#sacred tattoos

[honourablejester]

5e Homebrew: Sacred Tattoos of Faerûn

Running with the idea of magic tattoos from Tasha’s, but with divine magic tattoos instead of arcane. Sticking with deities from the Forgotten Realms for the moment, have some sacred tattoos inspired by a random smattering of my favourite Faerûnian deites.

Sacred Tattoos

It’s not uncommon, although in some cases risky, for the devout of several faiths to adorn their bodies with the symbols of their god. In most cases, these tattoos are merely that, ink in the skin in honour of one’s faith. But occasionally, these inked marks might have more power. Tattoos created or blessed by priests of a god might carry a boon in them, and on rare occasion even normal tattoos might become divinely blessed should a deity be pleased with the bearer. These blessings do rest on the god’s favour, however, and should the bearer displease that deity, they may see the tattoo darken and become inert, or even vanish altogether. In the cases of the worst betrayals of the god’s principles, what was once boon might now become punishment.

Some of the sacred tattoos that one might stumble across (or be gifted with) in the lands of Faerûn:

Auril’s Vengeance. Blessed with the vengeful breath of winter, tattoos of Auril’s snowflake may allow the bearer to return harm in kind. Once per day as a reaction when you take damage, you can inflict an equal amount of damage, in the form of cold damage, to the creature who caused the damage.

Gift of Deep Sashelas. Often seen on elven sailors, this sacred tattoo takes the form of six thick tattoo lines, three on each side of the neck. While bearing this tattoo, you gain the ability to breathe underwater, as the tattooed lines function as your gills.

Light of Deneir. Scholars blessed by the First Scribe can sometimes be seen with a candle flame tattooed on the back of one hand. When you touch written words with the hand marked by this tattoo, you can read and understand them regardless of the language they’re written in. This works even if the language is lost or forgotten. However, if the writing is encrypted, the tattoo will translate the words but will not break the encryption.

Eldath’s Stillness. Usually taking the form of a serene blue circle tattooed near one’s heart, tattoos blessed by Eldath calm the spirit. Once per day as a bonus action, you can call on the serenity embedded in the tattoo and end one effect that’s causing you to be frightened.

Ilmater’s Stigma. Devotees of Ilmater sometimes bear red tattoos in echo of the god’s divine wounds. While you bear such a tattoo, as a reaction once per day when an ally within 30ft of you takes damage, you can choose to take that damage yourself instead, leaving your ally unharmed. Damage taken this way cannot be reduced by resistances or other means.

Leira’s Blessing. Inked in invisible illusory ink by Leira’s mysterious priests, this obscured symbol cannot be seen or detected save by the Detect Magic spell or similar magic. Once per day, as an action when you focus on the magic of this tattoo on your body, you become difficult to remember for onlookers, your features indistinct and your name confused in their memory. This protection is effective for 1 hour, after which those who look upon you anew will have no trouble remembering you.

Admonishment of Luthic. Taking the form of three tattooed bear claws on the breastbone or at the base of the throat, this sacred tattoo can only be created by orcish priests, and is almost never seen on non-orcs unless they have done a great service for the orcish people. Once per day, you can use a bonus action to draw on the power of the tattoo and let out a guttural shout, restoring 3 hit points to an ally within 30ft of you.

Mask’s Holdout. Inked by devotees of the Lord of Shadows, this discrete grey tattoo in the shape of a blade is usually tattooed somewhere where the bearer can reach it easily. As a bonus action, the bearer can touch the tattoo and cause it to transform into a normal dagger. Should the dagger go further than 30ft from the bearer of the tattoo, it vanishes and reappears in tattoo form on the bearer. The dagger can also be dismissed back to tattoo form, no action required.

Eye of Savras. Tattooed on the back of the hand, the stylised eye of the Lord of Divination allows you to tweak the strands of probability in the cause of protection. Once per day, as a reaction when you or a creature you can see within 30ft suffers a critical hit, you can warp fate to turn that hit into a normal hit.

Star of Selûne. Those blessed by the Moonmaiden can sometimes be seen with a silvery white star tattooed on their brow or the back of their hand. Should you bear such a tattoo on your brow, you can cause the tattoo to shed bright starlight in a 30ft cone in front of you. Should you bear it on your hand, all your unarmed or melee weapon attacks deal an extra 2 radiant damage on a hit.

Tears of Shar. The process of gaining one these tattoos is a painful one, as priests of the Dark Lady painstakingly ink the tattoo onto your eyelids, a secret hidden and only revealed in the blinks of your eyes. While you bear this sacred tattoo, you see normally in dim light and darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 60ft.

[peachpaloma]

gaias_sacred_garden

[amtraditional]

Carlin Dacheff

Perth, Western Australia

[noumenius]

Manus Eraña Tattoo @noumenius - Barcelona / Model: @k_sedtra

[cicada-heart]

printed patch + mini paintings ❤️‍🔥✨

etsy // kofi

[tiredsoundsofagnes]

new tattoo! one of the most painful i have yet but im extremely happy about how it turned out!

[tomtentattoo]

[whatilikedoninstagram]

instagram.com/sen_stiv_ 2021/02/10

[philosophical]

she screamed at me, “I want to be desired.” easy girl, I know it hurts.

all bandaged up and happy as ever with my new piece 🫶🏻

[ali-novaaa]

a new era

[chelibunieink]

🔥𝕊𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕫𝕖!🔥

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Showing Demon Slayer/ Kimetsu No Yaiba some love ☺️💗 I remember reading the entire manga back in 2020 in 2 days. 😂 FAV CHARACTER IS KANAO 🥺🦋 Rengoku is such a good boy 😭❤️‍🩹 Originally meant to be a tattoo, turned sticker! Find it on my Etsy!

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-𝓨𝓪𝓻𝓲

[nejackdaw]

Baton update: the Finale

Guys I have done it. I strapped on my wax wings and unlike Icarus did not crash and burn. The baton. Is finished. And so is the base. Finished them both today. I might not have ever been much of a crafts guy but I am INCREDIBLY pleased with the final results. This started out as a pipe dream and now it's reality. Don't let your dreams be dreams etc etc

Showing her off first 💞💞💞 I'll add the rest of the images below a cut so this post isn't a mile long but AHHHHHH IT'S FINALLY DONE!!!! Guys I've been working on this since May but I was determined to finish it before the year let out

Here's the baton itself. What a beautiful pain in my ass. It's a regular 12" conductors baton so trying to turn it into Zelda's definitely not 12" Glorious Baton was. Awkward. I winged this entire thing. The grip/spiral is a rubber band. (Two, actually.) It's held together by sheer determination and super glue. I colored those pink roses with marker. The tail parts are made out of cardboard (half from a non corrugated bit off a package flap and half from a graham cracker box.). I couldn't find a wired ribbon to use for the end so I just cut a length of wire and fucking sewed it to the ribbon. Improvise, adapt, overcome.

The display base was simultaneously more and less of a hassle than the baton. Much less fine, close quarter work, much more difficulty getting things to stay put (this is a callout post for the garland, I'm looking directly at you.) Initially I made the actual display holder, which is 100% just painted wooden skewers, then I took MORE package cardboard and used that as the base. If I was a little more insane I'd add tiny lights somehow so the triforce could light up. The garland was. An absolute pain just 100% from having to decide which leaf extensions to remove to positioning them to trying to attach the damn thing (challenge: nearly impossible.) BUT it is surprisingly sturdy for what amounts to a piece of cardboard and some tiny sticks. I just now added that central support piece and the extra flowers today, because unfortunately the baton is top heavy and without it it just... Well. Spun itself upside down. The foam flowers themselves added a shocking amount of weight to it, but it's the baby's breath that really weighs it down. Not that it's heavy--it's very nice to hold in the hand, but again, it likes to spin itself around if only supported at the ends.

It kinda doesn't feel real. I still honestly feel like I should wake up tomorrow and go "I'm gonna work on my baton today!" I think my brain is in denial lmao. Been working on this thing for seven months, man. This year has DEFINITELY been my introduction to crafting year, and I had a blast. After all that time, and it's finally complete. Thank you to the Legend of Zelda for always being a massive inspiration to me throughout my life. Wow. Reality really can be whatever I want. I made myself a prop/display piece out of random materials and a dream

[thorgeous101]

When the mouth of infinity buries its teeth in me

I'll smile through the agony for you

And I know you still bear the weight of your own existence

And you'll never bear the weight of two

[cicada-heart]

posca pen illustrations mounted on mini canvases ❤️‍🔥

etsy

[loll3]

✷ Sacred Hearts ~ patches & art prints 🎀 two original items currently available on my shop || 👉🏻 patches | art prints set 💗🦷✨

✧ this is absolutely one of my fav subjects ever…I reinterpreted this theme several times during my "artistic career"…and the design has evolved and changed over the years! now, you will find my final (for now) vision of the Sacred Heart available both as an art prints set (including 2 illustrations) and as embroidered patches (available in two different versions: eyed / flowers) on my small shop 🌸

I'm also open to customization! if you need the patch in another color scheme or feel free to ask *

[tomtentattoo]