> > And presumably that means that if you're outlawed by your clan, the
> > tattoos are removed (properly - ouch!)?
>
> I think "defaced" rather than "removed". A knife-cut straight
> across each tatoo ought to do it, yes?
>
> Though presumably clans also know how to repair damaged
> tatoos--since anyone might get an inconvenient wound in battle.
And therefore whatever is done to remove the clan tattoos of an outlaw
should *not* be easily repairable. This isn't someone you *like*,
remember. At least, not usually. No doubt thoroughness of removal
varies, as does the amount of healing magic applied immediately
afterwards.