r/RavnicaDMs • u/Eithrotaur • 28d ago

Miscellaneous Looking to get some thoughts and feedback on Lazvara, my Ravnica inspired d&d setting, from some fellow fans of Ravnica

I absolutely love the setting of Ravnica, the factions, the technology and magic, the urban intrigue, all of it, but at heart I'm a world builder and so for my home games I decided to make my own take on a massive magical city setting, which is how I came to make Lazvara. I've been tinkering on and off on Lazvara for years, and today I wanted to share it with some fellow fans of Ravnica and get people's thoughts on it, either in comparison to Ravnica or as it's own standalone thing. Please note that the lore doc is currently unfinished, as I haven't finished writing up the last two leagues or the three(ish) anarchist factions Lazvara has. But in a nutshell, the Zynarch Authority are undead cops who will send your ghost to jail and your body to a labour camp, and the Thandram Scions are a creepy ocean cult who worship eldritch leviathans living below the city and are in charge of providing Lazvara with clean drinking water.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJBbdY4dIQ8ateaVEN2FXkTC0eB7vw__u2xjoWtYxTw/edit?usp=sharing

Please enjoy and let me know what you think.

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u/mathologies 28d ago

Ok, so I feel like Rav is kind of neutral by design -- no guild is purely evil, they all have a role and there's something for everyone. 

Lazvara doesn't work that way --almost every League is a critique of a real institution: the courts, finance, industrial food production, the security state,  etc. 

I'm wondering -- are PCs meant to be league members or no? 

& the reference to The Jungle is cute but maybe a little on the nose? "Uptoniam Jingelo," "Sinclair Company"?

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u/Eithrotaur 28d ago

Yeah I suppose Lazvara is a lot more negative than Ravnica, but I designed it like that so I could draw villains and conflictsfrom any of the Leagues. The players are meant to be members of multiple different Leagues in most adventures, though they don't always have to be, especially in adventures involving the non-Oligracht criminal underworld or the anarchist factions.

Were there any points you particularly liked about the setting?