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I finally figured out how to give my existing character thigh tattoos (which the game doesn't let you give, but NPC can have). In the .BIC player file, there is a section that has 12 byte records that are repeated over and over. The first 4 are the type of data that is stored in the last 8. You can recognize this part of the file because all of the first 4 bytes increment for each of the 12 byte records. So you will see a pattern in the hex editor. Anyway, look for the two records that have 41 00 00 00 and 48 00 00 00 as the record types. The value following these will be another four bytes with whether there is a tattoo or not.
02 00 00 00 <--- Has tattoos
01 00 00 00 <--- no thigh tattoos
00 00 00 00 <--- no thighs
This only works on the .BIC file in the saved games directories. The encoding of the other BIC files from localvault seems to be different. To use, just copy the .BIC file over to the %NWN%/localvault/ folder and then load your character into a game. Oh, and back up your character file before you do anything.
I've also figured out the tattoo color as well, so let me know if this interests you.
"May your forehead grow like the mighty oak."
"May a thousand camel fleas nest in your armpits."
