Peerage of the Second Court

The Peerage of the Second Court is a heritage book that is essential for navigating the politics of the Noble Court. It magically tracks the official members of the Noble Court, and grants a +2 bonus on Knowledge (Nobility) checks for those who study it. Anyone who is executed or banished from the Court has their name and all information about them removed from the book.

Type

Text, Legislative

Weight

2 lbs.

Base Price

50 gp.

Legality

Illegal to own, unless Nobility.
Punishment: Imprisonment, possibly death.
Note: Supplying non-noble with a peerage would be punishable by banish or imprisonment, or possibly death.

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Interview Excerpts: Are you suceptible to peer pressure?

RESPONSES

Dargent-Laureats

"I prefer to think of it as social engineering."
-- Vizier Victor Dargent-Laureat.
"I guess? I know I shouldn’t be, but…"
-- Viziera Satine Dargent-Laureat.

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Ironsides

"Not unless they can beat me into it! Hah!"
-- Vizier Balthazar Ironside.
"Uh. Um. Unfortunately so."
-- Subvizier Agamemnon Ironside.
"Look from me to my family and then ask me that again."
-- Katib Menelaus Ironside.
"Again, I look like this. What do you think?"
-- Katiba Britomart Ironside.

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Stargazers

"Too old and too smart for that."
-- Vizier Leopold Stargazer.
"I would not presume the gods my peers, so no."
-- Viziera Andromeda Stargazer.
"It’s always easier not to rock the boat. Divergence invites scrutiny, and scrutiny can become a problem."
-- Subvizier Pollux Stargazer.
"Alas, when it comes to the things of great import, I always seem to submit to the expectations of society in time."
-- Katib Castor Stargazer.
"No. Most of my peers are goons."
-- Katiba Cassiopeia Stargazer-Greenskin.

"Only when they’re… denser than me."
-- Bartleby.

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Dargents

"I don’t have time to figure out who counts as a peer."
-- Vizier Richard Dargent.
"If the plans of my peers are in opposition to my own, I’ve already failed."
-- Viziera Guinevera Dargent.
"I prefer to think of it as social engineering."
-- Subvizier Victor Dargent-Laureat.
"I guess? I know I shouldn’t be, but…"
-- Subviziera Satine Dargent-Laureat.
"I care a lot about what people think of me, even though I try not to. So, while I try to be principled, I can fall to peer pressure more easily than I’d like."
-- Katib Hugo Dargent.
"I like to keep my friends happy, for sure!"
-- Katiba Scarlett Dargent.

"I have no peers."
-- Lindie Asklepa.
"Not really. In all honesty, I'm not sure I tend to notice peer pressure until it's too late to back out from what I was going to do anyway..."
-- Connie Furr.
"No."
-- Voltaire.

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Carterholds

"Tried it, didn’t like it."
-- Katiba Rouge Carterhold.

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Bakerstreets

"The city walls will break before I do."
-- Vizier Cobbler Bakerstreet.
"Peers are susceptible to me pressure."
-- Katib Cody Bakerstreet.
"Do I look like it?"
-- Katiba Wiggin Bakerstreet.

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Baharats

"I have never been one to let another choose my path, both for good and for ill."
-- Ex-Subvizier James Baharat.

"I don’t think so. What’s that?"
-- Beautiful Baharat Guard.
"Hmm. Hard to tell since I don’t get out much. I suppose I do hate to let down the crowd."
-- Martini.

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Brasseyes

"Nope."
-- Katiba Grimoire Brasseyes.

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Darktusks

"Sure; you don’t get what you want by being a creepy weirdo."
-- Mirze Rifi Darktusk.

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Greenskins

"By the standards of my heritage, alas, I am."
-- Vizier Kronk Greenskin.
"No. Most of my peers are goons."
-- Subvizier Cassiopeia Stargazer-Greenskin.

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Jackalslicers

"In my position, it is required."
-- Viziera Atkin Jackalslicer.
"Yes, definitely."
-- Katib Fennec Jackalslicer.

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Shajaras

"I don’t think I could ever have been called a conformist."
-- Vizier Hali Shajara.
"Sounds boring."
-- Viziera Cassilda Shajara.

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Brambleites

"From those my duty and honour binds me to, egads yes! But to all others, my heart remains as tightly secured as my sinew!"
-- Bugsby Cottontail.
"Not really. In all honesty, I'm not sure I tend to notice peer pressure until it's too late to back out from what I was going to do anyway..."
-- Connie Furr.
"I have never been one to let another choose my path, both for good and for ill."
-- James Baharat.
"Hmm. Hard to tell since I don’t get out much. I suppose I do hate to let down the crowd."
-- Martini.
"I’ve not really had enough time as Vulpix to have worked that out yet. I tend to let Connie do most of the talking when we interact with other people, so they don’t often try to pressure me."
-- Vulpix.
"I suppose I am. I certainly didn’t decide to get married and have a dozen children because it was my passion to do so."
-- Warren Furr.
"My peers and I tend to be in agreement about the important things anyway. It doesn’t really come up."
-- Winnie Furr.

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Patchwork Empire

"No, I think that’s why they put me in these bindings."
-- Pairaka.

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Undergazette

"Wouldn’t be much of a journalist if I wanted people to like me."
-- Krona Tailfeather.
"I have no peers."
-- Lindie Asklepa.
"Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow and see where it takes you, you know?"
-- Tito.

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Yvette & her Handmaidens

"You would have to press quite hard; I’m bouncy."
-- Yvette, the Courtesan.
"I’d still be squatting in a three-room hovel if I was."
-- Yvette Vixois.
"No, I think that’s why they put me in these bindings."
-- Pairaka.