You’re an entertainer at heart, a performer with an aptitude for the dramatic and a love of the spotlight. You’ve spent years honing your craft, getting to know a traumatic set of capabilities so you can operate them with panache and make them seem easy. The wild applause, the screams of the crowds, the mayhem, and terror spreading into the streets – this is what you stay for.
You’re additionally a member of a cult dedicated to a historical demon who delights in violence and chaos. It simply so takes place that Rakdos loves an exact show, and your best possible aspiration is to please the Defiler, the Lord of Riots, with your personal performance. Rakdos overall performance patterns generally fuse fashionable circus-style acrobatics with fire, wrought-iron spikes and hooks, and monsters.
People understand you as a member of the Cult of Rakdos, and they’re cautious no longer to draw your anger or ridicule. You can get away with minor crook offenses, such as refusing to pay for meals at a restaurant or breaking down a door at a neighborhood shop, if no prison authorities witness the crime. Most humans are too daunted with the aid of you to file your wrongdoing to the Azorius.
Rakdos Cultist 5e
Your magic frequently produces a flashy spectacle, wreathing you or your goals in a combination of innocent flame and shadowy shapes. When you manipulate an opponent’s mind, a flaming image of Rakdos would possibly momentarily show up as a mask over the target’s face. Members of demonic cults are not normally recognized as the kindest or most mentally secure individuals, so you are in all likelihood to have something in your nature that distinguishes you from the law-abiding residents of Ravnica.
- Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics, Performance
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of musical instrument
- Languages: Choose one of either Abyssal or Giant
The Cult of Rakdos is, however, organized. Individuals often go from one overall performance troupe to another. Almost all individuals of the cult understand former castmates now in extraordinary troupes, which allows for the opportunity of an extensive community of contacts. Rakdos overall performance patterns generally fuse trendy circus-style acrobatics with fire, wrought-iron spikes and hooks, and monsters. You can roll a d8 or select from the picks in the Performance Options desk to decide your favored fashion of performance.
Your magic regularly produces a flashy spectacle, wreathing you or your aims in a combination of innocent flame and shadowy shapes. When you manipulate an opponent’s mind, a flaming image of Rakdos would possibly momentarily show up as a mask over the target’s face.
Performance Options
| d8 | Type of Performer |
|---|---|
| 1 | Spikewheel acrobat |
| 2 | Lampooning satirist |
| 3 | Fire juggler |
| 4 | Marionette puppeteer |
| 5 | Pain artist |
| 6 | Noise musician |
| 7 | Nightmare clown |
| 8 | Master of ceremonies |
Rakdos Guild Spells
| Spell Level | Spell |
|---|---|
| Cantrip | Fire Bolt, Vicious Mockery |
| 1st | Burning Hands, Dissonant Whispers, Hellish Rebuke |
| 2nd | Crown of Madness, Enthrall, Flaming Sphere |
| 3rd | Fear, Haste |
| 4th | Confusion, Wall of Fire |
| 5th | Dominate Person |
Personality Traits
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I revel in mayhem, the more destructive the better. |
| 2 | When violence breaks out, I lose myself in rage, and it's sometimes hard to stop. |
| 3 | Everything is funny to me, and the most hilarious and bloodiest things leave me cackling with sadistic glee. |
| 4 | I derive genuine pleasure from the pain of others. |
| 5 | I enjoy testing other people's patience. |
| 6 | I can't stand it when things are predictable, so I like to add a little chaos to every situation. |
| 7 | I throw my weight around to make sure I get my way. |
| 8 | I enjoy breaking delicate works of art. And fingers, which are sort of the same. |
Ideals
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any) |
| 2 | Hedonism. Death comes for everyone, so take as much pleasure as you can from every moment of life. (Neutral) |
| 3 | Creativity. I strive to find more ways to express my art through pain - my own as well as others'. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Freedom. No one tells me what to do. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Equality. I want to see Ravnica remade, with no guilds and no hierarchies. (Chaotic) |
| 6 | Spectacle. People are inspired by the greatness they see in art. (Any) |
Bonds
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have belonged to the same performance troupe for years, and these people mean everything to me. |
| 2 | A blood witch told me I have a special destiny to fulfill, and I'm trying to figure out what it is. |
| 3 | I'm secretly hoping that I can change the cult from the inside, using my influence to help rein in the wanton violence. |
| 4 | I own something that Rakdos once touched (it's seared black at the spot), and I cherish it. |
| 5 | I want to be better at my chosen form of performance than any other member of my troupe. |
| 6 | I am devoted to Rakdos and live to impress him. |
Flaws
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | My family is prominent in another guild. I enjoy my wild life, but I don't want to embarrass them. |
| 2 | I couldn't hide my emotions and opinions even if I wanted to. |
| 3 | I throw caution to the wind. |
| 4 | I resent the rich and powerful. |
| 5 | When I'm angry, I lash out in violence. |
| 6 | There's no such thing as too much pleasure. |
Rakdos Contacts
| d8 | Contact |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was part of a two-person act until my former partner moved to a different troupe. |
| 2 | My sibling and I ran away from home and joined the Cult of Rakdos together. We're very close. |
| 3 | A childhood friend of mine is an attendant in Rix Maadi, the Rakdos guildhall. |
| 4 | My parents brought me into the guild and taught me my trade. |
| 5 | There's a lesser demon in the cult who thinks he owes me a favor, and who am I to argue? |
| 6 | The master of ceremonies in my troupe is well connected with other troupes. |
| 7 | I had a romance with a pain artist in another troupe. |
| 8 | Rakdos himself has witnessed me perform. |
Non-Rakdos Contacts
| d10 | Contact |
|---|---|
| 1 | I know an Azorius elocutor who has a very amusing dark side. |
| 2 | A Boros captain really wants to "redeem" me. |
| 3 | I think a member of my troupe is a Dimir agent. |
| 4 | I once convinced a Golgari medusa to participate in a show. We've been on good terms ever since. |
| 5 | I came from the Gruul and still have relatives there. |
| 6 | An lzzet technician provides pyrotechnics for my performances. |
| 7 | An Orzhov oligarch has taken an interest in my career, like a patron of the arts. |
| 8 | Roll an additional Rakdos contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival. |
| 9 | A Selesnya healer attends my performances regularly. |
| 10 | A Simic biomancer provides mutant monsters to add a taste of the bizarre to our shows. |
The Cult of Rakdos encourages impartial motion on the part of its members. Its intention is fomenting chaos, and it firmly believes in placing its personal residence in disease earlier than carrying that mission into the large city. So your function is to execute your imaginative and prescient of grand satire and disruptive overall performance art, as you aspire to outdo your guildmates and appeal to the interest of Rakdos himself.
Rakdos the Defiler is the undisputed head of the guild, however, past that, Rakdos lacks a formal structure. The cult contributors despise policies or whatever that curtail their freedom, so there are no legal guidelines different than the principle to please their demonic master. They may assault every different on the road all through the day and then go to the identical revelry at night. The Rakdos Cult is a massive crew of hedonists, sadists, criminals, and psychopaths underneath the management of an effective demon named Rakdos.