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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drunkmoogle" data-source="post: 1491773" data-attributes="member: 18336">Recently IMC, my PCs were recently captured and tortured. I pretty much just said "you were tortured for two days, the details of which are best left undescribed." However, that didn't satisfy them, masochists that they are.They pressed me for details, and I was truly at a loss. In a fantasy world of magical healing, it seems OOC that torture is no big deal. They took the torture pretty light-heartedly, which was not the effect I intended. Hell, they didn't even go after their tormentor when given the chance!So I have to go shock-value. It's the only way that I believe I can engrave deep feelings of hatred into the players, as well as add to the atmosphere to the world. I'm a fan of Japanese films, which glorify violence like no other (these guys have NO taboos  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> ). I want to make their skin crawl. Then make them laugh nervously. Then make them try to supress their gag reflex.That's where you guys come in. In your infinite creativity, I beg of you to grant me your boon of knowledge of torture in a fantasy world where healing comes easily. I already know of mundane techniques (The Rack, thumbscrews, The Wheel, the Pear, etc.); I want to see what you guys come up with. Let's assume we have an evil Lich wizard and cleric, each with 15 class levels and wands of Cure Whatever Wounds and Restoration. Also, they have access to an original spell that prevents the body from passing out due to extreme pain.I'll get you guys started. I've created a custom Shatter spell which tunes in on the shatter frequency of human (or elfin, or dwarfin, whatever) bone. Ever have a bone fracture? Multiply the pain by a hundredfold, starting from the ankles up.Keep it clean, though. If something does involve sexuality/sexual abuse, give us fair warning and put it in SPOILER text. (BTW, someone tell us how to do that)I think I just gave the mods some more work to do.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />/walking the thin line between Creative Integrity and Just Plain Sick</blockquote>

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