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Howard Abrams fd804c6424 A collection of tables for role playing
Some are particular to my campaigns, and others are just ideas I've collected.
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- Adventurers :: Treasure seekers looking to make their names in the big city. :often:
- City Watch :: Members of the Waterdeep constabulary. :often:
- Force Grey :: League of heroes sworn to protect Waterdeep. :often:
- Griffon Cavalry :: Elite company of the City Guard who patrol from the air. :often:
- Harpers :: Undercover organization sworn to defy tyranny and evil. :often:
- Lords Alliance :: Coalition of nobles across the North who are sworn to unite against evil. :often:
- Mercenaries :: One of many mercenary companies that ply their trade in Waterdeep. :often:
- Order of the Gauntlet :: Tight-knit group of clerics and paladins united by religious zeal to crush evil. :often:
- Pirates :: Lawless sea scavengers who return to port to spend their booty on grog. :often:
- Xanathar Guild :: Monstrous servants of the Xanathar engaged in thievery, extortion, and slavery. :often:
- Zhentarim :: Unscrupulous mercenary network caught up in street war with the Xanathar Guild. :often:
- Bregan Daerthe :: Drow mercenaries who pledge loyalty to Jarlaxle Baenre. :seldom:
- Bull Elk Tribe :: Dock Ward gang who run protection rackets on ships passing through customs. :seldom:
- Cult of the Dragon :: Cultists who venerate evil dragons. :seldom:
- Emerald Enclave :: Alliance of druids and rangers sworn to defend the wilds from evil. :seldom:
- Enclave of Red Magic :: Thayan mages who often smuggle slaves into Skullport. :sometimes:
- Fists of Hextor :: Brutal mercenaries who often sell their services to despots and villains. :seldom:
- House Cassalanter :: Agents of the devil-corrupted Cassalanter noble house. :sometimes:
- Plague Rats :: League of wererat thieves active throughout the Western Heartlands. :seldom:
- Red Sashes :: Undercover vigilantes who seek to enact justice where the city authorities fail. :seldom:
- Shadow Thieves :: Powerful criminal cartel attempting to reestablish control in Waterdeep. :seldom:
- Wharf Rats :: Kobold gang active in the Dock Ward slums. :seldom:
- Black Boar Tribe :: Barbaric Dock Ward gangsters who serve as bodyguards and bouncers. :scarce:
- Church of Bane :: Worshipers of the god of fear, hatred, and tyranny. :scarcely:
- Church of Cyric :: Worshipers of the god of strife and lies. :scarcely:
- Church of Loviator :: Worshipers of the goddess of agony. :scarcely:
- Church of Shar :: Worshipers of the goddess of darkness. :scarcely:
- Church of Talos :: Worshipers of the god of storms and destruction. :scarcely:
- Church of Umberlee :: Worshipers of the cruel sea goddess. :scarcely:
- Cult of the Eternal Flame :: Cultists who worship Imix, the Prince of Elemental Evil Flame. :scarcely:
- Fangshields :: League of good-aligned monsters and lycanthropes sworn to fight evil. :scarcely:
- Iluskan Ship :: Bravos from one of Luskans major gangs (or “ships”). :scarcely:
- Knights of the Shield :: Knowledge brokers who seek wealth and power by manipulating information. :scarcely:
- Luminous Lightning League :: Cabal of wild mages. :scarcely:
- Sewer Snakes :: Goblin gangsters who sneak up from Skullport to rob and murder city folk. :scarce:
- Tel Teukiira :: (aka “The Moonstars”) Undercover agents who serve the Blackstaff by rooting out corruption and evil. :scarce:
- The Confluence :: Secret organization of half-dragons who seek to rid the city of shapeshifters. :scarce:
- The Unseen :: Consortium of shapeshifter thieves and assassins. :scarce:
- Thralls of Artor Morlin :: Thralls of the Waterdhavian vampire Artor Morlin, the Baron of Blood. :scarce:
- Underdark Anarchists Fellowship :: Anarchic rebels sworn to smash the tyrannical status quo of the Underdark. :scarce:
- Cult of Entropy :: Cultists who worship a distant deity of annihilation. :rarely:
- Cult of the Black Earth :: Cultists who worship Ogrémoch, the Prince of Elemental Evil Earth. :rarely:
- Cult of the Crushing Wave :: Cultists who worship Olhydra, the Princess of Elemental Evil Water. :rarely:
- Cult of the Howling Hatred :: Cultists who worship Yan-C-Bin, the Prince of Elemental Evil Air. :rarely:
- Halasters Heirs :: Dark arcanists trained at a hidden academy within Undermountain :rarely:
- People of the Black Blood :: Widespread league of lycanthrope Malar worshipers. :rarely:
- Savants of the Dark Tide :: Enslaved humanoids used as tools by aboleths hiding out in the citys sewers. :rarely:
- The Kraken Society :: Shadowy group of thieves and mages who serve a kraken master. :rarely: