The Mark of Making

“My house built the modern world. Orien may drive the lightning rail, but it’s Cannith who builds the cars and lays the stones it travels on. Cannith makes the everbright lanterns hold the night at bay. Smith, carpenter, alchemist—the best all carry my seal.” — Baron Merrix d’Cannith

The Mark of Making guides its bearer through any act of creation. The bearer of the mark can mend broken things with a touch, and always has a minor magic item they’ve been working on. An artificer or a wizard will get the most out of the mark, but anyone can find a use for an enchanted blade.

House Cannith

House Cannith dominates all forms of manufacturing, both mystical and mundane. Cannith forgeholds use streamlined forms of production to quickly produce common goods. Even independent artisans often learn their trade at Cannith academies and adhere to Cannith standards. The House of Making builds the tools the other houses rely upon, and it has always been the unspoken leader of the Twelve. The Last War was a time of great opportunity for Cannith. Every nation wanted weapons and warforged, along with mundane arms and armor. The war raised the house up, and then tore it down. House Cannith was based in Cyre, and the Mourning destroyed the house leadership and key facilities. Now three barons jockey to fill the leadership vacuum: the alchemist Jorlanna of Fairhaven, weaponsmith Zorlan of Korth, and warforged innovator Merrix of Sharn. It remains to be seen whether one of these leaders will unite the house, or if it will shatter under the strain.
If you’re an heir of House Cannith, you should decide which of these barons you serve—or if you have other ideas about the future of the house.

Dragonmarked Characters

Some characters with the Mark of Making:

Noble Wizard

Born to one of the most powerful families in House Cannith, you’re a diletante who has so far squandered your arcane training. Will you find purpose in your life as an adventurer? Or will the house demand that you live up to the duties of your rank?

Criminal Artificer

Your parents were excoriated from House Cannith for engaging in forbidden research. They died when you were young. You’ve never learned what they were working on. But you inherited their talent for artifice and you’ve been hiding in the shadows of Sharn. It’s time to pursue your parents’ legacy.

Mark of Making Traits

The Mark of Making only manifests on humans. These traits replace the human Ability Score Increase trait in the Player’s Handbook.
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligenceand Dexterity scores increase by 1. Increase either Intelligence or Dexterity by an additional 1 point.
Artisan’s Intuition. When you make an ability check with artisan’s tools, roll 1d4 and add it to the result.
Maker’s Gift. You know the cantrip mending and gain proficiency with one type of artisan’s tools.
Magecraft. You can create a temporary magic item out of common materials. Choose a cantrip from the wizard spell list. Describe the item connected to it. As long as you possess the item, you know that cantrip. At the end of a long rest, you can replace it with a new item and select a new cantrip from the wizard spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these cantrips.
Spellsmith. You can spend one minute to weave a temporary enchantment into a nonmagical suit of armor or weapon. For the next hour the object becomes a magic item, gaining a +1 bonus to AC if it is armor or a +1 bonus to hit and damage if it is a weapon. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.