Can you invest multiple magical tattoos at the same time?

[benwilsher18]

A player in one of my games wants to play a magical tattoo artist orc barbarian, which sounds like a cool idea - but there were a couple of rules I wanted to check before OKing it.

1. Can you have and simultaneously use multiple magical tattoos of different types at the same time? Or are you limited to "wearing" one at a time like you are with a cape or a pair of boots?

2. If the answer to question 1. is "yes" then can you have multiple of the SAME type of tattoo? For example, investing multiple tattoos which have a a once-per-day trigger in order to use the triggered power multiple times?

3. It is mentioned that tattoos can be altered or removed with dispelling magic - but does this just remove the magic or does it completely remove the tattoo?

Thanks in advance

[Castilliano]

There's no singular space where tattoos go and block other tattoos (unless both specifically go on the same space or whole body). So multiple is fine, their "slot" being the investment cost.

Yes, you could have multiple of the same, much like you can invest multiple 1/day boots, cloaks, etc. (though in the latter case you'd have to swap them out between special uses).

If tattoos were a consumable, I'd say Dispel Magic could destroy them, but a permanent tattoo would simply be suppressed like a magic dagger would be. Not sure when "altered" would factor in.

[benwilsher18]

Castilliano wrote:

There's no singular space where tattoos go and block other tattoos (unless both specifically go on the same space or whole body). So multiple is fine, their "slot" being the investment cost.

Yes, you could have multiple of the same, much like you can invest multiple 1/day boots, cloaks, etc. (though in the latter case you'd have to swap them out between special uses).

If tattoos were a consumable, I'd say Dispel Magic could destroy them, but a permanent tattoo would simply be suppressed like a magic dagger would be. Not sure when "altered" would factor in.

This all makes sense to me, I'll pass this on and hopefully he has a good time with this character. Thanks for the quick reply!

[pH unbalanced]

If they like the idea of Magical Tattoos, be sure and check out the Human Ancestry Tattoo feats -- Arcane Tattoo/Ornate Tattoo/Virtue-Forged Tattoos -- and the Runescarred Archetype which gives you spellcasting via Tattoos as innate spells.

May not be what they are interested in, but it's probably worth looking into.

[Kilraq Starlight]

The tattoos they have put into this game are super fun for me when thinking of a character concept. For example any character I make that starts past level 1 will always have a memoir map tattoo. It's fun, it's flavorful and it presents a strange story history literally written on the skin/scale/feathers.

You can use them to get you access to a lot of niche ideas too. From claws, heals and more.