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SIMlC AS CAMPAIGN VILLAINS
Many Simic researchers are driven by the belief that
the guild must adapt to the prospect of imminent war
among the guilds. Thus, villains among their number d6 Assignment
are often those who seek to provoke the war they have S Test a symbiotic magic item or life form (perhaps
foreseen, or those who go to extraordinary, unethical, or
something like a living cloak of the manta ray).
illegal lengths to conduct their work.
6 Introduce a new predator species to the area to
Jn the early stages of the campaign, the adventurers
prey on a smaller species that is running amok.
might face Simic-related threats such as rogue hybrids
and rampaging krasis, which seem to be unrelated to
each other and more or less accidental. As the campaign OTHER ADVENTURE HOOKS
progresses, it becomes clear that these Simic creatures The S imic Adventure Hooks table presents ideas for ad-
are part of a military build-up. The wrath of the other ditional adventures themed around the S imic Combine.
guilds turns toward the combine, but this conflict is ex-
actly what the guild has been preparing for. Ultimately, it
SIMI C ADVENTURE HOOKS
falls to the characters to either prevent the war, disable
d6 Adventure Hook
the S imic creatures that are poised to obliterate the
other guilds' armies, or find another course of action A researcher who was hybridized with an ooze is
that can maintain the balance of power in Ravnica. accidentally spreading that effect throughout a
neighborhood, partially liquefying the residents.
SIMIC CHARACTER GOALS 2 Multiple category 3 krasis (see chapter 6 for the
The Simic Assignments table presents some ideas for stat block) under no one's control emerge from
missions that could drive an adventure or serve as side canals throughout the city.
quests for a Simic character. 3 A Simic laboratory has sunk to the bottom of
a zonot, and all contact has been lost with the
SIMIC ASSIGNMENTS researchers inside.
d6 Assignment 4 A Simic airship falls to the ground, and it contains
Protect a Simic researcher who is trying to make an key research that several parties want to acquire.
exhaustive examination of a new form of plant life. s A sage of the Gyre Clade accidentally creates an
2 Capture a previously unknown type of creature. antimagic field that slowly spreads over the neigh-
3 Contain an ooze or a krasis that is running loose. borhood.
4 Observe the behavior of a new form of krasis or 6 People and animals near a Simic zonot develop
Simic hybrid in the field. spontaneous mutations.

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