Tattoo MagicHigh Command wrote: How do you get Magic Tattoos?
Tattoo Magic is extremely rare. Splugorth High Lords, the Splugorth themselves, ancient Chiang-Ku dragons (the only originators of tattoo magic and the only beings capable of doing tattoo art on dragons), and the Master Alchemists of the various True Atlantean Clans. The only known master on Rifts Earth (from Clan Skellian) resides in Manoa, but few know how to get to that city without first going through Center or Alexandria in the Phase World Dimension. Clan Achereon’s Master resides on the planet Alexandria or one of their outpost worlds in the Three Galaxies. The locations of other clan alchemists are not widely known, even among True Atlanteans, and none are known by anyone else. Characters without a friendly Tattoo Alchemist will be unable to gain new tattoos, so GMs are encouraged to make one available. Note this is also a mercantile relationship, so be prepared to pay in cash or favors.
Is the above quoted section, just Palladium fluff or SavageRifts.com cannon?
If this is cannon, then a Chaing-Ku would not need to take AB Tattoos in order to create and make and ink tattoos. As AB Alchemy is their racial skill, they would just need the appropriate experience to become a Master of Magic (Seasoned Rank 1).