Just in time for Halloween - the School of Torture and Interrogation (Patreon)

As promised, the first piece of subscriber exclusive content is here! The School of Torture and Interrogation is a school of wizardry practiced by unsavory elements who wish to extract information from their charges without worry of things like morality. Many of these wizards also craft their own Tormentor's Rod staves, usually using materials from someone who was unable to survive interrogation.

[Rare] School of Torture and Interrogation

The school of torture and interrogation is an informal school known only by its practitioners and those unfortunate enough to cross their path. Whether working as enforcers for criminal organizations or dealing with thorns in the side of a corrupt government, those who practice this school share in common a penchant for tormenting their adversaries in both body and mind, causing pain and injury that even the most callous of hardened warriors would consider unnecessary if not outright cruel.

Curriculumcantrip: daze, torturous trauma (u)1st: agitate, phantom pain2nd: persistent servant, teeth to terror (u)3rd: organsight, phantom prison4th: discern lies (u), false nature (u)5th: wave of despair, mind probe (u)6th: cursed metamorphosis, lignify7th: inexhaustible cynicism, visions of danger8th: canticle of everlasting grief, hypnopompic terrors (r)9th: telepathic demand

School Spellsinitial: touch of obedienceadvanced: commanding lash

Some spells in this school’s curriculum are not on the Arcane spell list. These spells gain the Arcane trait when you cast them, and can only be prepared in your curriculum slots. Due to the themes this school deals with, it is important to have the consent of not only your GM but also your fellow players to ensure that everyone is comfortable with such a character being a part of your game. This school may not be appropriate for all campaigns or tables.

Tormentor’s Rod (Item 4+)[Rare, Magical, Staff]Price 100 gpUsage held in 2 hands; Bulk 1Activate Cast a Spell; Effect You expend a number of charges from the staff to cast a spell from its list.Craft Requirements Supply one casting of all listed ranks of all listed spells.Made of gnarled wood taken from the corpse of an arboreal wrapped in rusty chains and leather of a worrying provenance, and capped with a human skull, this staff is enchanted to appear as a horrific and gruesome instrument of torture unique to each observer other than its wielder and their allies. The skull attached to the staff functions as a greater rhythm bone. All damage dealing spells cast by this staff gain the nonlethal trait if they did not already have it.

cantrip: torturous trauma (u)1st: agitate, phantom pain Greater Tormentor's Rod (Item 12)Price 2,000 gp2nd: horrifying blood loss, teeth to terror3rd: agonizing despair, cup of dust, impending doom4th: discern lies, internal insurrection5th: blinding foam, mind probeTrue Tormentor's Rod (Item 20)Price 90,000 gp6th: phantom pain, spellwrack7th: agonizing despair, visions of danger8th: canticle of everlasting grief, hypnopompic terrors9th: seize soul

Art Credit: Jarek Madyda