Dragonmarks: Creating A Dragonmarked Character
Dragonmarks: Creating A Dragonmarked Character
Dragonmarks: Creating A Dragonmarked Character
Dragonmarks
This document presents dragonmarks, a playtest
option from the D&D world of Eberron that can Creating a
be incorporated when you choose your
character’s race. For more information about Dragonmarked
Eberron, see the Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron,
available on the Dungeon Master’s Guild Character
(DMsGuild.com). Dragonmarks are associated with race and are
represented by a combination of variant races
This Is Playtest Content and subraces.
The material here is presented for playtesting and to
spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in • For humans, a dragonmark is a variant race
draft form, usable in your campaign but not refined by that replaces the normal traits associated with
final game design and editing. They aren’t officially part those races.
of the game and aren’t permitted in D&D Adventurers • For half-elves and half-orcs, a dragonmark is a
League events. variant race. You keep some of the standard
If we decide to make this material official, it will be half-elf traits and replace others with the traits
refined based on your feedback, and then it will appear associated with your mark.
in a D&D book. • For dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings, the
A dragonmark is a mystic sigil that appears on dragonmark replaces your subrace. So, if
the skin. The mark is a source of mystical power you’re making an elf character, you can choose
and enhances the bearer’s ability to perform to take the Mark of Shadow instead of being a
certain tasks. In Eberron, each mark is tied to wood elf or high elf.
specific bloodlines. The families that carry these
There are two additional options related to
marks joined together to form the
dragonmarks. As your dragonmarked character
Dragonmarked Houses, powerful forces that
grows in level, you can take the Greater
dominate different industries. Not every
Dragonmark feat to reflect the growing power of
member of a given family possesses a
your dragonmark. Alternatively, the Aberrant
dragonmark; conversely, merely possessing a
Dragonmark feat grants limited but dangerous
dragonmark does not grant special status within
magical abilities. Aberrant dragonmarks aren’t
the house. In creating a dragonmarked character,
tied to the dragonmark houses and can be taken
your background can help to establish your
by any character.
relationship to the house. A dragonmarked noble
may be part of the ruling family. A guild artisan
or entertainer can work in one of the house Intuition Dice
guilds. A criminal may have been exiled from
A dragonmark improves your ability to perform
their house, while an urchin could be an orphan
a specific type of task. The Mark of Finding
who never knew they had a tie to one of the
sharpens your senses and improves your
dragonmarked families.
perception, while the Mark of Making guides
your hands when you work with artisan’s tools.
Each dragonmark has a trait that allows you to
roll an Intuition die, a d4, when you perform an
ability check with a particular skill or tool. You
add the number rolled to the ability check. You
don’t have to be proficient with the skill or tool
to gain this benefit.
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remarkably large.
Your dragonmakr slowly moves around your
Mark of Finding Traits
body. The Mark of Finding only manifests on half-orcs.
3 Your dragonmark glows dramatically when you If your character has the Mark of Finding, these
use it. traits replace the Ability Score Increase,
4 Your dragonmark tingles when you’re near Menacing, Relentless Endurance, and Savage
someone with the same mark. Attacks given in the Player’s Handbook. Despite
5 Your dragonmark tickles when you use it.