Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

108 CHAPTER 4 | THE MARK OF WARDING

The Mark of Warding ...............................................

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The Mark of Warding helps its bearers protect

things of value. Using the mark, a dwarf can

weave wards and seal portals with mystic force.

It also provides its bearer with an intuitive

understanding of locks and mechanisms used to

protect and seal. The decision each heir has to

make is whether they’ll use this power to keep

things safe, or whether they’re more interested in

opening locks and taking what’s inside.

HOUSE KUNDARAK

If you want to keep something safe —jewels,

secrets, prisoners—Kundarak is there to help.

The Defenders Guild of House Kundarak trains

locksmiths, security specialists, and more. It

maintains the infamous prison of Dreadhold,

along with a number of smaller prisons. As

useful as these services are, it’s the Banking

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lands in the Mror Holds include deep veins of

precious metals and stones, and the dwarves

have used this wealth to establish the banking

industry of Khorvaire. Anyone who makes a

living from coin—from bankers to goldsmiths—

likely learned their skills at House Kundarak.

The security of Kundarak banks is legendary.

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vaults, allowing a client to store their goods in

one location and retrieve them at any other

Kundarak enclave.

House Kundarak has a close alliance with

House Sivis. Like the House of Scribing,

Kundarak has worked to earn the trust of

its clients and to establish a reputation for

unshakeable integrity. The house has no love of

renegade dwarves using their marks to turn a

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DRAGONMARKED CHARACTERS

Here are examples of characters with the Mark

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unusual security systems, and see what you can

learn from them. When you go into an ancient

ruin, you’re PWXQVOthere are traps.

Criminal Rogue. It’s not that you’re a

bad person. You’ve just never met a lock you

didn’t want to open. It’s like they speak to you,

whispering “Free me! Free me!” You’re not even

in it for the gold; you’ve just fallen in with a bad

crowd because most people who like opening

locks are criminals. Perhaps it’s time to make

some new friends.

MARK OF WARDING TRAITS

The Mark of Warding manifests exclusively

on dwarves. If your character has the Mark of

Warding, this is their dwarf subrace.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity and

Intelligence scores increase by 1.

Master of Locks. When you make an

Intelligence (History), Intelligence (Investigation),

or Thieves’ Tools check involving lock and trap

mechanisms, you can roll one Intuition die, a d4,

and add the number rolled to the ability check.

Wards and Seals. You can use your mark to

cast the ITIZUspell as a ritual. Starting at 3rd level

you can cast arcane lock once with this trait and

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long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability

for these spells.