9.26 TATTOOS
The skill of Tattoos is an ancient one, having been discovered and perfected by
the earliest Sylayans. Using special dry-powder inks made from berries and
roots, the tattoo artist inscribes, with a needle, various types of symbols
onto a body (his own, or another's).
It has been discovered by scholars of Aetherius that tattoos are replicas
of symbols blessed by the Divine themselves. When sketching one of these
symbols, the artist is drawing upon the essence of the Divine which inhabits
the very air we breathe. The essence is projected into the tattoos, empowering
them with the abilities associated with each image.
Each type of tattoo requires a different combination of inks. In order to ink a
tattoo, the syntax is: INK <tattoo> ON <body part> OF <player/me>. The
available body parts are: head, torso, right arm, left arm, right leg, left
leg. Inking a tattoo requires that you have the proper inks in your inventory,
and it will take approximately 25 seconds, during which neither the inker nor
the inkee may do anything. Usually, one may find ink for sale at the various
markets in the land.
Without training in tattoos you may only have one tattoo on each body part. As
you learn more of Tattoos skill, the ability to ink a second tattoo on each
location will open up at different skillranks. At transcendent you gain the
ability Superscribe, which gives tattoos with a limited number of uses more
uses than someone without superscribe would have. A tattoo may be wiped off
your body by doing WIPE OFF <tattoo>.
Tattoos come in a number of varieties. Most you will TOUCH in order to use,
while others will work automatically under certain circumstances. Some tattoos
have a limited number of uses, while some have a chance of wearing off after
each use.
Typing TATTOOS will show you what tattoos you currently bear.
Things of note:
- Everyone see the list of inks required for a tattoo, regardless of skillrank by using AB TATTOOS <tattooname>.
- It is possible to get permanent tattoos. The syntax is shown in the HELP MISC ARTIFACTS file as well as the scroll in Reverie's shop.
