Member Traits

In order to seek out and destroy threats to their homelands, agents of the Lords’ Alliance must be highly trained at what they do. Few can match their skills in the field. They fight for the glory and the security of their people and for the lords who rule over them, and they do so with pride. However, the Lords’ Alliance can only survive if its members “play nice” with one another, which requires a certain measure of diplomacy. Rogue agents within the Lords’ Alliance are rare, but defections have been known to occur.

Goals

• Ensure the safety and prosperity of cities and other settlements of Faerûn.
• Maintain a strong coalition against the forces of disorder.
• Proactively eliminate threats to the established powers.
• Bring honor and glory to oneself, one’s leaders, and one's homeland.

Beliefs

• If civilization is to survive, all must unite against the forces that threaten it.
• Fight for your realm. Only you can bring honor, glory, and prosperity to your lord and homeland.
• Don’t wait for the enemy to come to you. The best defense is a strong offense.

Leadership

The Alliance is run democratically via a Council of Lords, with each member city and town having a voice and a vote when it comes to deploying troops in the name of the Alliance. Some of the larger cities such as Waterdeep and Baldur’s Gate have two votes considering the number of people represented.

Lords' Alliance Deities

These are likely the most common deities that would bestow a charm or blessing upon members of this faction.

• Helm, god of protection
• Waukeen, goddess of trade
• Chauntea, goddess of agriculture
• Gond, god of craft
• Siamorph, vessel of the divine right

Group Patron Benefits

Having the Lords’ Alliance as a Group Patron provides the following benefits to the entire party.

Assignments. The group may be assigned quests to further the factions goals. See next section for available faction Assignments.

Pigeon Service. The Alliance allows the party the use of their pigeon service, allowing them to send messages to other member cities, strongholds, and garrisons.

Safe Keeping. A local lord offers to store the party’s goods in a secure location.

Support Team. The Lords’ Alliance can send three guards to assist the group when needed. It must be in a town or village and it takes 24 hours before they arrive. They will not go adventuring with the group, but can escort persons or goods to a specific place in the region, as well as perform other unsupervised tasks.

Armory. Because the Lords’ Alliance contains an armory in virtually every area where it is present, it usually has a wellstocked arsenal of available weapons and armor. Each member the party can trade an existing item for another in stock as described in the following table.

Items Available From an Alliance Armory

Magic Item Required Trade Cost

Armor, +1 of your choice Armor, +1 Base price of desired mundane armor type

Weapon, +1 of your choice Weapon, +1 Base price of desired mundane weapon type

Lords' Alliance Ranks

Rank	Renown	Title	Perk
1	1	Cloak	Consumable item Permanent item Downtime activity
2	5	Redknife	Consumable item Permanent item Downtime activity
3	15	Stingblade	Consumable item Permanent item Supernatural gift
4	15	Warduke	Consumable item Downtime activity Sidekick
5	50	Lioncrown	Downtime activity Supernatural gift

Consumable items. Once per week, a character can select one consumable item associated with its current rank or lower and can only have one provided consumable in its possession at a time. Consumables provided by a faction can not be sold or traded, but can be used on other players. The item is lost at the end of the upcoming week.

Permanent items. A character has access to the current rank’s items, and of all lower rank items. These items can not be sold, traded, or gifted but might be replaced if destroyed or lost.

Rank 1 – Cloak

Required Renown: 1

This is the rank a character receives when first joining a faction. It is available at character creation or any time the character wishes to join. Perks include:

Faction Agent Background. Safe Haven.

Patron Benefits. Armory, Assignments, Pigeon Service, Safe Keeping, and Support Team.

Consumable item. Once per week, an agent can receive a Potion of Healing or another common magical item or non-magical item worth less than or equal to 50 GP when requested or retrieved from a faction loot satchel.

Permanent item. All agents are given a Lords' Alliance Signet Ring and a Faction Loot Satchel in the shape of an elegant leather satchel.

Downtime activity. The agent can choose to complete a faction job.

Rank 2 – Redknife

Required Renown: 5

At this rank, characters have shown that they’re aligned with the faction’s goals and are able to take on more responsibility. Perks include:

Consumable item. Once per week, a Potion of Greater Healing or 10 pieces of Silvered Ammunition when requested or retrieved from a faction loot satchel.

Permanent item.Agents are granted a +1 weapon and +1 shield (if proficient), a +1 rod of the pact keeper, or a +1 wand of the war mage (if applicable). The items disintegrate upon leaving the faction.

Downtime activity. Once, an agent may request training in any skill, tool, weapon, or language. Receiving training in a language or weapon typically takes at least ten workweeks, but this time is reduced by a number of workweeks equal to twice the character's Intelligence modifier (an Intelligence penalty doesn't increase the time needed), with a minimum of two workweeks.

Rank 3 – Stingblade

Required Renown: 15

Characters are reliable faction members, entrusted with many secrets and deserving of additional support during adventures. Perks include:

Consumable item. Once per week, a Potion of Superior Healing or 10 pieces of Adamantine Ammunition when requested or retrieved from a faction loot satchel.

Permanent item. An agent's signet ring is magically upgraded and given the properties of a Ring of the Ram.

Supernatural gift. The faction can call upon a deity to bestow a Charm of Heroism upon the agent.

Rank 4 – Warduke

Required Renown: 30

Characters are trusted voices within the faction’s leadership. They are looked upon as champions of the faction’s beliefs, and as mentors by those of lower rank. Perks include:

Consumable item. When requested or retrieved from a faction loot satchel, a Potion of Supreme Healing or a spell scroll of 4th level or lower.

Estate. A deed to a 1,000 acre estate in the nearby countryside where the agent has been adventuring.

Downtime activity. Once, an agent may request the faction acquire a specific known magical weapon of common or uncommon rarity, for which the character will need to trade one of its existing magic items of equal or greater rarity. This search takes two weeks. The character does not need to be present during the search.

Sidekick. An agent gains one 6th-level sidekick that can adventure, go on assignments, or perform other tasks such as maintain a house or small inn.

Rank 5 – Lioncrown

Required Renown: 50

Characters are ensconced within the leadership of the faction and have a great degree of influence, guiding faction decisions. Perks include:

Downtime activity.  Once, at the agent’s requested location, the faction will sponsor a spellcaster to cast Galder's Tower, Teleportation Circle, Private Sanctum, or Guards and Wards repeatedly for one year to make the spell permanent. The character does not need to be present for the repeated casting of this spell.

Commander. The agent may commandeer a garrison (typically 3 veterans, 27 guards, a priest, and a mage). These forces do not go adventuring with the agent.