As someone who has quite a lot of tattoo work (full sleeves, knuckle tattoos, and a chestpiece), I think about tattoos a lot. I've been interested in tattoos in tabletop games for a while. Over a decade ago in Listen Check, a campaign I got to podcast and play on live radio, I had a player use my custom magic system to create a massive and intricate back tattoo of the deity Wee Jas. Ever since, I've been obsessed with what tattoos would be like in the gameworld. I've never taken the time--until now--to really explore this idea, and I'm excited to see what comes of getting into it.
The following is a profile on the ways that each racial culture in my homebrew D&D setting, Evanoch, views and practices tattoo art.