Page 133 - Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

B OROS LEGION An extensive array of wall niches in the lower tier (at
street level) provides storage space for archived records
Adventures involving the Boros Legion might have a and the like, and a basement beneath that includes food
military bent, focusing on small-scale conflict between storage and a well for fresh water, enabling the garrison
groups of Boros soldiers and bands of rioters or raiders. to withstand a long siege.
The legion is generally a prominent force for law and The upper tier includes more large halls, the com-
good in Ravnica, which makes it an appropriate home mander's quarters and office. and several niches-ac-
guild for noble-minded player characters. Its holy bent cessible only by flying from outside the garrison- that
also makes villains drawn from its ranks particularly serve as living quarters and watch-posts for the angels
dangerous and perhaps tragic. stationed here. Parapets on the rooftop provide cover
for humanoid archers as well, and the broad open space
L EGION GARRISON
that they surround offers room for training and spar-
The Boros Legion maintains garrisons throughout ring. Grass-covered ridges separate different training
Ravnica, ensuring that every neighborhood has a strong areas and add a contrasting touch of nature's beauty to
military presence. They range from towering fortresses the otherwise stony building.
to small bunkers like the one shown in map 4.2.
BOROS VILLAINS
L ECION GARRISON ADVENTU RES
Examples of Boros villains appear in the Boros
Designed with defense foremost, a Boros garrison is
Villains table.
well suited for adventures that challenge the characters
to find a way in or fight their way out. The Legion Garri-
BOROS VILLAINS
son Adventures table offers a number of possibilities.
d8 Villain
LEGION CARRI SON ADVENTURES Seeking to avenge a partner's murder, a Wojek
League officer turns to vigilantism.
d12 Adventure Goal
2 A Boros commander starts preemptively closing
Lay siege to the garrison.
lzzet foundries, Simic research chambers, and
2 Break a siege at the garrison.
other locations considered prone to disaster.
3 Sabotage the building's defenses so someone else
3 Angered at the death of a loved one in a cer-
can break into the garrison.
tain neighborhood, a Wojek agent is inciting its
4 Find a hidden explosive charge in the garrison
residents to revolt, knowing that the Boros will
before it detonates.
s Steal a magic weapon held inside the garrison. respond with force.
4 Believing that they are harboring terrorists, a Boros
6 Discover evidence that incriminates an officer in
brigadier is slaughtering helpless people in tran-
the garrison.
sient communities in the undercity.
7 Identify a spy among the garrison's soldiers before
s A squad of corrupt Boros soldiers (see chapter 6
the spy can escape.
for the stat block} is extorting money from local
8 Help a spy get safely out of the garrison without
merchants.
being discovered.
6 A Boros commander under the thumb of another
9 Capture a garrison officer for interrogation.
guild is turning a blind eye to the violence perpe-
10 Shore up the garrison's defenses before an assault.
trated by that guild.
11 Clear out the monsters infesting a garrison that
7 An overzealous angel has risen up against innocent
was abandoned years ago.
people, including the soldiers in her own garrison,
12 Steal plans for future Boros military action.
believing that they harbor evil in their hearts.
8 A crazed angel demands to be worshiped as a god.
LEGION GARRISON MAP
Access to the garrison is limited to a pair of 20-foot-wide
BOROS AS CA MPA IGN V ILLA INS
walkways elevated above street level and protected by
Not too long ago, the leaders of the Boros Legion valued
archers behind arrow slits. Two antechambers give the
zeal more highly than justice, believing that their mil-
Boros soldiers and angels ample opportunity to screen
itary might made their cause right and just. Although
anyone who seeks to gain entrance. Beyond them is a
the current guildmaster. Aurelia, has reversed her
large hall where troops can be mustered. To one side of
stance on the issue. some voices within the legion still
the mustering hall is a barracks area, with a kitchen, a
espouse these views. Boros villains are typically intoler-
mess, food storage, and guest quarters on the other side.
ant, self-righteous warmongers who abuse their power
132 Cll\1 1 1llt l (I(( Al IN< AUVENfUIUS