Re: (TFT) Magical Tattoos for TFT

["Craig W. Barber" <craigwbar@comcast.net>]

Scrolls will only work if written on a highly flammible writing surface. A
living enemy's body is not such a surface. A scroll written on a living body
would simply not work. Just like scroll engraved on a steel plate or carved
into
a stone tablet would not work. (No, the metal or stone would *not* burst into
flame, or melt from intense heat or any such thing. Not in my campaign. It
would simply be a wasted effort. Nothing would happen if a wizard tried to
read
such a "scroll.")

Erol K. Bayburt
Evil Genius for a Better Tomorrow

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That makes sense.  The waste energy contained in the scroll isn't enough to do
any serious heating.

I'd probably modify your rule to state that the spell itself would still come
off, but that metal would merely get warm briefly, and a person so tattooed
would take one point of damage without scarring: one point would not be enough
to impress anyone.

You could also invoke standards of legibility: is a scroll written on
someone's stomach still usable after the victim gains or loses 40 pounds?  ;)

Craig
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