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Aberrant Heir of Syberis

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#1
leliel
Jun 08, 2010 23:22:34 Well...that.

The recent Dragon article put me in the mind of my eternally stymied Eberron character, Joshu Tabris the Droaami Tarkanan. This thread is not about him, it's just background.

What I'm asking is the board's opinion on what would happen if-and given a lot of campaigns. when-an aberrant dragonmarked like Tabris became an Heir of Syberis focused on his own unique mark.

So yeah, what do you think would happen if a Tarkanan, or any other kind of dragonmarked, developed a Syberis dragonmark?
#2
Hellcow
Jun 09, 2010 12:16:47 Well, you can find MY answer in The Son of Khyber. )

www.amazon.com/Son-Khyber-Thorn-Breland-...

www.amazon.com/Son-Khyber-Thorn-Breland-...
#3
AvonRekaes
Jun 09, 2010 13:49:54 I made a PC for a game that never took off, but the idea was that he was going to develop an "Heir of Khyber" aberrant dragonmark. I worked with the DM so that we used the Spellscar rules from Forgotten Realms to simulate the growing power of the aberrant mark. Had the game actually run, and I got toward paragon/epic levels, my character would've had spellscar powers appropriate in power to represent a siberys-level dragonmark.

It works particularly well, cause those Spellscar powers can get pretty disturbing in their descriptions, perfect for Aberrant marks, I thought.

(I also worked with my DM so that a base Aberrant Mark feat was the prerequisite for spellscar multiclassing. In other words, I took Aberrant Mark of Madness to qualify for the Novice, Adept, and Expert power-swap feats for Spellscar instead of Student of the Plague)
#4
Hellcow
Jun 10, 2010 3:22:50 I do think that spellscars are a good model for aberrant dragonmarks, and when I played an aberrant heir in an ongoing campaign, we used a modified spellscar-like system to handle them.
#5
ellorin
Jun 10, 2010 3:42:58 I tried a differrent approach and simply used the warlock class. All powers are manifestations of an unusually powerful and flexible mark, the power source of this "warlock". My heiress of Khyber uses a basic aberrant Mark of Terror and whatever powers I consider fit to reflect the theme. Star Pact powers mostly.
#6
Hellcow
Jun 10, 2010 4:44:56
I tried a differrent approach and simply used the warlock class.

This is my approach with most dragonmarks. The Lyrandar storm sorcerer with the Mark of Storm is a sorcerer because of the mark - not simply a sorcerer who gets a boost from the mark. As long as your class abilities fit the idea of your mark, this works well - so sure, an "infernal warlock" whose powers are derived from his aberrant mark makes sense to me. In my case, I was playing a cleric of the Prophecy who ended up being the reincarnation of Halas Tarkanan - something that evolved as part of the storyline well after the character was already established, and besides, we wanted his powers to be about earthquakes and natural disasters, which had little to do with his abilities as a cleric. So the spellscar-like approach worked well.
#7
PJammaGod
Jun 10, 2010 23:57:35 Much like everyone else I've found tweaking the Spellscar rules provides a good baseline for adapting more potent Aberrant marks to PC's. It does however mean that PC's have to invest a fair number of feats into spellscars to reflect their growing Aberrant capabilities, but I've found most players are happy to do so.

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#1 leliel Jun 08, 2010 23:22:34	Well...that. The recent Dragon article put me in the mind of my eternally stymied Eberron character, Joshu Tabris the Droaami Tarkanan. This thread is not about him, it's just background. What I'm asking is the board's opinion on what would happen if-and given a lot of campaigns. when-an aberrant dragonmarked like Tabris became an Heir of Syberis focused on his own unique mark. So yeah, what do you think would happen if a Tarkanan, or any other kind of dragonmarked, developed a Syberis dragonmark?
#2 Hellcow Jun 09, 2010 12:16:47	Well, you can find MY answer in The Son of Khyber. ) www.amazon.com/Son-Khyber-Thorn-Breland-... www.amazon.com/Son-Khyber-Thorn-Breland-...
#3 AvonRekaes Jun 09, 2010 13:49:54	I made a PC for a game that never took off, but the idea was that he was going to develop an "Heir of Khyber" aberrant dragonmark. I worked with the DM so that we used the Spellscar rules from Forgotten Realms to simulate the growing power of the aberrant mark. Had the game actually run, and I got toward paragon/epic levels, my character would've had spellscar powers appropriate in power to represent a siberys-level dragonmark. It works particularly well, cause those Spellscar powers can get pretty disturbing in their descriptions, perfect for Aberrant marks, I thought. (I also worked with my DM so that a base Aberrant Mark feat was the prerequisite for spellscar multiclassing. In other words, I took Aberrant Mark of Madness to qualify for the Novice, Adept, and Expert power-swap feats for Spellscar instead of Student of the Plague)
#4 Hellcow Jun 10, 2010 3:22:50	I do think that spellscars are a good model for aberrant dragonmarks, and when I played an aberrant heir in an ongoing campaign, we used a modified spellscar-like system to handle them.
#5 ellorin Jun 10, 2010 3:42:58	I tried a differrent approach and simply used the warlock class. All powers are manifestations of an unusually powerful and flexible mark, the power source of this "warlock". My heiress of Khyber uses a basic aberrant Mark of Terror and whatever powers I consider fit to reflect the theme. Star Pact powers mostly.
#6 Hellcow Jun 10, 2010 4:44:56	I tried a differrent approach and simply used the warlock class. This is my approach with most dragonmarks. The Lyrandar storm sorcerer with the Mark of Storm is a sorcerer because of the mark - not simply a sorcerer who gets a boost from the mark. As long as your class abilities fit the idea of your mark, this works well - so sure, an "infernal warlock" whose powers are derived from his aberrant mark makes sense to me. In my case, I was playing a cleric of the Prophecy who ended up being the reincarnation of Halas Tarkanan - something that evolved as part of the storyline well after the character was already established, and besides, we wanted his powers to be about earthquakes and natural disasters, which had little to do with his abilities as a cleric. So the spellscar-like approach worked well.
#7 PJammaGod Jun 10, 2010 23:57:35	Much like everyone else I've found tweaking the Spellscar rules provides a good baseline for adapting more potent Aberrant marks to PC's. It does however mean that PC's have to invest a fair number of feats into spellscars to reflect their growing Aberrant capabilities, but I've found most players are happy to do so.