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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Volaran" data-source="post: 2736005" data-attributes="member: 592">I believe it has been suggested before that the designs for a creation forge, or something related to them, may have originally come from Xen'drik.  Their primary purpose was to create the warforged, and the warforged-compatible components on Xen'drik suggest some connection with the giant civillizations.  The giants didn't have the Mark of Making, so it suggests another path.The main benefit of the dragonmarks, on a large scale, are the shortcuts they let the houses take.  Message stones, easier airship piloting, ect.  Keith has suggested that Cannith has other sorts of fantastic locations that would allow, for example, a holder of the Mark of Making to ignore some magical item creation requirements.In addition, the campaign setting mentions the Lord of Blades having a working creation forge, which either suggests one or more renegade Cannith working with it, or some alternate means of activation.Given these, I would suggest that the Mark of Making might not be the 'correct' path to operate a creation forge at all, but a shortcut that House Cannith was able to exploit.  If the party intends to look for another 'key', Xen'drik may be the place to start.  Locating an item that would let anyone activate a creation forge could make for an excellent excursion into the unknowns of Xen'drik.Alternately, given that the dragons were the ones who taught the giants the basis of their spellcasting, draconic ruins, the Seren, or the dragons themselves may hold the secrets the party is looking for.  Come to think of it...why not kobolds?</blockquote>

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