Eberron - Rising from the Last War

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DON'T GET SENTIMENTAL. A BEAST IS

a tool. Our role is to find the right tool

for the task and to make sure they're of

the.finest quality. Nature is our king­

dom; never forget that we were born

to rule it.

-Dalin d'Va dalis

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The Mark of Handling gives its bearer a primal

connection to beasts and the natural world, grant­

ing the power to calm and coax. This extends beyond

purely natural animals; the mark allows its bearer to

guide a hippogriff as easily as a horse.

HOUSE VA DALIS

Leader: Dalin d'Vadalis

Headquarters: Foalswood (near Va rna, Eldeen Reaches)

Represented by the hippogriff, House Vadalis plays an

important role in daily life, offering meat, mounts, and

more. Va dalis isn't one of the most powerful houses, but

its barons are generally content; they're more interested

in discovering new monstrosities than engaging in poli­

tics. The current head of the house, Dalin d'Vadalis, dis­

dains the use of a title and has no aspirations to nobility

or greatness for himself or his house.

House Va dalis breeds and trains beasts for a wide

range of purposes. While the house maintains vast cat­

tle ranches and trains horses and hounds, the Mark of

Handling allows Vadalis to work with more exotic crea­

tures as well. Griffons, hippogriffs, and even bulettes

can be bred and trained. Even with the Mark of Han­

dling, this is dangerous work; there's a lot of turnover

at the bulette ranch. But these exotic creatures aren't

enough to satisfy the most innovative members of the

house, leading to the practice of magebreeding. Using

dragonshard focus items, Vadalis has found ways to

create magical creatures. Ty pically, this results in a su­

perior version of a creature-an animal that is stronger,

faster, and smarter. But rumors claim that Vadalis has

crafted monsters of its own. Some rumors even insist

that Va dalis is trying to magebreed better humans.

VA RIANT HUMAN:

MARK OF HANDLING -----

If your human character has the Mark of Handling, the

following traits replace the human's Ability Score In­

crease trait in the Player's Handbook.

CHAPTER I I CHARACTER CREATION

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases

by 2, and one other ability score of your choice in­

creases by 1.

Wild Intuition. When you make a Wisdom (Animal

Handling) or Intelligence (Nature) check, you can roll a

d4 and add the number rolled to the ability check.

Primal Connection. You can cast the animal friend­

ship and speak with animals spells with this trait,

requiring no material component. Once you cast either

spell with this trait, you can't cast that spell with it again

until you finish a short or long rest. Wisdom is your

spellcasting ability for these spells.

The Bigger They Are. Starting at 3rd level, you can

target a beast or monstrosity when you cast animal

friendship or speak with animals, provided the creature's

Intelligence score is 3 or lower.

Spells of the Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or

the Pact Magic class feature, the spells on the Mark of

Handling Spells table are added to the spell list of your

spellcasting class.

MARK OF HANDLING SPELLS

Spell Level Spells

l st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

animal fr iendship, speak with animals

beast sense, calm emotions

beacon of hope, conjure animals

aura of life, dominate beast

awaken