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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8031590" data-attributes="member: 6704184">There are orcs with the mark of finding, but otherwise, the idea is that the world has a repetition of numerical significance, where there are 13 of something, and then one is lost in some way, making there be 12 instead. 13 moons, one pushed out of orbit or destroyed. 13 Dragonmarks, one wiped out by genocide. etcIn fact, the 12 have seats and tower levels and the like for 13 Dragonmarks, even though they were formed before there were 13 marks, because they knew there would be 13. Part of the design process of Eberron is to take what exist in DnD, and think about explanations and extrapolations. So, the races with dragonmarks are the mortal races with the biggest impact on history. And they do leave it open for a new mark to appear. They leave it entirely open to the DM to determine what that would look like, how the Houses would respond to it, what it means in terms of the Draconic Prophecy, etc. ANyway, I find the idea that some folk having a mark of prophecy on their bloodline being problematic a bit...difficult to take seriously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8031590, member: 6704184"] There are orcs with the mark of finding, but otherwise, the idea is that the world has a repetition of numerical significance, where there are 13 of something, and then one is lost in some way, making there be 12 instead. 13 moons, one pushed out of orbit or destroyed. 13 Dragonmarks, one wiped out by genocide. etc In fact, the 12 have seats and tower levels and the like for 13 Dragonmarks, even though they were formed before there were 13 marks, because they knew there would be 13. Part of the design process of Eberron is to take what exist in DnD, and think about explanations and extrapolations. So, the races with dragonmarks are the mortal races with the biggest impact on history. And they do leave it open for a new mark to appear. They leave it entirely open to the DM to determine what that would look like, how the Houses would respond to it, what it means in terms of the Draconic Prophecy, etc. ANyway, I find the idea that some folk having a mark of prophecy on their bloodline being problematic a bit...difficult to take seriously. [/QUOTE]

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