no, you don't.
that's just cosmetic, nothing invasiv.
compare to bullet hole or knife stabby or something in that size . .
that's just cosmetic, nothing invasiv.
compare to bullet hole or knife stabby or something in that size . .
Right, so the assertion that getting a bleeding cut means you lose essence doesn't hold water. It needs to be a lot of blood (losing a limb may cause some essence loss if it was unintentional), or mess with your internal mechanics (aka adding wires to nerves).
Which leaves us with "it's perfectly valid for a magician to implant himself with fetishes at no (essence) cost."