Category talk:Magical tattoo

Base cost of using a tattoo seems to be the spell's normal base value.

> invoke my tatt
Closing your eyes, you carefully bend some mana streams through the tattoo on your shoulder.
The saturated tunnels in the tattoo form the foundation of a spell pattern.  With this template in place, you begin preparing the Shadows spell.

> power

You reach out with your senses and see flickering (8/21) streams of vibrant blue and white Life mana flowing through the area.
Letting your senses extend further, you feel there is dusky mana below you, lambent (12/21) mana to the west, pulsating (10/21) mana to the east, and pale (7/21) mana to the northeast.
You are preparing the Shadows spell at one mana.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

Third Party Messaging:

<name> touches the tattoo on his wrist and closes his eyes in concentration.
<name> touches the tattoo on his back and closes his eyes in concentration.