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In a long discussion about using Arcane mark as an attack I have seen several claims of "I will Arcane mark his face with the word thief" or "with a big X".
From my reading of the spell:
- The mark will appear where you touch an object/creature, you can't chose a specific spot unless you use some kind of called shots.
So, if used as a combat touch attack the mark will generally appear in some part of the target clothes, not on his face (for a humanoid target) or in upon is body (when targeting most creatures). You could place the mark in a specific location only if your target was helpless or willing.
- The mark is your personal signature. From the description it is a fixed text, not something that can be changed on the spur of the moment.
After thinking about it my opinion is that a player can choose what the mark say when he prepare the spell and he can change the text when he prepare again his spells. Nothing more.
So if he want to have it say Thief he has to have memorized it as thief and he can't change it till the next time he memorize his cantrips.
(Note that in the 3.x version, at least in forgotten Relams, the goddess of magic enforced the uniqueness of the wizard marks. Every wizard had a specific personal wizard mark and he was prohibited from coping another guy mark. That was not maintained in Pathfinder but the spell text somewhat reflect that idea.)
this would make a contrip on par with a witch hex (scar, yes before changed) and I would not allow it in my games