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THE MARK OF HANDLING don’t hold any druidic beliefs; rather, you believe
that your mark gives you rightful dominion over
the natural world.
“Don’t get sentimental. A beast is a tool. Our role
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Q[ \W ÅVL \PM ZQOP\ \WWT NWZ \PM \I[S IVL \W UISM to track and handle the wildest monstrosities.
[]ZM \PMa¼ZM WN \PM ÅVM[\ Y]ITQ\a 6I\]ZM Q[ W]Z You’re still mastering your skills, but you want to
kingdom; never forget that we were born to rule it.” get out into the world and discover new creatures
that have never been harnessed.
— Baron Hella d’Vadalis
Outlander Druid. Your dragonmark gives
you a powerful connection to the natural world.
The Mark of Handling gives its bearer a primal You hate what your house is doing with this
connection to beasts and the natural world, power—turning this gift into a business, exploiting
granting the power to calm and coax. the creatures you’re connected to.
HOUSE VADALIS MARK OF HANDLING TRAITS
The ranches of House Vadalis play a key role in If your human character has the Mark of Han-
daily life, producing meat, mounts, and more. dling, the following traits replace the human’s
Vadalis isn’t one of the most powerful houses, but Ability Score Increase trait in the Player’s Handbook.
its barons are generally content; they’re more in- Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score
terested in discovering new creatures than engag- increases by 2, and one other ability score of your
ing in the politics of the dragonmarked houses. choice increases by 1.
House Vadalis breeds and trains beasts for Wild Intuition. When you make a Wisdom
a range of purposes. While they maintain vast (Animal Handling) or Intelligence (Nature) check,
cattle ranches and train horses and hounds, you can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to
the Mark of Handling allows Vadalis to work the ability check.
_Q\P UWZM M`W\QK KZMI\]ZM[ I[ _MTT /ZQٺWV[ Primal Connection. You can cast the animal
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trained. Vadalis also works with more intelligent requiring no material component. Once you cast
beasts, such as giant owls, displacers beasts, and either spell with this trait, you can’t cast that spell
pegasi. Even with the Mark of Handling, this is _Q\P Q\ IOIQV ]V\QT aW] ÅVQ[P I [PWZ\ WZ TWVO ZM[\
dangerous work; there’s a lot of turnover at the Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
bullette ranch. But these exotic creatures aren’t The Bigger They Are. Starting at 3rd level,
enough to satisfy the most innovative members you can target a beast or monstrosity when you
of the house, and this has led to the practice of cast animal friendship or speak with animals, provided
magebreeding. Using the Mark of Handling and the creature’s Intelligence score is 3 or lower.
dragonshard focus items, Vadalis has found ways Spells of the Mark. If you have the
to create magical creatures. Typically, this results Spellcasting or the Pact Magic class feature, the
in a superior version of a mundane creature—an spells on the Mark of Handling Spells table are
animal that is stronger, faster, and smarter. But added to the spell list of your spellcasting class.
rumors claim that Vadalis has crafted monsters
of its own. Some rumors even insist that Vadalis DÙ» Ê¥ ,Ľ®Ä¦ ^Ö½½Ý
has been trying to magebreed better humans. ^ƉĞůů >ĞǀĞů ^ƉĞůůƐ
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DRAGONMARKED CHARACTERS ϮŶĚ ďĞĂƐƚ ƐĞŶƐĞ͕ ĐĂůŵ ĞŵŽƟŽŶƐ
Some characters with the Mark of Handling: ϯƌĚ ďĞĂĐŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŽƉĞ͕ ĐŽŶũƵƌĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ
Noble Druid. Your family is one of the most 4th ĂƵƌĂ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ͕ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞ ďĞĂƐƚ
powerful in the house. You’re a druid, but you 5th ĂǁĂŬĞŶ
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