This tattoo will bond your soul with that of a beast whose intelligence is 4 or less. Your hit points and those of the beast will be put into a pool, from which both of you will add to and subtract from. (One takes damage, both take damage. Conversely, one is healed and both are healed) The beast will live as long as you do, and will ever be at your side. Above that, you have a telepathic link with the chosen beast that is active while you and the beast are within line of sight of each other. Through the link, the beast can understand your telepathic messages to it, and it can telepathically communicate simple emotions and concepts back to you. While the link is active, the beast gains advantage on attack rolls against any creature within 5 feet of you. In addition to this, you gain a small attribute or characteristic (decided by your DM) that is particular to the beast you have linked yourself with.
WARNING: This is not a decision you should make without much forethought. The animal you bond yourself to will become a permanent part of your remaining life, for good or for bad. When one of you dies, both of you will die. Also, do not use this tattoo to bind yourself to a beast that is not already friendly to you. Dire consequences await those who do not heed this warning.
- Requires: 2oz of high quality black ink, 1oz of your fresh blood, 3 fresh drops of the beast's blood, a powdered opal, and 5 drops of sap from a wibwort plant (A small leafy plant with a sweet minty smell with pink flower heads. Found in grassland and meadows.)
- Location: 3 square inches on the skin over where your backbone connects to your skull. The shape of the tattoo is not important, but most choose the shape of their chosen beast.
- Warning: Possessing this tattoo will cause you to have lucid dreams from the viewpoint of your beast. It will also confer urges, desires, and possibly aggressive characteristics, depending on your chosen creature. This empathic link will flow in both directions, as your beast will begin to demonstrate traits common to your character.
This is an arcane tattoo. It must be performed by an artificer who is skilled in the art of tattooing. It MUST have all ingredients in the exact amounts specified, and it must be located on a specific part of the body. It is a very painful process, and you must make a CON saving throw (DC is 25 - your character level) or you will suffer 1 point of exhaustion for 23 hours after the tattoo is complete. The effects of the tattoo will not be active until after you have taken a long rest. If you are a creature with excessive amounts of body hair, the hair must be shaved away from the tattoo location, and it will never grow back due to the arcane nature of the tattoo. (The same goes for creatures with scales.) Though the overall design of the tattoo isn't important, it must include the proper runic symbols and cover the required amount of skin in order to be affective. There will be a sparkle to the tattoo, depending on what gem material component was involved in the infusion. All components, of course, will be used in making the tattoo and will thereby be consumed. (Unless the artificer creating the tattoo is a friend, he will likely also need to be compensated for his or her work, and they tend to charge a lot.) Because of the nature of arcane tattoos, you can never have more than two, and never more than one in a specific area of the body.
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