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Renown may sound familiar in anyDungeons & Dragongame.
What Is Renown In D&D?
When a player is in or joins a faction,they will have a baseline of renown.
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Butyou don’t have to only use renown in relation to factions.
Like any rule in D&D, you canapply it how it works bestin your campaign.
The optional rule for renown is found on pages 22 and 23 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
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How Does Renown Work?
Renown willvary by the key in of campaign, the duration of it, and so on.
It is leftup to the DM’s discretionwhat constitutes earning one or two points.
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That is whyyou need to change how much renown is neededfor each rank.
In addition to this, renownis not meant to drop below zero.
However,you’ve got the option to customize and change any benefitsto better fit your campaign.
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The list would be endless.
Just as benefits can change greatly depending on the setting of your campaign,expectations can be widely varied.
you could also decideto have no expectationsbeyond a general, “For the good of the faction!”
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This is another option you could add to an optional rule.
When they first join, the mood of most NPCs may be apathetic or indifferent.
Just another nameless face passing through.
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However, once they ascend through the ranks,attitudes will adjust and change.
Make a real Dead Ringer performance for your next antagonistic mage.
It is encouraged that you make adjustments to how it functions.
But it goes beyond how many points and what happens at each rank.
Instead, you’ve got the option to use renownwithout it being tied to a faction.
There are so many ways to implement renownwithout following the same structure.
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Do your characters gain renown politically as they take on more challenging tasks and quests?
Does their renown make them the target of bandits who think that fame equals wealth?
you’re able to have renown be tied to a guild instead.
Or merchants in their local town.
Or the city they reside in.
Renown can simply be the measure ofhow well or how poorly people view themas they gain more exposure.
In D&D,the rules are there to be bentto make your campaign entirely yours.
So, if using a renown system willkeep a rowdy party on the straight and narrow, do it.
How nice you are to NPCs could radically change the game thanks to loyalty.
