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RANK 2: RESEARCHER
Prerequisite: Rank 1 and renown JO or higher in the
Simic Combine ff your work for the guild requires it, a project leader.
clade leader, or other superior can equip you with a
After doing your time as a technician, you are eligible
to lead your own experiments. You must be associated Simic charm (described in chapter 5) before you under-
take a mission or an experiment on the guild's behalf.
with a clade or a project, and must work on experiments
related to its primary focus under the general guidance In addition, when you're on guild business, you can
of the clade or project leader. Project leaders are more call on the following Simic hybrid agents to assist you:
hands-on, ensuring that your research contributes to one hybrid brute or hybrid flier, up to two hybrid poi-
reaching the immediate objective. Clade leaders check soners or hybrid shockers, or ld4 hybrid spies (see
in from time to time, but they give you wide latitude to chapter 6 for these stat blocks).
pursue your own experiments under the general aegis of RANK 3: PROJECT LEADER
the clade's interests.
Prerequisite: Rank 2 and renown 25 or higher in the
If your research requires it, your project leader or Simic Combine
clade leader can equip you with a Simic charm (de-
scribed in chapter 5) before you undertake a mission or A proven researcher, you are eligible to oversee your
an experiment. In addition, you can call on a category own project, directing the efforts of other researchers
1 krasis (see chapter 6 for the stat block) to assist you toward the solution of some problem facing the guild.
on any mission authorized by the guild. You choose the The Speaker of your zonot gives you laboratory space,
and you have a staff of 3d12 researchers (which use the
krasis's two adaptations.
stat blocks of commoners or merfolk from the Monster
LUMINARY (SPECIAL ROLE) Manual). You can have this staff work on projects for
Prerequisite: Renown 10 or higher in the Simic you, which can include the creation of a category 2 kra-
Combine sis (see chapter 6 for the stat block) with adaptations of
your choosing, which you can then bring outside the lab-
As a guardian, deepsage, or other non-scientist within
the Simic, you don't progress through ranks, but as a oratory on important business, ideally under carefully
luminary you might be entrusted with the leadership of controlled conditions.
guerrilla or espionage missions, with other Simic hybrid Hosting the work of a successful and important
project reflects well on the Speaker of a zonot, so your
agents under your command. Or you might be respected Speaker keeps a close eye on your work. On the positive
as a wise and enlightened teacher.

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