended and rank with weeds. This adventure is designed for four to six 1st-level characters. If the characters complete both portions, “The Haunted House” and
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is the franchisees’ responsibility). But over time, characters in an Acq Inc campaign are granted resources to help construct the headquarters of their dreams! Each franchise rank affords the
to create a map of the headquarters and its surroundings. Chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide can help detail both wilderness and urban locations. LIFESTYLE EXPENSES
Whenever characters are in
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the franchise’s rank, and the franchise party’s business performance for the month. If a franchise’s costs leave a party low on cash, that’s a sign that it’s time to go adventuring. Alternatively
, characters might use downtime to structure a leaner business or engage in non-adventuring activities to bring in more gold (see “Franchise Tasks and Downtime” later in this chapter for more information
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Guild Membership You establish your character’s membership in a guild by choosing that guild’s background from among those detailed in this chapter. This book assumes that you have chosen a guild and
, not just what you accomplished in the past. The backgrounds associated with guilds in this chapter work like those in the Player’s Handbook, giving you proficiencies, languages, equipment, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
chapter. Rezmir and Azbara Jos do almost anything to avoid a battle with interfering adventurers. They have bigger concerns than the safety of Castle Naerytar and its occupants. If a battle develops
, both of these characters head directly for the gate beneath the castle and teleport to Talis the White’s hunting lodge (see chapter 7). For purposes of this adventure, do everything you can to ensure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
characters to advance in rank and position within their guilds by acquiring renown. The focus of chapter 3 is on the city itself — and particularly on the Tenth District, which is the heart of Ravnica
your point of entry into Ravnica as a setting for your D&D campaign. It guides you through the process of creating characters and adventures set here. Chapter 1 is all about building characters. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
chapter. Rezmir and Azbara Jos do almost anything to avoid a battle with interfering adventurers. They have bigger concerns than the safety of Castle Naerytar and its occupants. If a battle develops
, both of these characters head directly for the gate beneath the castle and teleport to Talis the White’s hunting lodge (see chapter 7). For purposes of this adventure, do everything you can to ensure
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sharn Watch Divisions The discussion above primarily concerns the rank and file of the Sharn Watch, the guards who walk the streets day in and day out and the officers who supervise them. The Watch
a captain of the Watch; typically, they won’t be asked to respond to a situation if it’s not in the interests of the Boromar Clan. The Redcloak Battalion is described in more detail in chapter 3.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
quest, see “Conyberry and Agatha’s Lair” in chapter 3. Joining the Harpers
If the party helps Sister Garaele and learns from Agatha the fate of Bowgentle’s spellbook, Garaele privately approaches
. If a character agrees, Garaele awards the individual the title of “Watcher” and hands them a pin to represent the Harpers. This rank and faction won’t affect this adventure, but it is significant for players who participate in Organized Play events.