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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 1651985" data-attributes="member: 15800">It really depends on the style of play and the mark chosen. Yes, it's hard to imagine whispering wind being useful. But it's hard for me to imagine a PC taking that mark. It's there because of the Mark of Scribing's value to the world at large, not because PCs are expected to take it -- feats are out there for NPCs as well. Among players, the most valuable marks are probably the Mark of Passage (I've seen some great use of dimension leap), the Mark of Healing, the Mark of Sentinel, and the Mark of Shadow. Many of these are most useful if you have a specific concept you want to use: I want to be a teleporting archer, but I don't want to spend half my levels on wizard levels. One feat at first level and you can at least dimension leap, which while limited, lets you get started with teleportation right away. And, of course, the feats do become more useful as you build upon them. By the time I pick up the Lesser Mark of Passage at 6th level -- already 1 level before a wizard can use dimension door, I'm also able to use dimension leap for a total of 120 feet per day. Being able to leap 40 feet across a mass of enemies or up to a good sniping point can be very useful for the sniper. And on the complete opposite end, in my game, I have a halfling rogue with the Mark of Hospitality and the ability to use prestidigitation. Yes, she could have just taking a spellcasting level, but this way she has contacts in half the inns the party goes to, she hasn't lost a rogue level, and she loves all the things she can pull off with the mark -- even though they have no combat application whatsoever. So personal play style is key here. But yes, i'm not going to argue that you should take whispering wind.</blockquote>

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