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<blockquote data-quote="Asmor" data-source="post: 4886596" data-attributes="member: 1154">There's a sidebar on off-race marks which specifically says they'd probably be considered aberrant marks by the houses.Anything not specifically statted up is left to either the description in the books (which say that off-race marks are non-existent, unless you want them to be) or GM fiat (which is not canon). Thus, off-race marks do not exist (unless you want them).And that's a problem... why, exactly? A PC's whole raison d'être is to be unique and break the mold.It feels to me like you're not seperating the rules from the lore properly.If you had a player who wanted to be a soldier who specialized in using the bow, would you tell them that they're SOL because a soldier should be a fighter but fighters don't use bows, or would you tell them that even though the default flavor may not fit they should roll a rogue or ranger and just change the flavor to suit their character?It's the same issue, really. There are dragonmark feats which are game elements not intrinsically limited by race, and there are dragonmarks which are part of the world of Eberron and are limited by race.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Asmor, post: 4886596, member: 1154"] There's a sidebar on off-race marks which specifically says they'd probably be considered aberrant marks by the houses. Anything not specifically statted up is left to either the description in the books (which say that off-race marks are non-existent, unless you want them to be) or GM fiat (which is not canon). Thus, off-race marks do not exist (unless you want them). And that's a problem... why, exactly? A PC's whole raison d'être is to be unique and break the mold. It feels to me like you're not seperating the rules from the lore properly. If you had a player who wanted to be a soldier who specialized in using the bow, would you tell them that they're SOL because a soldier should be a fighter but fighters don't use bows, or would you tell them that even though the default flavor may not fit they should roll a rogue or ranger and just change the flavor to suit their character? It's the same issue, really. There are [i]dragonmark feats[/i] which are game elements not intrinsically limited by race, and there are [i]dragonmarks[/i] which are part of the world of Eberron and [i]are[/i] limited by race. [/QUOTE]

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