Precinct Five
As the home of prestigious universities, ancient libraries, and hidden laboratories, Precinct Five is the hub of information and learning in the Tenth District. People of all ages flock to this precinct to spend time learning, whether by poring over texts and scrolls or finding a mentor who will guide a student. It's also the place to find information brokers, who sell specialized or secret knowledge available nowhere else. Multilevel buildings set next to each other with little regard for planning give way to an occasional square or open campus where socially minded residents congregate during daytime hours. At night, many continue their studies while others tinker with their latest creations or intellectual endeavors. Taverns and pubs tend to be more urbane than in other parts of the district and often feature poetry readings, storytelling, and musical performances.
Demographics
People who live in Precinct Five have a zeal for learning and tend to be inquisitive. Getting into a heated debate or touting a recent success to your neighbors is part of showing your worth. Good neighbors keep their projects and research hidden until a result can be displayed; it is considered uncouth to allow others to view a work in progress.
The poor are pitied and the most affluent are envied, so adventurers who maintain an aristocratic, poor, squalid, or wretched lifestyle, at the DM's discretion, could have disadvantage on Charisma checks when interacting with residents of Precinct Five.
The poor are pitied and the most affluent are envied, so adventurers who maintain an aristocratic, poor, squalid, or wretched lifestyle, at the DM's discretion, could have disadvantage on Charisma checks when interacting with residents of Precinct Five.
Defences
Much of the crime in Precinct Five is of a sort that is hard to detect: blackmail, espionage, identity theft (of the literal kind, perpetrated by shapechangers), and the like. Most of the precinct's residents spend their time absorbed in study, unaware that such activities might be happening under their noses. Only rarely does violence break out, and Azorius arresters try hard to keep the incident quiet and maintain public calm.
The typical response to a reported crime here is 1d12 minutes, and the force consists of two Azorius arresters (use the veteran stat block in the Monster Manual).
The typical response to a reported crime here is 1d12 minutes, and the force consists of two Azorius arresters (use the veteran stat block in the Monster Manual).
Industry & Trade
Specialty items that a re commonly used by scribes, researchers, and inventors can be found in many small shops in the precinct, usually run by a tinker or academic. Precinct Five also has the best apothecaries, alchemists, and magic-mongers in the Tenth District. On the other hand, mundane adventuring gear, weapons, and armor are harder to find.
Information is an especially valuable commodity in Precinct Five. In addition to holding booksellers, the precinct is home to a variety of people who make a living (or at least a sizable side income) selling information, including private investigators, rumormongers, and spies.
Meals and lodging of modest to wealthy quality are available here. Older and more experienced people - high-ranking Simic researchers or established scholars - tend to maintain lifestyles toward the more expensive end of that scale.
Information is an especially valuable commodity in Precinct Five. In addition to holding booksellers, the precinct is home to a variety of people who make a living (or at least a sizable side income) selling information, including private investigators, rumormongers, and spies.
Meals and lodging of modest to wealthy quality are available here. Older and more experienced people - high-ranking Simic researchers or established scholars - tend to maintain lifestyles toward the more expensive end of that scale.
Guilds and Factions
Zonot Seven, the home of the Simic Combine's guildhall, is located on the western edge of the precinct. The Izzet League maintains a network of laboratories and workshops close to Nivix (in Precinct Four ). House Dimir agents are seen and unseen all around the district, and they secretly run the Ismeri Library. Some members of the Azorius Senate who prefer to study disciplines aside from the law make their homes here as well.
People on the Street
| d12 | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alchemist, reviewing an ingredient list |
| 2 | Barkeep, picking up some dropped coins |
| 3 | Cartographer, laden with map cases |
| 4 | Engineer, reading a schematic |
| 5 | Homunculus, on an errand |
| 6 | Librarian, going home for tea |
| 7 | Poet, shopping for fresh produce |
| 8 | Professor, assessing a student |
| 9 | Scribe, hands stained with ink |
| 10 | Student, lost in a book |
| 11 | Tinker, out of breath from running |
| 12 | Vampire mind drinker, heading to the library |
Rumors
| d6 | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | "The latest is that the translocation device is only operating within fifty percent of tolerances. I'm certain that funding will be pulled any day now." |
| 2 | "I don't know how Zameck does it, but they've certainly built a better soldier. And I hear some of the formulas have made it outside their halls." |
| 3 | "That ghost haunting the history section of the lsmeri Library is back. I've heard this time it can speak, and it's looking for someone." |
| 4 | "Creatures of some sort of elemental composition were emerging from the Blistercoils this morning. Those things could be anywhere in the city by now." |
| 5 | ''I can't believe Professor Zagany let her see his re-search. She's going to take his findings to an information broker, I'm sure. He'll never work again." |
| 6 | "Sila has a new stock of exotic components. She says they can enhance spells in a way other components cannot." |
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