how about this instead of tats how bout a pledge of servitude to a god. Pledge to Oturious gives ST and Dx bonus to his minions. pledge to Effimosa boosts dd spell damage of minions pledge to Defentorious provides damage reducing protection to minions.
the tat level becomes devotion level and determines strength of bonus
longer u serev the better the bonus so pick your god wisely
lostling if u change god your devotion level returns to 0
automatically applied with no need to equip anything
cap the bonus by creating levels like 100k dv level is worshipper, then devout scholar etc until say a cap of 2mil dv level which makes u like high priest
so the bonus can only go so far and reduces distance between top and bottom players
and your character name would be like High Priest Ancient Anubis