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IDEALS IZZET CONTACTS
d6 Ideal d8 Contact
Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any) An older relative is a member of the guild's board of
2 Creativity. Half the world's troubles come from directors.
stodgy thinking, stuck in the past. We need innovative 2 I know a sprite who carries important messages
solutions. (Chaotic) among the guild's laboratories.
3 Discovery. Every experiment has the potential to 3 A sibling is the head of a laboratory doing exotic
reveal more secrets of the multiverse. (Any) research.
4 Science. A rigorous application of logical principles 4 A former colleague is now an attendant in a labora-
and protocols will lead us toward progress more tory in the central guildhall.
surely than any belief system. (Lawful) 5 I'm in regular communication with an instructor who
5 Fun. I love my job! Despite the dangerous working set me on the course of my life and research.
conditions, there's nothing I'd rather do. (Chaotic) 6 I had a romance with a chemister working in the
6 Power. Someday I'll find or create the magic that will Blistercoils.
make me the most powerful being in Ravnica. (Evil) 7 As an attendant, I had a fierce rivalry with another
attendant for our supervisor's attention.
BONDS 8 The guildmaster, Niv-Mizzet, took note of one of my
d6 Bond experiments!
I have dedicated my life to finding a solution to a
scientific problem. NON·I ZZET CONTACTS
2 I'll never forget the laboratory where I learned my dlO Contact
skills, or the other attendants who learned alongside l An Azorius inspector seems interested in my work.
me. 2 I was ready to join the Boros before I decided on
3 I'm convinced it was sabotage that destroyed my first lzzet, and I sometimes still hear from the sergeant
laboratory and killed many of my friends, and I seek who tried to recruit me.
revenge against whoever did it. 3 One of my former assistants turned out to be a Dimir
4 I have the schematics for an invention that I hope to spy. We're not on friendly terms anymore, but we
build one day, once I have the necessary resources. have a habit of running into each other.
5 A fellow student and I are racing to solve the same 4 A Golgari assassin killed a bitter rival of mine, leaving
scientific puzzle. me with conflicted feelings.
6 I would do anything the guildmaster told me to do. s I helped a minor Gruul chieft ain acquire an lzzet
weapon.
FLAWS 6 Roll an additional lzzet contact; you can decide if the
d6 Flaw contact is an ally or a rival.
7 An O rzhov banker financed my laboratory's current
If there's a plan, I'll probably forget it. If I don't forget
it, I'll probably ignore it. work and expects great returns.
2 I get bored easily, and if nothing is happening I'll 8 I have a cousin in the Cult of Rakdos. and we get
along quite well.
make something happen.
3 Nothing is ever simple, and ifit seems simple, I'll find 9 A former attendant from the same laboratory ran off
to join the Selesnya, and we get into a big argument
a way to make it complicated.
4 I tend to ignore sleep for days when I'm conducting every time we run into each other.
research, often at the expense of my own health and 10 I compare notes and techniques with a Simic scientist
safety. over lunch sometimes.
5 I'm convinced there's not a soul in Ravnica, except
How Do I FIT IN?
maybe the great Niv-Mizzet, who can match my
boundless intellect. Whatever your role in the lzzet League, you are ex-
6 I'm incapable of admitting a flaw in my logic. pected to contribute to its research in some way.
That contribution might involve participating in tests,
CONTACTS whether as an assistant, a researcher, or a subject. You
The laboratories of the lzzet League are constantly might be one of the soldiers who protects a laboratory,
starting up new projects and dissolving old ones, so it's or a laborer responsible for lifting heavy pieces of equip-
easy for even the lowliest attendant to make friends (and ment into place. Everyone's contribution matters, even if
enemies) in laboratories across Ravnica. the Izzet know that some matter more than others.
Roll twice on the Izzet Contacts table (for an ally and a
rival) and once on the Non-lzzet Contacts table.

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