Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica

Izzet NPCs

Though the lzzet League officially serves the function
of maintaining the city's public works, most of its mem-
bers join the guild to indulge their insatiable curiosity
for magical knowledge. Using the guild's extensive re-
sources and sturdy facilities, researchers pursue their
studies through reckless experimentation, which often
ends in destruction of property. loss of limb, or at the
very least, a loud boom. Nearly all Izzet members have
some capability with magic.
Izzet NPCs include chemisters, who work extensively
with the magic alloy mizzium, and their attendants. The
Izzet NPCs table summarizes key roles within the guild.
Statistics for these NPCs are found in the Monster Man-
ual unless the table states otherwise.

IZ ZET NPCs

Role

Attendant

Chemister

Guard

Magic tester

Appropriate Stat Block

Commoner

Mage

Scorchbringer guard*

Flux blastseeker,* cosmotronic blastseeker,*

counterflux blastseeker,* or galvanic blast-

seeker*

*Appears in this chapter

MASTER C H EMISTER GROZCROX

Master Chemister Grozgrox is a viashino (lizardfolk) mage

with a talent for shaping mizzium. His genius has earned

commendations from Niv-Mizzet himself on two separate

occasions, a fact that Grozgrox tries to work into conversa-

tion as often as possible.

NIV-MIZZET

Possessed of arrogance and vanity that matches his vast

intellect and tremendous power, Niv-Mizzet is the an-

cient dragon who founded and continues to control the

Izzet League. From his private laboratory at the top of

the lzzet guildhall, Niv-Mizzet directs the research and

experiments of his countless underlings. He coordinates

a tremendous number of apparently unrelated projects,

working toward some mysterious end.

There can be little doubt that this ancient dragon is

one of the most intelligem beings on Ravnica and one

of the world's most powerful spellcasters. He is j ust as

acquisitive as any dragon, but his treasure is scientific

and magical knowledge. His ambition is a looming

threat in the minds of all the other guildmasters, but

confronting him directly is a lmost unthinkable thanks

to the combination of his awesome magical power and

the sheer physical threat of a fire-breathing, sword-

toothed dragon.

Nrv- M1zzET's TRAITS

Ideal: "Innovation. Don'tjust have an idea- have

all of them."

Bond: ·'J have spent more than ten thousand years re-

searching the mysteries of the world around me, but

there is much more to discover."

Flaw: '"I find it tedious to converse with simpletons who

lack vision."

BLASTSEEKERS

While chemisters focus on inventing new tools, weap-

ons, and other devices for the guild to use. the role of

a blastseeker is to put those devices to work. Despite

the name, not all such devices produce explosions,

but all the most interesting ones (from the Izzet per-

spective) do.

COUNTERFLUll

BLASTSEEKER