Bound Guardian

A bound guardian is a tattoo guardian bonded to your skin, which you can temporarily animate to protect you. If your soul leaves your body, your tattoo guardian might be destroyed (see the sidebar, Bestiary 3 262).

Activate 3 command, envision, Interact (conjuration)

Frequency once per day

Effect You animate your tattoo guardian, otherwise using the duration and other parameters of a 4th-rank spell. You can have the guardian Fly Free as part of Activating your tattoo. If your tattoo guardian drops to 0 HP, the activation ends, and the inanimate tattoo returns to your skin.