Show Us Your Ink

Question: What's your view on Birthright tattoos? Do you have any special rules for those, or do you stat them the same as normal relics?

In general, they're the same as normal relics; they cost an extra Birthright dot to reflect that they can't be lost (barring unpleasant skinning extravaganzas, I guess), but past that they do what any other relic might do.

We do suggest that PCs try to make their tattoos culture-appropriate - the Japanese have a long tradition of permanent body art, but the Aztecs used paint and other washables instead, for example - but since these are mostly modern people from modern cultures, anything's fair game if it's cool and they have a fun idea for it.

We've had several neat tattoos in our games, from John Shimoda's sword that can be pulled from his arm to become a real weapon to Sangria's sunburst that absorbs damage that her children would have taken to Vivian's big black PROPERTY OF TEZCATLIPOCA brand that gave her way too many Darkness bonuses (she made some poor choices). I'd love to hear about some cool tattoo relics from you guys in the comments.