IMHO dragonewts don't use magical tatoos. The body mutilation and modification
I can believe both for ritual and practical reasons. The tatooing doen't ring
true however as you can't take the tatoo with you when you reincarnate. In RQ
II, (can't remember the supplement) there is a magical item based on dragonnewt
skin armour, but it points out that the newt will chase the current owner to
the ends ot the earth to recover the skin. I believe that the same will be true
of the tatoo. I believe that Dragonnewts are more prone to enchant objects i.e.
a klanth that continues with a dragonewt throught its existance rather than a
temporary object like a body. After all doen't a dragonewt using magic inhibit
its spiritual growth, so dragonnewt will use magic very sparingly and will not
enchant a new body everytime it is reborn.
Just my 1/50th $
Allan