Vampires and tatoos

[Geiger Counter]

Say you had tatoos of holy symbols covering your body and a vampire killed you via energy drain, would the symbols burn your skin off, or would your tatoos become unholy symbols?

[Ravens_cry]

RAW in D&D 3.5 Holy symbols have to be 'strongly presented' to have an effect on vampires. Therefore, your tattoo holy symbol would have no effect on you unless you strongly presented it to yourself.

[HunterOfJello]

moral of the story: don't put holy symbol tattoos on your private parts

[The Rabbler]

don't put tatoos in general on your private parts.

[Ravens_cry]

moral of the story: don't put holy symbol tattoos on your private parts

Especially if you are a female of the species and are. . .erm, strongly presenting.

[PlzBreakMyCmpAn]

Especially if you are a female of the species and are. . .erm, strongly presenting.

I don't get it. Where's the holy symbol

RAW in D&D 3.5 Holy symbols have to be 'strongly presented' to have an effect on vampires. Therefore, your tattoo holy symbol would have no effect on you unless you strongly presented it to yourself.

Its a good thing you don't show up in mirrors. I wonder how you would do this even if u wanted to. What would the effects be?

[Greenish]

Its a good thing you don't show up in mirrors. I wonder how you would do this even if u wanted to. What would the effects be?

You would recoil from yourself and keep yourself at bay.

[Gan The Grey]

Actually, by RAW, I believe you would have to walk on your hands at all times to prevent injury.

By. RAW.

[BobVosh]

Its a good thing you don't show up in mirrors. I wonder how you would do this even if u wanted to. What would the effects be?

Tattooed on your palm, and you slap yourself. I would say that is strongly presented.

[Optimystik]

Tattooed on your palm, and you slap yourself. I would say that is strongly presented.

*The Fighter uses the vampire's own tattooed hands to slap it.*

"Why are you turning yourself? Why are you turning yourself? Why are you turning yourself?"

[Ravens_cry]

I don't get it. Where's the holy symbol

If I showed that, it would be against forum rules.

[PlzBreakMyCmpAn]

Wow all three answers to my post were quite good. touche

[Lysander]

You could rule that tattoos are foreign matter the body can't expel, and that as soon as you're a vampire they fast heal away.