Decor Item | Crafting
Loremarker allows you to add medium-sized scars to your dragon. This includes: incidental scars, scratch marks, scarification (3D patterns on the skin that contain no ink), burns, and similar healed injuries. The injuries must be healed and sealed. Small scratches may be applied for free, so make sure to check if you need the item or not before grabbing a Loremarker. Loremarker will never amputate a limb.
Trait Range
There are several ways of applying Loremarker. First, you may create three natural-looking scars that are the roughly the same size or smaller than the circles below. A bit of leeway is allowed for a single, long scratch.
Second, you may affect one large area or limb in an area of roughly this size.
Color Rules
The color of scars will match the color rules of Pollen. Colors must also be consistent across all skin/scar areas. If you would like to rub in colored ink or ash to the scars, then you will need to combine it with paint. When combining with paint, you will need one color for the base, as well as one color for whatever color you are adding (for a total of two Paints and one Loremarker). They will never be bleeding and never show bone underneath.
Layering
Loremarks affects the body itself, so it will show up on top of everything.
Shape
The scars may be tightly patterned, similar to Runemarks or Breeze, or they may resemble scratches and battle scars. When using intentional patterns/scarification, the patterns must appear 3D and form bumps on the skin. If you do not want your patterns to be 3D or restrained to a scar color palette, then you should use the Paint item instead.
Edge
The edge of the scars should be smooth, textured, or raised. They will not appear like bruising or blend softly into the scales.
Effect Modifiers
Loremarks are not affected by modifiers. However, you can apply Paint to them to create colors.
Special Interactions
- Transparent Skin/Translucent - When applied to transparent areas, it will heal over as solid-colored tissue.
- Magic Effects - You may have Loremarker be affected by Magic, if it's available to the dragon. In example, Tier IV fire magic can make a Loremark spark and glow with fiery light.
- Tattered - This does not stack with Tattered. The effects are not enhanced and vice versa.
Common Problems
Top: Markings this small or smaller do not require the item and may be added for free.
Top: This mixes and matches colors, instead of being one unified color. This will need x2 Paint in addition to the regular Loremarker item.
Top: This scar is not 3D, so it would require x3 Paint to create.
Top: This limb has been amputated, which is not a medium-sized scar. There are several ways to amputate limbs--the most accessible is Artificial Limbs. You can also use a Surgical Kit.