What if adventurers had to permanently mark their bodies--forever

>>54165649
Pretty shit, if we assume an otherwise standard D&D-ish elves'n'dorfs setting.

But if you take that "marked murderhobo" as a core feature you could probably make a cool setting around that feature.

So let's start worldbuilding, this is what /tg/ fucking does. What reason would there have to be for "adventurers" to bear this Mark without exception?
Is everyone who adventures Marked, or is it that those who are Marked generally become adventurers?

>>54165713

I feel that if you want to adventure you become Marked; which is a slow process that takes several days to complete and acts as stated in the OP.

You would do this so you could lie, cheat and steal your way to the top; you can be known to handle yourself and work for money to handle things like Monsters and such for money.

I imagine that this would be best used in a Dark themed setting, maybe even post Apocalypse?

>>54165713

>What reason would there have to be for "adventurers" to bear this Mark without exception?
Like prison culture in Russia, it could have started as a sort of imposed branding from the authorities to mark these men off somehow. In time, the practice would come to be appropriated by those being branded--turning it into a mark of pride, and preventing them from rejoining society.

>Is everyone who adventures Marked
An unmarked adventurer might be viewed with suspicion by his fellow adventurers. 'Why doesn't he declare himself' they might think. Armies/guards might grant a sort of begrudging acceptance to outlaws who declare themselves as such--through their markings--but would not take kindly to surreptitious adventurers.

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>>54165825

Here I have in mind prison tattoos in case it isn't clear.

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>>54165649
Funny you post weeb tats, that's pretty much exactly what Japan used to do to their outlaws.

>>54165938
And in Western societies outlaws and brigands were often permenantly branded and mutilated. There's a big chunk of Carolingian capitularies about this.

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>>54165938
>>54165988

What if we used pic related instead?