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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sjmiller" data-source="post: 2240050" data-attributes="member: 17262">What you can use really depends on if you are in a fantasy setting or a modern setting.  Also, you said the villain has OCD, but did not mention his focus.  Most people who have this disorder focus on one aspect of their life.  For example, one OCD sufferer I have seen has a thing about alignment, and that includes the fringe on his carpeting.  Another focuses on personal hygiene, and he is constantly washing himself and anything he has to touch.  This can be an important aspect of the character’s outward appearance.So, without that knowledge it will not be as easy to give good suggestions, but here goes.For a fantasy setting, your choices are limited, but still extremely effective.  Excluding magical additives and fantasy insects (both highly recommended), you have some interesting choices.  The easiest to obtain is urine, preferably stale.  You get the initial pain and a chance for infection.Salt has been ruled out, but if sodium is available (not impossible if alchemy is possible) try a grain or two of that.  Holding it with tweezers and applying it to the wound is the best method.Another simple thing is a hot, but not glowing, piece of wire thrust into the wound.  Hold the wire over a candle in front of the victim for added psychological effect.If the torturer doesn’t mind getting messy, just sticking a finger into a wound and wiggling it can cause much pain if the wound is a deep one.Applying a little tincture of iodine periodically can make a wound hurt like no tomorrow.  Ask anyone growing up before the mid-1970s about that.Since a tincture is mostly ethanol, you can always use wine or vinegar; those will work for periodic applications.Wood splinters can be inserted into the wound and lit.  Use a piece just a shade smaller than a toothpick.Any simple and easily obtained acid can be applied drop by drop.  Just make sure to pause and talk to/question/verbally torment the victim between drops.  This works particularly well if the drops are applied on a timed schedule.  Actually, that applies to just about all of the above mentioned applications.Another simple application is pressure.  Pressing on a wound with a fairly heavy weight, preferably with at least a mildly pointed end, can be extremely effective.One last one for you.  Use a magnifying lens to focus sunlight into the wound.  Pinpoint burning of ones own flesh is a real motivator.For a modern setting I could get much more creative and potentially graphic, but I will leave that to your imagination.</blockquote>

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