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I've been thinking about updating the 3.5 Dragonmarks from Eberron Campaign Setting to be applicable to PF. The thing about 3.5 Dragonmarks was that unless you had a very good (often concept-driven) reason to do so, they tended to be a bit of a waste of a precious feat slot. That's why I loved the exclusive feel they got in 4e and I wanted to do a bit of a mix of the two to be used in PF.

So here's what I got:

Least Dragonmark
You have a least dragonmark (duh)
Prerequisite: Member of appropriate dragonmarked race
Benefit: you gain a Dragonmark Pool equal to the caster level of the dragonmark feature which you may use to cast various spell-like abilities. It takes 1 point of Dragonmark Pool to cast a Least Dragonmark spell-like ability. Normally, your caster level for your dragonmark spell-like ability is 1 + your level in the dragonmark heir prestige class. This pool is replenished once per day after 8 hours of rest. This need not be consecutive.
A saving throw against your dragonmark spell-like ability has a DC of 10 + the level of the spell + your Cha modifier.
In addition, you may prepare and conduct a Least Dragonmark Ritual, which allows you to cast a dragonmark spell-like ability without expending the normal dragonmark pool. You must pay 5 * caster level * spell level worth of gold pieces in material components, even if the spell emulated does not normally possess expensive material components. 0-level spells are considered as one-half level for the purpose of calculating the gp and time required. You must have at least 1 point of Dragonmark Pool left to conduct a Dragonmark Ritual. Conducting the ritual requires 1 minute of work per 10gp in the spellcasting service's base price, or the normal time required to cast the spell, whichever takes longer.

Lesser Dragonmark
You develop a Lesser Dragonmark
Prerequisite: Member of appropriate dragonmarked race, Least Dragonmark, 6 ranks in any two skills, one of which must be associated with the dragonmarked house's line of work.
Benefit: Your dragonmark caster level (therefore your dragonmark pool) increases to 6 + your level in the dragonmark heir prestige class. You may also cast a lesser dragonmark spell-like ability, but it costs 3 points from the Dragonmark Pool.
As with the Least Dragonmark, you may conduct a Lesser Dragonmark Ritual.

Greater Dragonmark
You develop a Greater Dragonmark
Prerequisite: Member of appropriate dragonmarked race, Least Dragonmark, 9 ranks in any two skills, one of which must be associated with the dragonmarked house's line of work.
Benefit: Your dragonmark caster level (therefore your dragonmark pool) increases to 9 + your level in the dragonmark heir prestige class. You may also cast a greater dragonmark spell-like ability, but it costs 5 points from the Dragonmark Pool.
As with the Least Dragonmark, you may conduct a Greater Dragonmark Ritual to cast a Greater Dragonmark spell-like ability without expending the Dragonmark Pool.

I am yet to review the spell selection for each of the houses but the DM is pretty happy about the direction this is going. I was just hoping to get some more opinions of the matter from the wider population though.

I was wondering- can a magus, transformed into a dire tiger, make a full attack action at a -2 penalty and cast a spell? Let's say the spell in question is Stilled and Silenced so there is no mechanical problem in casting a spell while transformed.

I can foresee a couple of problems with this:

1. one of your paws aren't free to "wield" the spell if you make two claw attacks
(well, nowhere in the rule says you need to make the claw attacks with each paws...)

2. you are not truly wielding a weapon that can be wielded as a part of two-weapon fighting; therefore you cannot use Spell Combat while in a form that forces you to use natural weaponry
(biggest problem with the interaction. No twp w/ natural weapon = no spell combat with natural weapon too?)

Three cheers to anyone who can give an opinion this matter ;)