@TheEdVerse tw:possibly graphic.
Hey Ed I have a player who committed treason against neverwinter and was going to let a cleric of Loviatar at them.
It made me think, what kind of tortures or rituals do clerics of loviatar even practice? I can't seem to find much on the wiki.
— BurpaMurpa (@BMurpa) November 30, 2020
1) No surprise that lore is scanty; this is the sort of thing that has always been censored out of the published Realms. 2)
Every clergy of the Realms needs its own book of rituals (and daily prayers, and do’s and don’ts). That’s WAY too big a topic for Twitter.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 1, 2020
3)
But when it comes to punishments, there are two sorts: leave visible marks/mutilations (branding, for instance, which could be “I AM A THIEF” in Common across a forehead), and those that don’t. 4)
Because clerics of Loviatar believe in reveling in pain and inflicting it often over a long period of time (e.g. a lifetime), they specialize in intense pain that doesn’t leave marks. Sometimes they break bones so the …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 1, 2020
5)
…recipient has to deal with the pain of movement with broken bones, but more often they specialize in very fine needles applied directly to nerves, or beating the soles of the feet, or floggings with soft implements that… 6)
…don’t break the skin, bruise, or draw blood. The intent is to cause intense pain without damaging the recipient so numbness or shock or unconsciousness or other means of escaping the sensations kick in.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 1, 2020
7)
If needles are coated with certain snake venoms, and the antidotes kept handy, tiny pinpricks can cause excruciating agony that lasts and lasts. (If you've ever been bitten by a water moccasin and survived, you'll know this.)#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 1, 2020