Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica

friends, rivals, or even family members, but their rela-

tionship with you is rarely as strong as with a bond.

Although the tables of contacts in this chapter de-

scribe nonplayer characters who are members of guilds

(your own and others), you are likely to acquire guildless

contacts as well. NPCs such as goblin gang leaders,

minotaur bartenders. and vedalken tailors all go about

their lives in the shadow of the guilds but divorced from

those groups' intrigue and politics.

STARTING CONTACTS

Your character starts the game with three contacts: an

ally in their guild, a rival in their guild, and an ally or

rival in another guild. (House Dimir is an exception.)

Tables in each guild section help you determine who

these contacts are- facts that you can build on by work-

ing with your OM to add some details. The table entries

for contacts are written in the first person, where "I" is

your character.

You'll roll twice on the Contacts table for your guild,

unless you're in House Oimir (as explained in that

guild's section). Your first roll gives you an ally. Your sec-

ond roll gives you a rival, who might be fri endly, jealous,

or antagonistic. (It's possible for these to be the same

person; a single person might be generally friendly to-

ward you and simultaneously jealous of your success,

for example.) Then you'll roll once on the table of con-

tacts from other guilds. That contact could be either an

ally or a rival, or you might instead gain a third contact

from your own guild.

Renown

As you advance the goals of your guild through your ad-

ventures, you become an increasingly important part of

the guild's activities. You might rise through the ranks,

eventually taking up a position at the right hand of the

guildmaster-or even becoming the master yourself!

Your status in your guild is measured by your re nown

score. As you increase that score, you gain the opportu-

nity to advance in the ranks of the guild.

When you join a guild as a starting character, your

renown score with that guild is 1. Your renown score

increases by 1 when you do something to advance

the guild's interests, assuming that other members of

the guild are aware of what you've done. Each guild's

description in this chapter includes a discussion of its

goals and your role in pursuing those goals, which your

DM will use to judge whether you earn an increase in

your renown score.

The various ranks within the guilds describe the

range of tasks you might perform, from testing experi-

mental Izzet weaponry to leading a squad of Boros sol-

diers into battle. When you're assigned a mission that in-

volves an adventure- leaving behind your guild holdings

and putting yourself in danger- and you complete that

mission, your renown score with that guild increases by

2. Chapter 4 includes information for the DM about mis-
   sions appropriate for your guild.
   Other tasks that don't involve adventuring can also im-
   prove your renown score. You can use the time between
   adventures to improve your renown within your guild by
   performing these tasks, as well as by socializing with

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prominent people in the guild. After doing so for a total

number of days equal to your current renown score mul-

tiplied by 10, your renown score increases by 1.

At your DM's discretion, you might also have a re-

nown score in a guild you don't belong to. You can't

ever formally advance in rank within another guild, but

a high renown score can earn you additional contacts.

favors, and other benefits. This option can be useful

in an intrigue-heavy campaign where the adventurers

spend a lot of time trying to influence the leaders of vari-

ous guilds.

BENEFITS OF RENOWN

As you gain renown in a guild, you gain certain benefits.

Most benefits are guild-specific, but there are general

benefits that apply no matter which guild you belong to:

Renown 3 or High er. When you have a renown score of

at least 3 with your own guild, you are an established

and respected member of the guild. Other members

of the guild have a friendly attitude toward you by

default. (Individual members of the guild might have

reasons to dislike you despite your renown.) They pro-

vide you with lodging and food in dire circumstances

and pay for your funeral if needed. If you are accused

of a crime, your guild offers legal support, as long as

a good case can be made for your innocence or the

crime was justifiable.

Renown 5 or High er. When your renown score with

any guild reaches 5, you gain an additional contact

within the guild. This contact might be a character you

met during your adventures or someone who seeks

you out because of your fame. Your DM will assign

you a contact or have you roll on the Contacts table for

the appropriate guild.

Some guilds- notably Azorius, Orzhov, and Boros-

have well-defined hierarchies that characters can as-

cend th rough as they improve their renown scores.

Other guilds have positions of honor that characters

can apply for if their renown score is high enough. Not

every member of the Selesnya Conclave aspires to be a

sagittar (an archer assigned to guard an important guild

location), but any character who meets the prerequisites

can apply for t he position. Ultimately, the DM decides

whether a character qualifies for such a role, with acer-

tain renown score as a minimum requirement.

Several guilds provide a salary among the benefits

of renown within the guild. The salary i s described as

sufficient to maintain a lifestyle of a certain level. If you

earn a salary, you can live at the specified lifestyle with-

out paying the normal daily expenditure. See chapter 5

of the Player's Handbook for more information on life-

style expenses.

A prominent position in a guild often allows you to

call on the services of lower-ranking members to assist

you in your work. When you do, they are assumed to be

loyal followers who help you to the best of their ability.

Some of them are assigned to help you for the duration

of a single task or mission, while others are under your

permanent command, staffing a laboratory, workshop,

or garrison where you are in charge. Depending on their

role, they might help you in dangerous situations (like