Tattooed spellcaster?

[Dagobert]

Hello all,

I just failed another Memory check. I remember reading about a spellcaster that uses tattoos to cast spells, but I can't remember where it was.

I know it was in an official WotC product and it may have been in Dragon--maybe under character-building options for sorcerers.

The accompanying artwork was a naked and tattooed guy, strategically posed, and admiring his body art.

Does that ring any bells for anyone?

Thanks for your help.

[Icefalcon]

The picture you are talking about is in the complete arcane. The picture is in refrence to tattooing your spellbook onto your body.

[Sebastian]

IIRC, the Red Wizard prestige class in the DMG has some tatoo related abilities. I would look it up on the SRD to confirm, but that class isn't posted.

[Dagobert]

Aha! Thanks, Icefalcon. I thought it was in Complete Arcane, but I was looking under character classes. I had to take 20 on my Search check and flip through every page before I found the picture.

It's under Alternative Spellbooks, pp. 186-187 for the next guy looking for it.

Icefalcon wrote:

The picture you are talking about is in the complete arcane. The picture is in refrence to tattooing your spellbook onto your body.

[Icefalcon]

Your quite welcome for the help. Sometimes its scary how much I can pull from this tiny brain when I am nowhere near my books.

[Icefalcon]

If you are looking for tattoo to use for casting, there is the Red Wizard prestige class in the 3.5 DMG. There is also info on tattoo magic both in Magic of Faerun, and in the Players Guide to Faerun.

[Derek VanTilburg]

also in a dragon issue there was one that used tattoos in place of potions. It was in Wormfood Free City stuff iirc.