Name: Heretic’s Fork
Price: 10 G | Weight: 1 lbs.
Description: You must fasten this double pronged implement onto a helpless target’s neck. The target takes 1 point of piercing damage (bypassing Soak) any time they begin to fall asleep, effectively waking them up and subjecting them to either fatigue or exhaustion. If the target falls unconscious due to the damage, they take 1 point of piercing damage that bypasses Soak per round thereafter until they are killed.
Name: Iron Maiden
Price: 500 G | Weight: 300 lbs.
Description: This large coffin filled with internal spikes is used to execute people (although it’s mostly for intimidation). If someone between size 1 and 5 is placed within the Iron Maiden and you close the door upon them, they take 8 points of piercing damage that bypasses Soak.
Name: Rack
Price: 300 G | Weight: 500 lbs.
Description: In order to utilize this tool you must splay a helpless victim across the rack and tie their wrists and ankles tight. Turning a crank deals 1 point of damage that bypasses Soak, and the crank can be turned up to four times. Every turn after the fourth deals 4 points of damage instead and deals a -1 to Strength, Endurance, and Agility.
Name: Rat Cage
Price: 5 G | Weight: 15 lbs.
Description: In order to utilize this tool you must fasten the cage to a helpless victim upon their stomach and chest region. Up top heated materials such as charcoal are used to entice the rats (minimum of 1 rat, maximum of 20) to dig and burrow into the victim. This deals 1 point of piercing damage that bypasses Soak per rat within the cage. This takes place 1d10 rounds after the cage’s roof is heated.
Name: Thumbscrew
Price: 15 G | Weight: 1 lbs.
Description: In order to utilize this tool you must fasten the victim’s thumbs into the device. A victim is able to move but can’t effectively wield weapons, hold items, or perform actions that require their hands (such as spellcasting). When you fasten the thumbscrew upon the victim’s thumbs this crushes them and deals 2 points of bludgeoning damage that bypasses Soak each time it’s tightened.
Name: Trephine
Price: 20 G | Weight: 1 lbs.
Description: Sometimes used as a surgical tool, other times as a torturing tool, using a trephine is a full-round action and requires a DC 30 Heal check to be made. On a successful check any penalties to Smarts are negated. On a failed check, 2 points of damage that bypasses Soak is taken. Failing this check by 5 or more (or intentionally failing) instead deals 6 points of damage and deals a -4 to Smarts instead and this is on top of any penalties the victim already possesses to Smarts.