Eberron: The Mark of Death (Inactive)

Game Master BloodWolven

25 point buy, by Pathfinder

Eberron campaign set with Pathfinder rules and using 3.5 supplements.

No warlocks, psionics or gunslingers

Hit Points: Maximum hit points for 1st level, then Roll or take average +1 (d6=3+1=4, d8=4+1=5, etc.)

Favored class bonuses: label them in a spoiler above skills spoiler
+1 to hit points, +1 skill point, or class bonuses.

Ability score increases: 4th level +1, 8th level +1 to original ability score and +1 to another ability score, 12th level +1 to original two ability scores plus +1 to another ability score.

level 3

3000 gp

traits: 1 campaign, 1 random (i see i made a few in the thread) and 1 other

Each person needs to have a connection to a dragonmark house somehow. It could be an aberrant mark, exorited, or just apart of the house and away for now.

You may take up to two drawbacks for two extra traits.
Just as you may take up to one flaw to gain an extra feat.

I hope that everyone can post at least once per day...

Sources:
Wiki Eberron
Some homebrewed Flaws some might not be acceptable. Be sure to have them make sense.
Original game

Aberrant Dragonmarked - You manifested a dragonmark, though not associated with or a recognized member of one of the dragonmarked families. Typically hunted for it if ever uncovered. Randomly one of the abilities that follows you gain and usable once per day: burning hands, cause fear, charm person, chill touch, detect secret doors, feather fall, inflict light wounds, jump, light, pass without trace, produce flame, shield, tenser's floating disc.
Dragonmarked - you are dragonmarked and come from one of the houses. Come up with a reason you were ousted from your House.

Favored in House - House Member (Magic, Race, Social)
Whether or not you are an active member you can trace your heritage to one of the dragonmarked houses, and its blood flows particularly strong in your veins.
Prerequisites: Member of a dragonmarked race.
Benefit: You may call on favors in your house. In addition you gain a +2 bonus on Use Magic Device checks made to emulate knowledge of a spell granted by your chosen dragonmark.
Background: You are on a mission for your house. You are secretly dishonored to gain reputation to help you learn what has gone on, to see if the underground society knows of the mourning.
Extra: You may sacrifice a feat to gain a dragonmark as well.

Veteran of the Last War (Social)
You have been hardened by the horrors of the Last War.
Benefit: You gain a +1 trait bonus on Intimidate checks and saving throws against fear.
Background hook: you have been hired to learn more about the Mourning, your employers know you know much about Cyre and think you may be a good source to find out more.

The two-handed fighter, elf (My DMPC).
He was born with a strange tattooed pattern over his entire body. It had space for each dragonmark house symbol to be filled into each spot. As a prince of Areneal he was a perfect emissary to the Twelve. Most recently he was a mercenary captain for. He feels guilty about the loss of Rhobannon's arm, he feels it is his fault since he was in charge of the regiment that Rhobannon was apart of in the war fighting for Cyre and house of Cannith. Over the past 300 years he has served the Tweleve and each house individually for 25 years. At the beginning of each service he had the tattoo of the house printed on the appropriate spot on his body.

Born some fifty-five years ago of Rekkenmark parents of House Deneith based in Sharn, Falko was raised under the mixed regimen of Karrnathi’s strict traditions, Deneith's neutral values and principles, Breland's good-natured openness and free spirit, Sharn's exotic sights and adventures, and Brelanders' war suspicions and xenophobia.

Torn under these multiple binds, Berthold's personality oscillated wildly during his youth, until he finally found, in his late teens, a sense of purpose. He served House Deneith with the focus of youth, never thinking of questioning orders. He made a name for himself during the Last War, serving proudly under his father's tutelage.

Years passed, his father passed, he married and had children, and yet this dreadful slow war kept going.

As the Last War reached its final climax and Cyre laid devastated under unearthly mists, Falko found himself on the verge of despair. The House provided for him, but it had only proved that it could only watch as the world torn itself apart. He traveled to Thronehold in the aftermath of the Day of Mourning, serving as a Sentinel in close protection of Brelish diplomats. To him, House Deneith was still choked by old Karrnathi traditions, and he feared for the peace process. The Five Nations could not live through another century of slaughter. Now old, cynical, and having nothing to lose, he decided to get involved.

He moved subtly in the Den of Intrigue that was Thronehold, meeting with secret emissaries of the different nascent and old nations of Khorvaire, brokering information in the hope that it would lead to peace. During these processes, as he moved from secret chaotic meetings in dark alleys to official ones in sumptuous halls, as he saw the informal shape the formal, he felt at ease, though he knew he was not true to his House’s edicts. He pushed and pushed the peace process, helping the recognition of Talenta and Mror, but he didn't cover his tracks well enough...

He woke one morning with his door brought down by enforcers. He was charged with Treason, and jailed until the signing of the Treaty. He returned to Sharn after so many years away, only to find that his family didn’t need him anymore, nor wished a traitor to stick around. As he stepped outside his house, never to return, he could hear a distant crow laughing...

-Paternal Grandfather is a Rakshasa
-Dad is a half-fiend
-Mother is a evil seductress/sorceress.
-Parents tried (and failed, miserably) to train her to be a seductress/assassin.
-She finally escaped when she was about 19.
-Accidentally walked in on the New Year's/Job Promotion party.

Shalyna tends to be shy, almost painfully so at times, and doesn't do well in "large" crowds. She's also kind and finds it easy to empathize with others. Despite the shyness, show her a cute, small, fluffy animal and she turns into a hyper-active Genki Girl.

The shyness is a result of a lack of self-confidence. She has a fear that she isn't good enough and that people will leave if she somehow proves that to them, so she is always apologizing when she makes a mistake.

-She normally talks in a deadpan voice
-Most of her explanations are accompanied with illustrations done on the spot.
-She uses her drawing pens and pencils as hairpins
-She always wears turtle necks that are about two sizes too big.

I play one drawing her at some point.
-Gold eyes
-Black hair that turns crimson at the tips
-Wears black clothes with accents in red and gray
-Has fangs
-has long pointed ears covered in crimson fur with black tiger markings.
-Wears trenchcoat and calf-high boots.

Shalyna Alathreil
Female rakshasa-spawn tiefling magus (bladebound) 3 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Race Guide 168, Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic 9, 47)
CG Medium outsider (native)
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception -1
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Defense
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AC 14, touch 14, flat-footed 10 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge)
hp 24 (3d8+6)
Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +2
Resist cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee thunderous howl +6 (1d10+4/19-20)
Special Attacks arcane pool (+1, 4 points), spell combat, spellstrike
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd; concentration +2)
. . 1/day—detect thoughts (DC 11)
Magus (Bladebound) Spells Prepared (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
. . 1st—glue seal[ACG], shield, shocking grasp (2)
. . 0 (at will)—dancing lights, detect magic, prestidigitation, ray of frost
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Statistics
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Str 16, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 16, Wis 9, Cha 9
Base Atk +2; CMB +5; CMD 19
Feats Dodge, Exotic Weapon Proficiency (bastard sword)
Traits - custom trait -, artisan, ever wary
Skills Craft (painting) +9, Disguise +1, Knowledge (arcana) +9, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (planes) +9, Sense Motive +1, Spellcraft +9
Languages Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Elven, Infernal
SQ black blade, black blade: arcane pool, black blade: strike, black blade: telepathy, black blade: unbreakable
Other Gear 3,000 gp
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Special Abilities
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Arcane Pool +1 (4/day) (Su) Infuse own power into a held weapon, granting enhancement bonus or selected item powers.
Black Blade (Ex) You gain an intelligent bonded weapon whose power grows with your own.
Black Blade: Arcane Pool (1/day) (Su) The Black Blade has an Arcane Pool used to fuel its own abilities.
Black Blade: Strike +1 (Sp) The Black Blade can grant itself a damage bonus for 1 min.
Black Blade: Telepathy (Su) The magus can telepathically communicate with his black blade if it is worn or held.
Black Blade: Unbreakable (Ex) The Black Blade is immune to the broken condition while the arcane pool is not empty.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white vision only).
Energy Resistance, Cold (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Cold attacks.
Energy Resistance, Electricity (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Electricity attacks.
Energy Resistance, Fire (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Fire attacks.
Ever Wary Constant fear that your fiendish nature might provoke a sudden attack ensures that you never completely let down your guard. During the surprise round and before your first action in combat, you can apply half your Dexterity bonus (if any) to your AC
Spell Combat (Ex) Use a weapon with one hand at -2 and cast a spell with the other.
Spellstrike (Su) Deliver touch spells as part of a melee attack.

I guess you could say that fate hates me. My grandfather was a Rakshasa that roamed the world before settling down to build his little empire. He meet my grandmother, a greedy minor noble that gave birth to my father and his brothers and sisters before she got careless and Grandfather feed her to his pet ghouls.

Father was smarter than his mother. For one, he never plotted his father's demise. For another, he picked a wife that was just as happy to be a lieutenant to Grandfather. They only had me, but I guess the way I turned out was embarrassing enough for them.

I'm a tiefling, but I don't feel most of the things my cousins feel. I've never wanted to destroy someone's life or family. I don't engage in excess or many vices at all. I actually wanted to help people, and felt bad when I couldn't.

You see, Mother and Father wanted me to become a seductress and an assassin for them and my grandfather. I don't have my mother's skill in magic or seduction. She thought I was shy, and locked me in a room with a succubus for a day to learn how to do it right. The succubus gave up after an hour. Said I was hopeless. Then she tried to "loosen me up" by doing the same thing with an incubus. The incubus is now a eunuch.

She only stopped trying because I wound up with a Dragonmark. You know the kind that the houses hunt you down for. They may not like me, but I was too valuable to them as a potential tool for them to risk someone seeing it.

My Father wasn't much better. He trained me in the arts arcane and swordplay, hoping that my promise in both would be something he could hone into a tool. Unfortunately for him, I don't have the skills in sneaking around to be any good as an assassin, especially when I can't lure in victims.

He tried to beat the skills and mindset he wanted, and in a way he succeeded. I'm pretty good with magic and a sword, but I don't want to kill people. I just want to be a good person and live a good life. My parents wanted me to be their tool, so I ran. I ran all the way to Sharn, and here I am, in a big city, with no idea what I'm doing.

I'm doomed, aren't I?

Shalyna woke that morning to a chorus of splattering rain and water gurgling in the gutters. She'd been running for just over a month now, and the money she had taken was nearly gone. After that, she'd have to start selling her gear.

That was a worry for another time. Now it was time for a hot shower while she could enjoy it. The bathroom floor was cold as ice, but the steam from the hot water was warming it up and she was more than happy to not feel chilly as she began to undress.

Y'know, I was honestly expecting something more lacy.

"YEEEEK!"

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I said I was sorry, but you took off your pajamas before I could say anything!

"Okay, okay. Apology accepted, but what are you? Where's your owner?" Shalyna's face was still flushed from embarrassment. There were exactly three living people that had seen her with less than a shirt and a pair of pants on and one of those had become a eunuch seconds afterward.

Still, having your underwear criticized by a sword you found in your bathroom was not something that anyone could be prepared for.

I am the Thunderous Howl, and I have no owner.

"Okay, who is your partner then."

Well, the sword gave the impression of being smug and coy at the same time. Quite the feat for something that doesn't have a face, or joints for that matter, I suppose I could regal you with tales of derring do, heroism, dastardly villains, and comedic sidekicks. I could say that I've traveled the lands with heroes of all kinds, but that would make me a liar. The truth is, I'm meant to be wielded by one person. Her name is Shalyna Alathreil, and she is rather cute.

"You think I'm cute?"

Especially the way you squeak when someone gets a peek.

"Fate hates me, I know it does!"

Race:
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white vision only).
Energy Resistance, Cold (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Cold attacks.
Energy Resistance, Electricity (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Electricity attacks.
Energy Resistance, Fire (5) You have the specified Energy Resistance against Fire attacks.

Class:
Arcane Pool +1 (4/day) (Su) Infuse own power into a held weapon, granting enhancement bonus or selected item powers.
Black Blade (Ex) You gain an intelligent bonded weapon whose power grows with your own.
Black Blade: Arcane Pool (1/day) (Su) The Black Blade has an Arcane Pool used to fuel its own abilities.
Black Blade: Strike +1 (Sp) The Black Blade can grant itself a damage bonus for 1 min.
Black Blade: Telepathy (Su) The magus can telepathically communicate with his black blade if it is worn or held.
Black Blade: Unbreakable (Ex) The Black Blade is immune to the broken condition while the arcane pool is not empty.
Spell Combat (Ex) Use a weapon with one hand at -2 and cast a spell with the other.
Spellstrike (Su) Deliver touch spells as part of a melee attack.

Trait:
Ever Wary Constant fear that your fiendish nature might provoke a sudden attack ensures that you never completely let down your guard. During the surprise round and before your first action in combat, you can apply half your Dexterity bonus (if any) to your AC. Still counts as being Flat-footed though, and this does not apply if you lose your DEX bonus to AC.
Artisan: Painting +2 to Craft(Painting)
Aberrant Dragonmarked: Cause Fear (1/day)You manifested a dragonmark, though not associated with or a recognized member of one of the dragonmarked families. Typically hunted for it if ever uncovered. Randomly one of the abilities that follows you gain and usable once per day: burning hands, cause fear, charm person, chill touch, detect secret doors, feather fall, inflict light wounds, jump, light, pass without trace, produce flame, shield, tenser's floating disc.