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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and revenge. By sharing her power in this way, the overlord perpetuates the image of the evil warlock, inciting fear that strengthens the Keeper of Secrets even more.
Sul Khatesh's chief agent among
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
don’t share it.
3
I like to sound mysterious, because wisdom hidden grows deeper with time.
4
I have no patience with people who get in my way.
5
I love hearing about other
anyone else uncover — including my guild superiors.
2
I formed a close friendship or romance with someone in the guild I’m infiltrating.
3
The Dimir agent who recruited me was
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, working for someone who has more than they deserve. But the Guild offered you a way to fix that. You keep doing what you’ve always done — guard work, dock labor, business accounting &mdash
Guild. If either of them ever finds out, your life as you know it will be over.
6
A close friend or relative joined the Guild and vanished mysteriously. You’ve worked your way into the lower
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
The brutes are at the gate, chaos is looming, and the only thing standing in the way of disaster is the foundation of law and order — as embodied in the Azorius Senate. You’re a proud
.
3
When I give an order, I expect it to be obeyed.
4
I just want things the way I like them: neat, orderly, and clean.
5
No wrongdoing can escape my watchful gaze.
6
I always say
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
concentrates the spoils at the top of the hierarchy. As a functionary in that system, your best hope is to claim as much as possible of the money that passes through your hands on its way up, so that
you can work your way into a more prominent position.
Regardless of your past and the wealth of your family, your initial status with the guild is near the bottom, until you have proven your value
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
affairs of other guilds is a great way to get squashed like a bug. (Neutral)
Bonds
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Bond
1
I cherish the finger of a family member who was petrified by a
, you are connected to every other member in some way or another. Convinced that the rest of the world is out to get you, you find it easy to form close bonds with your guild mates, and harder to make
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
throw my weight around to make sure I get my way.
8
I enjoy breaking delicate works of art. And fingers, which are sort of the same.
Ideals
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Ideal
1
Guild. My
very amusing dark side.
2
A Boros captain really wants to “redeem” me.
3
I think a member of my troupe is a Dimir agent.
4
I once convinced a Golgari medusa to participate
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
advancing civilization, nature needs some help from biomancers and terraformers. If, along the way, you happen to create super-soldiers and mutant monsters that can bolster the combine’s defenses
our work is to hurry it along — no matter what must be upended along the way. (Chaotic)
3
Knowledge. Understanding the world is more important than what you do with your knowledge
Criminal / Spy
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from those of a burglar or smuggler, you learned and practiced them in a very different context: as an espionage agent. You might have been an officially sanctioned agent of the crown, or perhaps you
who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
6
I don’t pay attention to the risks in a situation. Never tell me the odds.
7
The best way to get me to do something is to tell me
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Starting the Adventure The settlements nearest to the Lost Caverns are several days’ travel from the Yatil Mountains, though way stations, hunting lodges, and roadside inns dot the roads up to the
mountains. An agent waits to receive the characters at the last of these inns, a miserable joint named the Lazy Bat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Starting the Adventure The settlements nearest to the Lost Caverns are several days’ travel from the Yatil Mountains, though way stations, hunting lodges, and roadside inns dot the roads up to the
mountains. An agent waits to receive the characters at the last of these inns, a miserable joint named the Lazy Bat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
information. Second, it strains credulity for any of the factions to send inexperienced agents into the Dark Lady’s lair. The characters receive a sending spell, telling them to meet a faction agent at a local
manor. We’ve never seen anyone leave Rundreth Manor alive, so that could mean our enemies have a shadow dragon on their side.” Her eyes narrow. “Your goal is to shatter this alliance any way you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Coup de Grace Once the aforementioned noble has gained leverage over the party, they might make all sorts of demands. It’s then up to the characters whether they obey or find a way to escape the
noble’s schemes. This might even be the point where the noble reveals that they’ve been an agent of Ivana Boritsi or Ivan Dilisnya all along, and now the Darklord they serve has a use for the characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Coup de Grace Once the aforementioned noble has gained leverage over the party, they might make all sorts of demands. It’s then up to the characters whether they obey or find a way to escape the
noble’s schemes. This might even be the point where the noble reveals that they’ve been an agent of Ivana Boritsi or Ivan Dilisnya all along, and now the Darklord they serve has a use for the characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
ruins of the Old City beneath Yongjing. Political Pawns. An agent of the emperor or his family asks the characters to meet with Secretary Wei and aid her in any way they can—thereby drawing the characters into the city’s politics.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
ruins of the Old City beneath Yongjing. Political Pawns. An agent of the emperor or his family asks the characters to meet with Secretary Wei and aid her in any way they can—thereby drawing the characters into the city’s politics.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
information. Second, it strains credulity for any of the factions to send inexperienced agents into the Dark Lady’s lair. The characters receive a sending spell, telling them to meet a faction agent at a local
manor. We’ve never seen anyone leave Rundreth Manor alive, so that could mean our enemies have a shadow dragon on their side.” Her eyes narrow. “Your goal is to shatter this alliance any way you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Healthy Competition When the characters make their choice of which agent they want to work with, whatever agent they turn down immediately arranges to send out their own competing expedition. (If the
obstacles along the way, possibly inspiring the characters to do the same. Using the power of a mechanical guide might allow for the creation of particularly devious traps that can be set across space and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Healthy Competition When the characters make their choice of which agent they want to work with, whatever agent they turn down immediately arranges to send out their own competing expedition. (If the
obstacles along the way, possibly inspiring the characters to do the same. Using the power of a mechanical guide might allow for the creation of particularly devious traps that can be set across space and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonmarked Characters Here are a few examples of characters with the Mark of Detection. House Agent Bard. With the kind of threats your house deals with, words are often more effective than weapons
. You serve as one of the eyes of the house, listening for rumors and watching for dangerous cabals and conspiracies. Along the way you do your best to mediate disputes and defuse dangerous situations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
to worm your way into the underworld of Sharn.
4 You’re an independent agent working with more than one of Sharn’s gangs. While you value your freedom, if you’re not careful you could make enemies on all sides.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
block. Phandalin NPCs Name Relevant Information Qelline Alderleaf Helpful halfling farmer whose son, Carp, knows a secret way into the Redbrands’ hideout Elmina Barthen Owns a trading post and owes
money to the characters Daran Edermath Drow member of the Order of the Gauntlet who has a quest for the party Sister Garaele Elf cleric of Tymora and Harper agent who has a quest for the party Linene
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
reward for retrieving her supplies
Halia Thornton: Member of the Zhentarim with a quest for the party
Qelline Alderleaf: Helpful halfling farmer whose son, Carp, knows a secret way into the
Redbrands’ hideout
Sister Garaele: Elf cleric of Tymora and Harper agent with a quest for the party
Harbin Wester: Townmaster of Phandalin with a quest for the party
Sildar Hallwinter: Member of the Lords’ Alliance with two quests for the party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
to worm your way into the underworld of Sharn.
4 You’re an independent agent working with more than one of Sharn’s gangs. While you value your freedom, if you’re not careful you could make enemies on all sides.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonmarked Characters Here are a few examples of characters with the Mark of Detection. House Agent Bard. With the kind of threats your house deals with, words are often more effective than weapons
. You serve as one of the eyes of the house, listening for rumors and watching for dangerous cabals and conspiracies. Along the way you do your best to mediate disputes and defuse dangerous situations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
block. Phandalin NPCs Name Relevant Information Qelline Alderleaf Helpful halfling farmer whose son, Carp, knows a secret way into the Redbrands’ hideout Elmina Barthen Owns a trading post and owes
money to the characters Daran Edermath Drow member of the Order of the Gauntlet who has a quest for the party Sister Garaele Elf cleric of Tymora and Harper agent who has a quest for the party Linene
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
reward for retrieving her supplies
Halia Thornton: Member of the Zhentarim with a quest for the party
Qelline Alderleaf: Helpful halfling farmer whose son, Carp, knows a secret way into the
Redbrands’ hideout
Sister Garaele: Elf cleric of Tymora and Harper agent with a quest for the party
Harbin Wester: Townmaster of Phandalin with a quest for the party
Sildar Hallwinter: Member of the Lords’ Alliance with two quests for the party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
to face, instead receiving assignments and sending reports by way of secret message drops and codes. Goals of the Dimir House Dimir is all about secrets and misinformation, even where its own members
are concerned. Any given Dimir agent knows of no more than a handful of alleyway contacts and dossier drop spots. One agent knows another only by a code name, or receives communications only at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
characters in your group might have different relationships with your patron, though; consider some or all of these roles for your characters: Agent. The Agent doesn’t receive direct communications
different stories for a Visionary: An acolyte might have had a revelatory experience that paved the way for the immortal’s communications. A hermit might have been plagued by disturbing dreams from youth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
characters in your group might have different relationships with your patron, though; consider some or all of these roles for your characters: Agent. The Agent doesn’t receive direct communications
different stories for a Visionary: An acolyte might have had a revelatory experience that paved the way for the immortal’s communications. A hermit might have been plagued by disturbing dreams from youth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, an agent of the Night Revelers visits them: A figure wearing pale-blue robes approaches, her face obscured by a diaphanous blue veil. “The People’s Stewards have lost their way,” she whispers. “Many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
to face, instead receiving assignments and sending reports by way of secret message drops and codes. Goals of the Dimir House Dimir is all about secrets and misinformation, even where its own members
are concerned. Any given Dimir agent knows of no more than a handful of alleyway contacts and dossier drop spots. One agent knows another only by a code name, or receives communications only at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
options: Agent. You have a close, ongoing relationship with your house. The house agent background is a good choice if you are actively working for the house. Alternately, you could take the noble
your enemy? Would you prefer to avoid them completely? Or do you want to work your way into a position of power in the house, despite being an outsider?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
options: Agent. You have a close, ongoing relationship with your house. The house agent background is a good choice if you are actively working for the house. Alternately, you could take the noble
your enemy? Would you prefer to avoid them completely? Or do you want to work your way into a position of power in the house, despite being an outsider?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
adventurers in their hour of need. Herald of the Comet. The temporary character is an agent of the Heralds of the Comet (see chapter 12), a group that seeks the original Deck of Many Things for its own
the greater good. This particular herald seeks insight that might be found within the House of Cards. Solar Bastion Agent. The temporary character is an agent of the Solar Bastion (see chapter 10) who