(I shouldn't have posted this at the end of a completed thread that was only tangentially related to my question. Here it occupies its own slightly bizarre niche...)
Varisian tattoos are described as being strings of Thassilonian characters... do they actually mean anything to those who can read Thassilonian? Do they incorporate the appropriate Sin runes?
...and that brings up the image of Valeros or Kyra trying to "read" Seoni and asking her to expose more of the text... o.O
I've set the runes up as not true Thassilonian but derivatives of them. Since the Varisians were esentially slaves they took what they could from their masters and made it their own. Thus it is totally different in meaning, happens in languages all the time, but still mysticaly carries power along with it.
Arcane ones that are not of Varisian descent would also be derivatives as the true power runes have been lost for 10000 years or so.
Part of the cmpaign will be discovering the anciant ones, the power that they hold and the temptations that the players will need to resist or succumb as the Rune Lords of old did.
Just what I'm doing though.
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The runes of a Varisian tattoo are more symbolic than they are words. You can't really read them if you can read Thassilonian, but you WOULD be able to recognize the meaning of the runes (and thus, the specialty of the runes).
And for the record, I suspect Merisiel would be the first in line to attempt to read Seoni's tats to the end.
And for the record, I suspect Merisiel would be the first in line to attempt to read Seoni's tats to the end.
Heh.
One could draw an amusing conclusion concerning Merisiel's apparant popularity.