Darfelian auspicious markings? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Darfelian auspicious markings? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Tommyboy
02-03-08, 01:40 AM Would it be unbalanced and/or unfluffy to allow Darfelians to take the Goliath auspicious marking feats? The paterns on Darfelians do have meanings after all.
smeagol_lied
02-03-08, 09:59 AM I wouldn't say so, but without taking another look I wouldn't know.

Perhaps change the names, or create some more that are aquatic-specific and allow a few to be available to both races.
Count Arioch the 28th
02-03-08, 11:33 AM What book are Darfelians from?
Xiuhcoatl
02-03-08, 12:01 PM Stormwrack, presumably.
Count Arioch the 28th
02-03-08, 12:15 PM Dang, it would be from a book I don't have :P .
InkBlot
02-03-08, 01:05 PM Darfellan are also available in the Stormwrack excerpt. (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20050805a&page=2)

I don't think Auspicious Markings is appropriate for a Darfallen. Their markings are passed down through family lines. Their markings tell their heritage, not their destiny. Every Darfallen in a family would have the same, or nearly the same markings. They're not auspicious.

The only auspicious markings a Darfallen would have are actually a lack of markings. Darfallens with entirely black or entirely white skin could have some sort of feat to represent their greater destinies, but Auspicious Marking doesn't seem right. There are five different Marking feats, but only two kinds of special markings a Darfallen can have.

I suppose Auspicious Markings could work in a pinch, but it seems like there should be a much better way of going about representing the special destinies of a solid-color Darfallen.

A darfellan's most striking feature is his or her jet-black skin, glossy and hairless, broken by varied white markings. The size, shape, and location of the white areas distinguish family groups and quickly identify an individual's heritage to other darfellans and those who know how to read darfellan markings. Occasionally individuals are born who are entirely black or, much more rarely, wholly white. Such births are always seen as portentous, and the children are destined to hold positions of importance among the people -- whether they are so inclined or not. The appearance of an entirely white darfellan is taken as a sign of great events, and the people's history is filled with stories of the upheavals that followed such births.
Tommyboy
02-04-08, 11:41 AM Ok, stupid me posting with out reading. Just saw the feats in RoS and thought hmmmm, I wonder...

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Tommyboy 02-03-08, 01:40 AM	Would it be unbalanced and/or unfluffy to allow Darfelians to take the Goliath auspicious marking feats? The paterns on Darfelians do have meanings after all.
smeagol_lied 02-03-08, 09:59 AM	I wouldn't say so, but without taking another look I wouldn't know. Perhaps change the names, or create some more that are aquatic-specific and allow a few to be available to both races.
Count Arioch the 28th 02-03-08, 11:33 AM	What book are Darfelians from?
Xiuhcoatl 02-03-08, 12:01 PM	Stormwrack, presumably.
Count Arioch the 28th 02-03-08, 12:15 PM	Dang, it would be from a book I don't have :P .
InkBlot 02-03-08, 01:05 PM	Darfellan are also available in the Stormwrack excerpt. (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20050805a&page=2) I don't think Auspicious Markings is appropriate for a Darfallen. Their markings are passed down through family lines. Their markings tell their heritage, not their destiny. Every Darfallen in a family would have the same, or nearly the same markings. They're not auspicious. The only auspicious markings a Darfallen would have are actually a lack of markings. Darfallens with entirely black or entirely white skin could have some sort of feat to represent their greater destinies, but Auspicious Marking doesn't seem right. There are five different Marking feats, but only two kinds of special markings a Darfallen can have. I suppose Auspicious Markings could work in a pinch, but it seems like there should be a much better way of going about representing the special destinies of a solid-color Darfallen. A darfellan's most striking feature is his or her jet-black skin, glossy and hairless, broken by varied white markings. The size, shape, and location of the white areas distinguish family groups and quickly identify an individual's heritage to other darfellans and those who know how to read darfellan markings. Occasionally individuals are born who are entirely black or, much more rarely, wholly white. Such births are always seen as portentous, and the children are destined to hold positions of importance among the people -- whether they are so inclined or not. The appearance of an entirely white darfellan is taken as a sign of great events, and the people's history is filled with stories of the upheavals that followed such births.
Tommyboy 02-04-08, 11:41 AM	Ok, stupid me posting with out reading. Just saw the feats in RoS and thought hmmmm, I wonder...