Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica is a Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook that details the city-plane of Ravnica, originally created for Magic: The Gathering. The book provides rules and resources for running D&D campaigns in this setting, where ten powerful guilds vie for control. The guide includes character creation options tied to each guild, from the scientific Simic Combine to the anarchistic Cult of Rakdos. New races, backgrounds, and subclasses expand player options, while a bestiary adds creatures unique to Ravnica's urban landscape. DMs gain tools to run law-and-order campaigns with the Azorius Senate, nature-focused adventures with the Selesnya Conclave, or espionage missions with House Dimir. Maps, guild descriptions, and NPCs provide the foundation for creating stories within Ravnica's endless cityscape. The book explores themes of power, loyalty, and the tension between order and chaos through its guild system. This fusion of two major fantasy properties offers a structured framework for urban fantasy storytelling while examining the complexities of competing ideologies.

Readers value the book's lore integration between Magic: The Gathering and D&D settings, with detailed descriptions of guilds and factions. Players highlight the new character options, especially the race and class combinations tied to specific guilds. Liked: - Clear guild mechanics and motivations - New monster stat blocks - Guild-specific spells and items - Urban adventure hooks and NPCs - Full-color art from Magic: The Gathering Disliked: - Limited exploration of Ravnica beyond the guilds - Few non-guild character options - Some find guild renown system restrictive - Missing details about planeswalkers - Adventure content feels basic Ratings: Goodreads: 4.24/5 (214 ratings) Amazon: 4.7/5 (1,023 ratings) DriveThruRPG: 4/5 (16 ratings) "Perfect blend of two universes" - Amazon reviewer "Needs more content outside the guilds" - Goodreads reviewer "Great for fans of both games, limiting for D&D purists" - RPGGeek review

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🎭 Ravnica, the setting explored in this book, is a city that covers an entire planet - making it one of the largest urban environments in fantasy gaming literature. 🏰 The book adapts elements from Magic: The Gathering's Ravnica card sets into Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, marking one of the first major crossovers between these two popular gaming franchises. ✍️ James Wyatt, before writing this guide, worked as an ordained minister and brought his experience in building communities to his work on both D&D and Magic: The Gathering. 🎨 The book features extensive artwork from Magic: The Gathering's archive, showcasing pieces by renowned fantasy artists like Aleksi Briclot and Vincent Proce. 🎲 The guide introduces unique mechanics for guild reputation and renown, allowing players to climb the ranks within Ravnica's ten distinct guilds while potentially maintaining complex relationships with multiple factions.