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[Meph]

I wanted to add tattooes to my races, and thought about using color_modifiers, so they show up now and then in descriptions. Instead of "his skin is tan" it would read "his skin is tan and covered with black runes, tattooed by the greatmaster urist mcurist"

I cant add or remove these from creatures (except with transformation, and I wont do this) so the feature would be only ornamental.

But... what if I make items. Armor, gloves, pants, shoes, helms... from dye. With some kind of armor rating, with layer:under, layer_permit:o, layer_size:0 and coverage:100. Wouldnt that mean that any dwarf could wear this under his clothing and get an extra armor boost ?

"The morningstar strikes the dwarf in the chest, but the attack is deflected by his rune-tattoo of defense"

Is there any obvious mistake I dont see? The only problem with this would be that with the layer_size:0 dwarves could wear unlimited of these, but I am sure that can be balanced somehow.

[Deon]

You slap the giant in the head with your "groundhog tattoo", bruising the muscle and jamming the skull through the brain.

It should work, but expect to see a lot of oddities, including tantruming dwarves ripping off their tattoos and killing half of the fort with them. Or !!tattoos!!.

[Xangi]

Honestly I think colors would be easiest, though you'd have to redo every single one several times with each different tattoo. If you wanted to do armor though, I vaguely recall some guide on here a while back that was a tutorial on making clothes never degrade by turning them into a non-protective armor, maybe you could use something like that. Maybe that was the layer_size:0 thing, but I'd still look it up anyway, it could be helpful.

[krisslanza]

Is it possible for there to be "stupid" ideas in DF? This one sounds kinda neat. And has possibilities for !!FUN!!

[Darkgamma]

There should be certain things that are unequippable in DF. Ripping out tattoos from the skin and bashing bronze collossi with them just sounds downright idiotic.

[Scruffy]

There should be certain things that are unequippable in DF. Ripping out tattoos from the skin and bashing bronze collossi with them just sounds downright idiotic.

Idiotic? Don't you mean DWARVEN?

[Ultimuh]

There should be certain things that are unequippable in DF. Ripping out tattoos from the skin and bashing bronze collossi with them just sounds downright idiotic.

Idiotic? Don't you mean DWARVEN?

It's insane, even for DWARVES.

edit: But I like OP's idea about tattoos. Might give positive thoughts of owning an or viewing someone's tattoo.
And negative thought if the dorf viewing it dosn't like tattoos of roaches. 

[Scruffy]

Aye, it is an interesting idea.
Would it be possible to make the tattoos use the same system as engravings do?
IE: a dwarf with a tattoo of elves taming bobcats on someone's chest.

..And perhaps someday, a dwarf with a tattoo of kobolds in his buttocs.

[Darkgamma]

Aye, it is an interesting idea.
Would it be possible to make the tattoos use the same system as engravings do?
IE: a dwarf with a tattoo of elves taming bobcats on someone's chest.

..And perhaps someday, a dwarf with a tattoo of kobolds in his buttocs.

That's what I was thinking!

But then it would be impossibly horrible when a dwarf has tattooed vomit-demons choking nobles on himself. Horrible as in amazing.

[Meph]

No, I think the two options I posted are the only ways to mod it in. Either color modifiers, so they arrive/get born with it, and it has no effect whatsoever, or as armor. Of course I didnt think of what people would do in adv. mode with it. ^^

[smakemupagus]

It's not just adventure mode that would have a bit of funny behavior, in Fort mode they'll also be thrown by tantrumers, wielded by rampaging minotaurs, and of course left strewn on the floor of the Hall of The Mountain King when one strips down for magmamancer training

[Gizogin]

The spinning *blue anglerfish tattoo* strikes the axedwarf in the head, jamming the skull through the brain and tearing the brain!
The axedwarf has been struck down.

...

YOU MUST DO THIS THING.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Hm. Weaponized tattoos.

YOU MUST DO THIS THING.

[mastahcheese]

They would aslo count as being covered, you would have butt-naked dwarves that are perfectly happy because they have the appropriate tattoos picked up from stockpiles covering their naughty bits.

[SpecialCookies]

from what materials could you craft tattoos?

a dwarf laced with steel in the form of tattoos?
a moody dwarf produces a nether-cap tattoo of the highest quality?

weaponized tattoos menacing with spikes?