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THE MARK OF PASSAGE DRAGONMARKED CHARACTERS
Here are examples of characters with this mark.
“We get things where they need to go. It doesn’t
Outlander Ranger. You’re a courier who
matter if it’s a letter, a person, or a hundred tons of specializes in dangerous deliveries to exotic
steel. Whether we have to cross mountains, rivers, locations. Your assignments take you into the
WZ \PM 5W]ZVTIVL Q\[MTN 7ZQMV ÅVL[ I _Ia ” wilds, the Mournland, and worse. Hopefully you
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— Bali d’Orien, veteran courier
Rogue Urchin. You grew up as a foundling
in the worst slums of Sharn. For you, the city
The Mark of Passage governs motion, allowing is a vast vertical jungle, and you love climbing
its bearer to move with uncanny speed and towers and leaping between bridges. You value
precision. Running, leaping, climbing—the Mark friendship and freedom. You’re more interested
of Passage enhances every form of movement. in having fun and helping your companions than
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space, leaping from point to point in the blink of
an eye. MARK OF PASSAGE TRAITS
HOUSE ORIEN If your human character has the Mark of Pas-
sage, the following traits replace the human’s
The House of Passage manages land Ability Score Increase trait in the Player’s Hand-
transportation. The Lightning Rail is the house’s book.
most dramatic tool, but Orien runs caravans Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score
and coaches across the length of Khorvaire. increases by 2, and one other ability score of your
Dragonshard focus items ensure that the fastest choice increases by 1.
vehicles are those driven by heirs with the Mark Courier’s Speed. Your base walking speed
of Passage, but the house also licenses unmarked increases to 35 feet.
teamsters. The Courier’s Guild of House Orien Intuitive Motion. When you make a Dex-
delivers mail and packages and has a branch that terity (Acrobatics) check or any ability check to
handles more covert and dangerous deliveries. operate or maintain a land vehicle, you can roll
Orien has dominated transportation for a d4 and add the number rolled to the ability
centuries, but now the house is facing challenges. check.
The Mournland is a dramatic obstacle for Magical Passage. You can cast the misty step
ground transportation, and the expanding role spell once with this trait, and you regain the abili-
of Lyrandar airships threatens Orien’s business. \a \W KI[\ Q\ _PMV aW] ÅVQ[P I TWVO ZM[\ Dexterity
Long distance teleportation is a service only the is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
strongest Orien heirs can provide. Now Orien, Spells of the Mark. If you have the Spellcast-
seeking to expand its use of teleportation, is ing or the Pact Magic class feature, the spells on
_WZSQVO _Q\P +IVVQ\P \W ÅVL _Ia[ \W ]VTWKS the Mark of Passage Spells table are added to the
and enhance this ultimate gift of the Mark spell list of your spellcasting class.
of Making. Orien heirs may be caught up in
these experiments or in the rivalry with House DÙ» Ê¥ WÝݦ ^Ö½½Ý
Lyrandar, or they may stay close to the ground ^ƉĞůů >ĞǀĞů ^ƉĞůůƐ
and just keep moving. ϭƐƚ ĞdžƉĞĚŝƟŽƵƐ ƌĞƚƌĞĂƚ͕ ũƵŵƉ
ϮŶĚ ŵŝƐƚLJ ƐƚĞƉ͕ ƉĂƐƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚƌĂĐĞ
ϯƌĚ ďůŝŶŬ͕ ƉŚĂŶƚŽŵ ƐƚĞĞĚ
4th ĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶ ĚŽŽƌ͕ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ
5th ƚĞůĞƉŽƌƚĂƟŽŶ ĐŝƌĐůĞ
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