Dragonmarked Orcs

I really like the Dragonmark concept from the Eberron campaign setting, so I'm including it in this campaign setting. The only real change I'm making is that only Orcs can posses Dragonmarks, this helps explain some of that races prevalence and also provides more PC/NPC options for the race which I want to be the most commonly occurring.

This also makes the Dragonmark houses the fourth aspect of political/social influence throughout the region (the other three being Races, Tribes/Clans and Religions/Cults).

"Dargonmarks are elaborate skin patterns - more intricate and colorful than birthmarks, more distinctive then any tattoo - that also grant their bearers innate spell-like abilities. There are twelve families of dragonmarks, each one associated with a number of closely related manifestations."

The following feats and prestige classes will be of interest to players who want a Dragonmarked character -
Feat: Aberrant Dragonmark, pg 47
Feat: Least Dragonmark, pg 56
Feat: Lesser Dragonmark, pg 56
Feat: Greater Dragonmark, pg 54
Feat: Favoured in (Dragonmark) House, pg 53
Prestige class: Dragonmark Heir, pg 73

The 12 (non-aberrant) Dragonmarks are listed below with the associated houses and the services they provide -
Mark of Detection, House Medani - warning, counter espionage
Mark of Finding, House Tharashk - finding, investigating, bounty hunting
Mark of Handling, House Vadalis - livestock selling/training/breeding
Mark of Healing, House Jorasco - healing services(mundane and magical)
Mark of Hospitality, House Ghallanda - hostels, inns/taverns, cooking, brewing
Mark of Making, House Canith - repair and creating crafted items
Mark of Passage, House Orien - couriers, transportation
Mark of Scribing, House Sivis - scribes, messengers, mediators and diplomats
Mark of Sentinel, House Deneith - watchmen, bodyguards, "sentinel marshals"
Mark of Shadow, House Thuranni - entertainment, artisans, espionage
Mark of Storm, House Lyrandar - shipping and agriculture
Mark of Warding, House Kundark - banking, security


Eberron Campign Setting pgs 62-67. WotC
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/eberron