Azorius Functionary 5E Background - 5e Backgrounds For D&D

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Description

The brutes are at the gate, chaos is intimidating to looming, and the only aspect standing in the way of disaster is the foundation of law and order – as embodied in the Azorius Senate. You’re a proud member of the Azorius guild, which both enacts and enforces the laws that make Ravnican society function smoothly and safely.

Now let’s move on to its mechanics so that we can understand what this background will be providing for your character. So let’s check out the list below.

Mechanics

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Intimidation
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: An Azorius insignia, a scroll containing the text of a law important to you, a bottle of blue ink, an ink pen, a set of fine clothes, and a pouch containing 10gp (Azorius-minted 1-zino coins)

Features

5E azorius background has a feature called legal authority. Now let’s see it’s feature description so that we can get some knowledge of how to use it while building your favorite character by using this background.

Legal Authority

You have an authority for enforcing the laws of ravnica, and of course that particular status would inspire the specific amount of respect and of course it has even fear of the populace. The people mind their manners in your presence and of course they avoid the drawing your attention: they would assume you have a right to be wherever you are.

It has shown your Azorius insignia gets you some number of audience with anyone that you would like to talk to (even though it might cause more issues than it solves when you’re dealing with incorrigible lawbreakers). Suppose if you would abuse this privilege, though, you can get in serious trouble with your superiors and even be stripped of your position.

Azorius Guild Spells

Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature

Now let’s check out the dnd 5e azorius functionary spells. So for the sake of you, the spells on the Azorius Guild Spells table are being added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)

Azorius Guild Spells

Spell Level	Spell
Cantrip	Friends, Message
1st	Command, Ensnaring Strike
2nd	Arcane Lock, Calm Emotions, Hold Person
3rd	Clairvoyance, Counterspell
4th	Compulsion, Divination
5th	Dominate Person

Your magic would frequently take a form of blue or golden colored runes that are floating and even glowing in the air in circular patterns or else of shimmering azure barriers of magical energy. If you cast Ensnaring Strike, for an instance, the vines created by the spell might appear as rune-inscribed glowing bands that wrap around the target and hold it in place. Now without any further ado let’s move on to its suggested characteristics from below mentioned tables.

Suggested Characteristics

So if you’re searching for what are the characteristics of azorius? Here the members of the Azorius Senate tend towards the demeanor of cold dignity and a pragmatic, orderly nature. Steeped in the law as they are, their ideals and priorities revolve around legal issues. In any case you can check out 5e backgrounds that give languages.

Personality Traits

d8	Personality Trait
1	I try never to let my judgement become clouded by emotion.
2	I have infinite patience with the dolts and boors I'm forced to deal with every day.
3	When I give an order, I expect it to be obeyed.
4	I just want things the way I like them: neat, orderly, and clean.
5	No wrongdoing can escape my watchful gaze.
6	I always say exactly what I mean, no matter how many words it takes to communicate the particular nuance I am attempting to convey.
7	I'm very literal and don't appreciate metaphor or sarcasm.
8	I never change my mind once it's made up.

Ideals

D6	Ideal
1	Guild. My guild is all that really matters. (Any)
2	Order. The law is meant to ensure that the gears of society turn smoothly and quietly. (Lawful)
3	Peace. The ultimate object of the law is to remove violence from society. (Good)
4	Compliance. Coercion is a fine way of ensuring that the laws are obeyed. (Lawful)
5	Legislation. The law embodies excellence in its precision and detail. (Lawful)
6	Punishment. A public display of consequences is an excellent deterrent for other criminals. (Evil)

Bonds

D6	Bond
1	I am beholden to an Azorius arrester who captured the criminal who killed my parents, saving me from the same fate.
2	I hope one day to write the laws, not just enforce them.
3	I tried and failed to prevent murder, and I have sworn to find and arrest the perpetrator.
4	I successfully prevented a murder, and the would-be perpetrator wants me dead.
5	One of my parents was prominent in the guild, and I resent constantly being compared to that standard.
6	I've modeled my career after a highly respected law-mage or arrester, but I fear that my role model might be involved in something illegal.

Flaws

D6	Flaw
1	I'm unable to distinguish between the letter and the spirit of the law.
2	I seem like a harsh judge to others, but I judge myself most harshly of all.
3	I have a secret, illegal vice.
4	I was traumatized by witnessing a crime as a child.
5	I'm incapable of deception.
6	I wish I had joined the Boros, but I fear they'd never accept me.

Contacts

Actually the dnd 5e azorius background senate is a sprawling bureaucracy and of course people in the variety of positions total the guild could pull strings to make things to be happen. Just because of the guild’s role in preparing and enforcing laws for the entire city, your place in the Azorius could easily bring you into contact with members of other guilds, for good or ill. You can roll two times on the Azorius Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Azorius Contacts table.

Azorius Contacts

d8	Contact
1	As a teenager, I was a page for a prominent judge.
2	One of my childhood friends is now a precognitive mage in service of the guild.
3	I joined the Azorius hoping to impress an arrester whom I admire.
4	My former mentor is now a warden at Udzec, the new Azorius prison.
5	I was second best at everything in my legal training, and now I work with the person who was always just a little bit better.
6	A good friend was promoted into work they can't tell me about.
7	I know a homunculus in the halls of New Prahv who can get things done behind the scenes.
8	I was once summoned to the presence of Supreme Judge Isperia, the guildmaster of the Azorius, who complimented me on my work.

Non-Azorius Contacts

d10	Contact
1	Roll an additional Azorius contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
2	The person who recruited me into the Azorius left and joined the Boros.
3	I have a friendship with a Dimir agent who sometimes funnels me secrets about Azorius activities.
4	A Golgari spore druid would love to see me slip up and break the law.
5	A lesser Gruul chieftain seems to think I could be useful.
6	The black sheep of my family is putting their maniacal genius to use in the Izzet.
7	I'm friends with an Orzhov advokist; we compare notes on different forms of law magic.
8	I was ridiculed once in a Rakdos performance; the performer was impressed with my good humor about it and now does me occasional favors.
9	I have a fanatical Selesnya cousin who keeps trying to recruit me and everyone else in the family.
10	While growing up, I was bullied by a brat who's now a hybrid in the Simic Combine.

Conclusion

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