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#1 AvonRekaes May 13, 2014 10:46:42	Pathfinder includes optional rules to allow PCs to pick background traits at 1st level. Each trait is normally worth about half a feat, so this optional rule is about as powerful as allowing everyone to pick a bonus feat at 1st level.   One of the design concepts for traits is that they all fall into different categories, which are usually equal in power. Campaign traits, however, are purposely slightly better than half a feat to incentivize players into taking them, and therefore tying their background to the campaign world. Campaign traits are usually meant to be based around a singular specific storyline the DM has cooked up, but I took the opportunity in my Pathfinder game to make campaign traits that applied to the world of Eberron at large. Although the below traits are broken up into subsections, a player character can still usually select only one campaign trait.   Dragonmarked Traits     The following traits are special campaign traits that allow you to start the game with a dragonmark. If you select one these traits, it counts as two of your available traits. Thus, if you do not select a drawback, you may not select another trait. As an exception to the normal trait rules, you can select another campaign trait if you select a Dragonmarked trait and a drawback. Show     Dragonmarked: You belong to an established Dragonmarked House and you gain the Least Dragonmark feat as a bonus feat. You must meet the prerequisites for this feat (i.e. be of the appropriate race and family for the House to which the Dragonmark is attributed).      Aberrant Mark: By some twist of fate or mixed true dragonmark parentage, you have been marked by Khyber. You gain the Aberrant Dragonmark feat as a bonus feat.
#2 skrapsan May 15, 2014 11:52:21	As far as I remember the 5 nations book actually had a few traits for inhabbitants of the five nations. To reflect the cultural differences of the people of Khorvaire. But this is something that should definetively be in the new eberron campaign guide...
(Reply to #2) AvonRekaes	skrapsan wrote:
#4 skrapsan Jun 13, 2014 22:22:53	Avon, I seem to remember that the idea for traits as a house rule in 3.5 actually came from the book Unearthed Arcana. And that the rules were almost the same. You may choose two traits (not certain it was two), they grant a small bonus to something your character does, mostly a +1 to two skills and gives you a bit of a background info for having those bonuses. These were the inspiration for the national traits that were in 5 nations I would believe.   Please post what you create btw, I would love to have some more inspiration from other "Eberronians."