Re: (TFT) Magical Tattoos for TFT

[Scott Haley <someotherwag@earthlink.net>]

On Feb 9, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Craig W. Barber wrote:

> What is the rationale again for not allowing others to skin the  
> character
> after death, cut off the tattooed arm or the like, then claim the  
> magic is in
> the ink?   I think that rationale needs to be strong, or we need to  
> live with
> some gruesome "Waterworld" scenarios!   Sorry if I'm not paying  
> attention
> here.

I would say that part of the magic of a tattoo is the pain involved  
in getting it.  A local or general anesthetic, or wearing someone  
else's tattoo, ruins the ritual.


> Which cyberpunk book had the bad guy tattooed on the forehead with  
> a warning
> sort of like, *socio-pathic tendencies*.  The hero protagonist was  
> named "Hero
> Protagonist" and was a sword fighter, Japanese school.  Was that  
> "Snow Crash"?
>

In Snow Crash, Raven, an Aleut, the toughest guy in the world, had  
been arrested in the past and his jailers tattooed the words "poor  
impulse control" on his forehead.

--Scott
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