I'm a relatively new player to the DnD scene. I'm creating a human ranger and was puzzled at the logistics of human traits, and I can't seem to find the answer anywhere, although I might just be bad at researching.
On dndbeyond, When looking at the human race, under "Human Traits" (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/human#HumanTraits) it gives a list of Marks and Houses, such as Mark of Handling Human, followed by House Vadalis, then Mark of Making Human, followed by House Cannith, so on and so forth. And then at the end of the list is "Variant Human" With this context in mind I have 3 questions.
Are these Marks and Houses Canon? As someone who has never really played I have no clue if these are used regularly.
Do the Marks that precede the house listed relate to each other? e.g. is the Mark of Handling Human something given to you if you choose House Vadalis?
If you choose Variant Human, I understand that you forfeit the +1 to all stats in favor of the LVL 1 feat and extra proficiency, on top of the +1 to two stats of your choice. But if I choose Variant (assuming Houses and Marks are canon,) does this forfeit my choice of a house? Or do I get to pick a house on top of picking variant as a trait?
1. The Houses and Dragonmarks are from the Eberron setting and Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron. Ask your DM if you're playing in any other setting, but the answer will probably be no, you can't use them.
2. Yes. Each House has a Dragonmark associated with it. The Dragonmark is only available to members of that House, and most if not all members of that House will have that Dragonmark.
3. You can be a variant human or have a Dragonmark, but not both. The same principle applies to other races that get Dragonmarks.
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What Matthias said is mostly true, but I want to be more specific about some things.
1) In my experience (both as player and DM) the dragonmark subraces can be worked into a setting even without the associated house. Just make up a different reason for the mark or abilities.
3) A Dragonmarked race already is a variant of the base race (or subrace in some cases), and you can't be a variant of a variant. You can still be a member of a house without a dragonmark (as mentioned above), but houses are still setting dependant.
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I'm a relatively new player to the DnD scene. I'm creating a human ranger and was puzzled at the logistics of human traits, and I can't seem to find the answer anywhere, although I might just be bad at researching.
On dndbeyond, When looking at the human race, under "Human Traits" (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/human#HumanTraits) it gives a list of Marks and Houses, such as Mark of Handling Human, followed by House Vadalis, then Mark of Making Human, followed by House Cannith, so on and so forth. And then at the end of the list is "Variant Human" With this context in mind I have 3 questions.
Are these Marks and Houses Canon? As someone who has never really played I have no clue if these are used regularly.
Do the Marks that precede the house listed relate to each other? e.g. is the Mark of Handling Human something given to you if you choose House Vadalis?
If you choose Variant Human, I understand that you forfeit the +1 to all stats in favor of the LVL 1 feat and extra proficiency, on top of the +1 to two stats of your choice. But if I choose Variant (assuming Houses and Marks are canon,) does this forfeit my choice of a house? Or do I get to pick a house on top of picking variant as a trait?
1. The Houses and Dragonmarks are from the Eberron setting and Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron. Ask your DM if you're playing in any other setting, but the answer will probably be no, you can't use them.
2. Yes. Each House has a Dragonmark associated with it. The Dragonmark is only available to members of that House, and most if not all members of that House will have that Dragonmark.
3. You can be a variant human or have a Dragonmark, but not both. The same principle applies to other races that get Dragonmarks.
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" -- allegedly Benjamin Franklin
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Ah, Thanks for clearing that up!
What Matthias said is mostly true, but I want to be more specific about some things.
1) In my experience (both as player and DM) the dragonmark subraces can be worked into a setting even without the associated house. Just make up a different reason for the mark or abilities.
2) Each dragonmark is associated with a specific house (2 houses in 1 case), but only around 50% of members of the house have a mark. Mentioned right before this section https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/wgte/dragonmarks#Background
3) A Dragonmarked race already is a variant of the base race (or subrace in some cases), and you can't be a variant of a variant. You can still be a member of a house without a dragonmark (as mentioned above), but houses are still setting dependant.