Species of Sundara: Dwarves (5E) introduced the Takatori dwarves, known for their tattoo culture.

The Takatori dwarves of Sundara boast an intricate tattoo culture, and those who can understand the tattoos can determine a dwarf’s marital status, trades, origin, successes and more just by examining them. Some of the tattoos are also magical in nature, doing more than simply showing a dwarf’s accomplishments to the world. The magical tattoos of the Takatori follow the standard rules for such. It is possible for non-Takatori to bear these tattoos, but it’s rare to find any who have other than those who have been fully integrated into a Takatori community.

Master Crafter’s Tattoo

Wondrous item (tattoo), rare (requires attunement).

Description

These tattoos are given to those who are masters in their field of craft, and the tattoos incorporate an element of the skill in question in their design; a tattoo for a master of armour, for example, might incorporate a breastplate. They can be created to benefit any skill, though that skill must be determined before the tattoo is done; they cannot be changed to a different skill afterwards; another tattoo would need making instead. Thus, the character must declare what kind of skill they are planning to use with it prior to creation; the GM should decide whether the skill definition is too broad.

The most common tattoos found amongst a group of Takatori are for skills that are relevant to that group; Takatori far from the ocean are unlikely to sport many ship tattoos. Takatori may still sport tattoos for any craft; it’s just that how common a particular type of tattoo is varies by the region, and those Takatori that live outside their traditional lands are more likely to have tattoos that would not be as common in their own realms.

A Master Crafter’s Tattoo provides a +2 bonus to Attribute Checks when making items using the declared skill.

Firecaster’s Tattoo

Wondrous item (tattoo), rare (requires attunement).

Description

These tattoos are commonly designed to look like flames or things that are associated with flames or fire.

Takatori often have an affinity to fire and the magic of the tattoo provides an enhancement to fire spells.

A Firecaster’s Tattoo will result in spells that cause fire damage causing 1 point more of damage on every dice.