Ravnica Character Creation Discussion

OK, here is where we start hashing out ideas and any details we want to share. Ask questions if you have them.


As a reminder, these are the available guilds:

Azorius Senate, the police force, legislative and judicial body of Ravnican bureaucracy.
Boros Legion, a standing army that protects the Guildpact and contains the League of Wojek, the official peacekeepers of the City of Ravnica.
Orshov Syndicate, originally the most widespread religion of Ravnica. Now it regulates trade and banking, among other activities.
Selesnya Conclave, promotes what is now the strongest, nature-based religion of Ravnica and its ledev guards patrol the rural areas along with being conservationists and charity workers.

Lot of Soldier types among those guilds, but I could see any class working with any guild. If you need guidance, I'm happy to help.

As stated on the game info page, any officially printed D&D content is available to your PC. Revised Ranger and Artificer are aloud. Any other Unearthed Arcana needs my permission. I'm a light touch but I don't follow every article so I may have missed something here or there. Mystic is a no unless there has been an update I am unaware of.

We are starting at level 3, using the 27 Point Buy system or Standard Array as described in the PHB. I recommend taking the average for hit points, but if you want to roll for them, you can do that here.

The Ravnica book talks about certain races belonging to certain guilds, I consider that a guideline, not a rule. You will stand out in the eyes of the people if you play a Simic Hybrid working for the Boros Legion, but it isn't impossible.

Also, I want you to look the part of seasoned professionals. So in addition to starting equipment you get 1500 gp. Enough to buy that plate armor that all Paladins dream of. Ravnica is a plane of industrial magic. Thus, magic items are more common than other settings. You can spend this gold to buy Consumable items and Common and uncommon magic items. Normally there aren't any prices for the items, but I find this pdf to be useful. It doesn't have everything, so if something is missing let me know and we can discuss it.

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ABRZmvsBnRv9w7YBKsEF_nQBU5kPn7lw]Sane Magic Item Price Guide[/url]

Reknown - You each get 5 points of Reknown to affect your standing with the guilds. Spend your Reknown on any guild you want, but your personal guild must always be the highest, or tied for the highest. Your Reknown score can be added to Charisma checks when dealing with members of the appropriate guild.

I think that covers everything, but ask questions if you need to.

Ah I see I posted in the other thread too soon! I would like to play a loxodon (is that okay DM? You mentioned Simic Hybrid, and I think they're in the same book) druid from Selesyna. He has spent his whole life within the vast boughs of Vitu-Ghazi, but when Nissa awoke the great tree he found that he could not stay isolated any longer. All 5 Reknown would be spent on Selesyna, though if Reknown is a one-time mechanic (i.e. we aren't getting any more of it) I will rethink this to keep from being a one trick wonder. He previously maintained balance within the ecosystem of Vitu-Ghazi, including dangerous delvings deep into the roots to combat insidious rot - some natural, some the devious plots of rival guilds!
Thoughts? Suggestions? Wild speculations?

Took me a minute to get my ppst put together for this thread. No worries. Yes the Ravnica book is open to use so aLoxodon is fine and fitting for that guild. Sounds good.

Your Reknown will increase as you complete missions, this is just the initial allotment for being level 3.

Also...for everyone, the War pretty much just ended... I'm thinking almost one year....lets say 9 months. So think about how that affected your character also as we go along.

That answers a couple of my follow-up questions, thanks!
Will all 10 guilds be fair game for Reknown spending?

I'm open to share points of backstory with the rest of you - for non-Selesnyans, it's almost certain he would have met you within the last 9 months - probably in connection to the rebuilding efforts (as a low ranking druid, Hebron would have helped with jump starting agriculture. As a loxodon, he would have also been tasked with clearing rubble and refuse from the War)

Character submitted so at least the other PCs can see how the party is developing, though I'm still working on her and entering info.

Yes, all guilds are open to spending Reknown, it needs to make sense with your history, but the war saw a LOT of mixing of guilds so they could accomplish various tasks, and some details of how you developed that relationship would be great to go along with it.

When you gain more Reknown in the future, how you spend it will be somewhat restricted. It will be limited to the guilds involved in the "mission" so if you wrangle a Simic Krasis that got loose and was tearing up a Golgari farming project, those guilds plus your own would be options to increase Reknown scores with.

Make sense?

Total sense, thanks a ton!

Do you have guidelines on how to spend Reknown? The link you posted doesn't seem to be working for me.

And I want to make sure I clarify because I thnk my comment before was not detailed enough.

The PC guilds will always be an option for Renown spending. So as of this posting we have a possible Selesnya and Azorius. If that remains true, you can increase Reknown with either of those guilds, even if you are an Orshov for example. So PC guilds plus whatever guilds were involved in the "mission" you complete.

And typically you will get 2 points when I give out Reknown, that is what the Ravnica book suggests. So then you can divided up those points or spend them all on your Reknown with one guild. I will of course remind you how this works when it comes up, but figured I should say it so you know what to expect, because it is a new mechanic.

And Reknown can go down...it will fluctuate sometimes. If you arrest a prominent Rakdos performer, the Cult will not be happy. Relationships with them will suffer. But I won't be taking things away often.

Hi foolsmask. I don't have access to the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, and looking online it seems that they changed the Loxodon from the original appearance in UA to the official book. Would you be able to help me with the class features? If not, I'll just go back to my original idea of an Elf Druid. Thanks!

Yeah. I'll send you a PM with the details after I figure out what is wrong with the magic item price guide link.

You spend the Reknown how you want with the Guilds. Make notes on your character sheet. You could have Simic Combine 2, Azorius Senate 3 for example. The only rule is that your PCs guild has to be the highest or tied for the highest. Think bout who your character knows in Ravnica. Did they worked with a Dimir Spy to steal some Eternal's battle plans, or maybe they helped repair an Izzet steam turbine that powered a magic barrier protecting a hospital.

Also...I think I fixed the link to the item price guide. Let me know.

If you can get your hands on Aurora builder, all the GGtR content is in there. Pretty much ALL the source books you could ever want are included in the builder. Just make sure to get the additional elements. See both links below.

https://dndbuilder.net/
https://github.com/aurorabuilder/elements

Thanks, Aurora builder really helped me out! How do I get that character sheet (in pdf form) onto the submission tool for the game? Do I just copy+paste?

I'm pretty sure you just have to transfer it manually.

I'm currently thinking of playing a Boros Minotaur Fighter (Battlemaster). A hardened veteran of the Legion, distinguished in battle, but devoted to the ideals of peace and preservation.

Sounds great!

Cool. Done, and submitted. :)

Hi all, I need to dig my copy of the Ravnica book out and take a look but I'm going to be going with an investigator type character within the Azorius Senate - possibly Rogue Inquisitive archetype (from Xanathars) or a Divination Wizard, probably will go for a Veldaken if that all sounds good.

Yes you'll have to copy and paste or enter it manually.