D&D 5E Ideas for NPC guardians

[Ethnod]

Hi Guys,

I'm looking for some ideas for some sort of guardians, well I say guardian but they will be more like guards on a door.

Playing a campaign for a few years now and we have just built a exclusive club and casino. It will be for nobility and the rich and I was thinking of putting some sort of armoured but elegante looking guards, but that looked more like guardians than anything else, something that would add some wonder to the entrance and yet said no messing around with having to actually say it

Any ideas? Or any suggestions that might be different but good for what I'm looking for?

 

[aco175]

I would go with something with more roleplaying opportunity like a few retired adventurers. Another adventuring group can be hired and provide security to the front doors. A few guardian statues or animated suits of armor stand by the doors looking tough, but in the room interacting with people coming and going. The other party can be very good with their job or simply well connected. They could be good at the job or faking it, or even setting the place up to rob it.

 

[Ethnod]

This place will be more for downtime while not on adventures, will be something to come back to more than anything else. The city this is in is closer to a hub than anything else. Not much role playing happens here, this is more for the cool factor than anything else

 

[LordEntrails]

Shield guardians, golems, animated armor, (any constructs,) earth elementals.

 

[Ethnod]

Shield guardians, golems, animated armor, (any constructs,) earth elementals.

Yea, this is the kind of thing I had in mind but I was hoping someone had a suggestion for something that was more classy, unusual, something that had a bit if a wow factor
Think high elf guards or something that might be at a royal function or something really rich families event. Something elegante, slender but impressive looking

 

[Ed Laprade]

Armor. You can fancy it up a great deal. Look at some historical examples, then turn it up to 11. (Fancy helmets, etched armor, gold and black/blue, lots of stuff to riff off of.)

 

[cbwjm]

I now they may not be fancy or elegant but what about ogres? Dress them in fine black leather armour so that they look like typical bouncers.

 

[rgoodbb]

4 Minotaurs in bright white tuxedos.

Ronny, Rene', Rodney and Roodi

Not exactly slender, but exotic and kinda' fun.

 

[LordEntrails]

I like constructs, they can't be bribed or charmed. And you can fluff them anyway you want. You could make them look like caryatid columns, or use a picture from any type of statue you like ("David" or mermaids, or ...).