(09-18-2014, 11:01 AM)Jamie Syvian Wrote: Right-o, Jay here, new to the FFXIV RPing community. When decided on being an Arcanist, I, naturally, scoped out bits and pieces of lore about them. I had read that Arcanists channel their magic through the magical ink in their grimoires (said ink being rare; hence why there aren't libraries filled to the brim with Arcanist books) and the spell takes effect.
However, could the aforementioned magical ink possibly be used in tattoos? One would create a tattoo of a single geometrical design; allowing them to do one spell without their books - would this be feasible?
I have one of my more, ah.. malevolent characters do this. They aren't tattoos so much as he uses a brush to paint ritualistic signs all over his body. That way, should someone disarm him, he's still able to channel his spells. I balance it out by saying that, since it is the components in the ink and not the ink itself, he only has so many casts before they run out of juice.
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