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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 9628441" data-attributes="member: 6704184">I actually ended up going in a different direction because of something else Keith wrote, oddly enough.In his article on Queen Etrigani of Karrnath, Keith posits that she might have the Mark of Death, in which case it gives her a facility with spirits and with insight, and thus with necromancy. I like that, as it speaks to what the mark would do if it were the power being a dragonmarked House. IMO, that’s the way to approach developing a mark, what would a house based on it look like?So you get +d4 with Insight. You know Spare the Dying, unseen servant, and protection from evil and good. At level 3, you get borrowed knowledge and gentle repose. (One less skill, but more spells, than most marks)Spells of the mark False life, augury, speak with dead, and then I’m not sure. The idea is that the Mark of Death gives you a connection to Dolurh and an intuitive understanding of spirits and the soul, which in turn gives you a deep intuitive empathy, so the two sides to the mark are spirit-communion/binding and understanding people emotionally and quickly understanding the dynamics of any given situation, like who is afraid of who and who is loyal to who etc. When I imagine a Dragonmarked House in the future based on this mark, I see the Church of The White Rat from the Saint of Steel books. Practical administrators and communicators who understand people and social/political dynamics intuitively and are aided by an intuitive facility with dealing with spirits. They would be troubleshooters, lawyers, advocates, social workers, therapists, and spirit healers (probably working closely with Jorasco), as well as exorcists, mediums, etc.  Anyway that’s my take, I appreciate the feedback!</blockquote>

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