So I am curious about them. I know based on the Rarity it can be a cantrip or a Spell up to the 5th Level. Since it can be used from everyone who has the Tattoo on them they don't consume a Spell Slot right? Since for example if a Barbarian has it then he could use it even he doesn't have a Spell Slot. But how does Upcasting work in this case? Could you turn it into a 6th Level or higher Spell? As for example if I use the 2nd Level Spell Web for a Tattoo could I turn it into a 7th Level version? And if that doesn't work like that would there be a way to make something similar work?
Mmm... Not entirely correct as of recent books. The Thayan Spell Tattoo is up to a 3rd-level spell. While it can be cast (and consumed in the process) for free once, it also adds the spell to your known spells while attuned, meaning it CAN be upcast.
RAW whenever you cast without a slot, it cannot be upcast without explicit language to that effect since all of those spells specifically check what spell slot was used for that modification. Offhand I wouldn't think it'd be gamebreaking if a DM allows you to find/make/buy a spell tattoo, scroll, etc. of the appropriate level/rarity and upcast from it- damage spells generally don't scale as well as something naturally of that level and offhand nothing else springs to mind that will be markedly more broken as an upcast compared to an option at that spell level.
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So I am curious about them. I know based on the Rarity it can be a cantrip or a Spell up to the 5th Level. Since it can be used from everyone who has the Tattoo on them they don't consume a Spell Slot right? Since for example if a Barbarian has it then he could use it even he doesn't have a Spell Slot. But how does Upcasting work in this case? Could you turn it into a 6th Level or higher Spell? As for example if I use the 2nd Level Spell Web for a Tattoo could I turn it into a 7th Level version? And if that doesn't work like that would there be a way to make something similar work?
No, it doesn't use a spell slot and no you can't upcast it. There is no way to achieve anything like that
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Mmm... Not entirely correct as of recent books. The Thayan Spell Tattoo is up to a 3rd-level spell. While it can be cast (and consumed in the process) for free once, it also adds the spell to your known spells while attuned, meaning it CAN be upcast.
RAW whenever you cast without a slot, it cannot be upcast without explicit language to that effect since all of those spells specifically check what spell slot was used for that modification. Offhand I wouldn't think it'd be gamebreaking if a DM allows you to find/make/buy a spell tattoo, scroll, etc. of the appropriate level/rarity and upcast from it- damage spells generally don't scale as well as something naturally of that level and offhand nothing else springs to mind that will be markedly more broken as an upcast compared to an option at that spell level.