Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica

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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
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