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The more they foil the cult's efforts, the more the char- SELESNYA CONCLAVE
acters themselves become targets of both ridicule and
violent action. The Selesnya Conclave is most likely to be involved in
At the campaign's climax, the adventurers might have adventures as a force for good, since many of its mem-
to interrupt a ritual performed in Rakdos's lair in order bers are healers, diplomats, and mediators. It is a nat-
to prevent him from rampaging through the city-or if ural home for player characters-especially clerics and
they are too late to do that, they might have w fight the druids- so it might serve as a patron. Nonetheless, the
ancient demon lord himself. guild has a militaristic bent, and like nature itself it isn't
beyond corruption.
RAKDOS CHARACTER GOALS
VERNADI CENTER
Characters who are members of the Cult of Rakdos are
expected to be self-motivated and rarely take orders The basic unit of the Conclave's organization is the ver-
from anyone other than Rakdos himself. The Rakdos nadi- a community centered on a large tree and led by
Assignments table includes some suggestions for adven- the voda of the enclave, a dryad whose spirit is linked to
tures or side quests that Rakdos characters might un- that tree. From the outside, a vernadi might resemble a
dertake on their own initiative, or perhaps at the request peaceful commune, and thus seem to be an easy target
of a ringmaster or a fellow performer. for theft or assault. But its temple gardens a re protected
by sold ie rs and archers, and even the seemingly serene
initiates have some military training.
RAKDOS ASSIGNMENTS
d6 Assignment VERNA DI CENTER A DVENTURES
Acquire a flashy magic item to use as a prop in a Though a vernadi lacks the defensive fortifications of,
performance. for example, a Boros garrison, it is still a difficult place
2 Try out a new performance routine in the midst of to attack or infiltrate. Because of the sheer numbers of
initiates that might be inside, stealth is probably a better
actual life-or-death combat.
tactic than frontal assault. The Vernadi Center Adven-
3 Sow distrust of an important person through satire
tures table offers some s uggestions.
or slander.
4 Make sure a specific person is in the front row for a
VERNADI CENTER ADVENTURES
certain performance.
dl 2 Adventure Goal
5 Capture a deadly monster for use in a spectacular
Ascertain the numbers of the military forces
show.
housed in and around the vernadi.
6 Interrupt a solemn ceremony or ritual being
2 Find the source of pollen that is drifting through
performed by another guild.
the neighborhood and making people placid and
compliant.
OTHER A DVENTURE HOOKS
3 Find the source of wind-borne seeds that are drift·
The Rakdos Adventure Hooks table presents ideas
ing through the neighborhood and quickly growing
for additional adventures themed around the Cult
into hostile awakened shrubs.
ofRakdos.
4 Retrieve an initiate who was supposedly forced to
join the guild through mind-affecting magic.
RAKDOS ADVENTURE HOOKS
5 Stop the vernadi, whose tree has awakened and
d6 Adventure Hook
escaped the control of its dryad, from trampling
Wild-eyed people attending a popular new club
through the neighborhood.
seem unwilling or unable to go home after several
6 Find a way to tap into the mind, will, and knowl·
days of nonstop merriment.
edge of Mat'Selesnya through the vernadi's central
2 One morning, everyone who has seen a Rakdos
tree or its dryad.
performance in the past week suddenly transforms
7 Introduce a contagion into Mat'Selesnya through
into a minor demon.
the vernadi's tree or its dryad.
3 An apparently spontaneous Rakdos-led riot has
8 Capture an equenaut who has been accused of a
spread to take over an entire neighborhood.
crime and who has taken refuge at the vernadi.
4 People who die in Rakdos-inspired violence stand
9 Convince or coerce a healer to tend to a sick or
back up as zombies and keep fighting.
wounded person who would normally be an enemy
5 Ordinary knives and chains in homes across the
of the conclave.
neighborhood seem to come to life in advance of
10 Find a spy embedded in the vernadi community.
the start of a Rakdos show.
11 Blend into the community to avoid pursuers.
6 After several mausoleums are burst open from the
12 Retrieve an item that was donated to the commu-
inside, people see their undead family members
nity by a new initiate, but without the permission of
cavorting on a Rakdos stage.
the item's owner.
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