Loviatar is one of the Dark Deities, having served Bhaal alongside Talona, whom she loves to torment and tease. The world is filled with pain and torment, and the best that one can do is to suffer those blows that cannot be avoided and deal as much pain back to those who offend. [19] Under Queen Cathtyr the priesthood of Loviatar grew to the thousands [20]. Loviatar is a digest-sized Dungeons and Dragons zine. The Maiden of Pain has an instinct for inflicting both physical and psychological pain, always striking at the biggest chink in her victim’s emotional armor. Deals a bonus 1d4 Necrotic damage and prevents the target from regaining hitpoints until the next turn. Loviatar gets along well with Malar, regarding his stalking of pray as a particularly delightful form of torture. Newcomers are often recruited from the ranks of the bored and wealthy or the desperately hungry beggars through large revels where much drugged wine is drunk and dancing and more intimate pursuits go on for several days and nights. Base of operations: House of Pain Most members of the clergy are instructed in the Initiate of Loviatar feat, once they qualify. Named by a cleric of loviatar for her own amusement. Monks of Loviatar prefer using their bare hands to inflict pain rather than using weapons. She was said to be the worst one of them all, and a goddess of plagues and diseases. It has a cardstock cover and is printed in black and white. The Rest was a tendayduring which time they were freed from the rules laid out by Ilmater's faith. [16], Confirmed Priests use the titles (in ascending order)[17], The last two titles are awarded to those who have been head of a temple or who have personally distinguished themselves. Loviatar's most dedicated servants, the maidens of pain, are depraved women who literally make pain their meat and drink. [4], Loviatar was a cold-hearted bully, calculating and despotic; she was the master of inflicting physical and psychological suffering and her portfolio included pain, hurt, and torture. The Barbed Hand is an elite warrior and priestess of Loviatar. Loviatar's followers were encouraged to wipe Ilmater's followers from the face of the Realms. You may wear red cloaks and tabards of gray. [21] The Crinti considered copying the idea of the trade enclave from the Red Wizards of Thay combining a trade center and a place for the faithful to Loviatar to worship.[22]. Clerics are the premier healers. Worship of Loviatar tends to be strongest in large, decadent cities such as Athkatla, Calimport, Mulmaster, Saerloon, Selgaunt, Telflamm, Waterdeep, and Westgate. (The same ritual is performed in the evening, although without praying for new spells.) [18], Specialty priests, called pains, operate as a separate arm of the faith. The Lady of Joy and the Mistress of Pain. There is no true punishment if the punisher knows no discipline. Loviatans celebrate all four seasonal festivals with the Rite of Pain and Purity: a circle dance that chanting, singing clergy members perform upon barbed wire, thorns, or broken glass or crystal, where the whips of high-level clerics and the drumming of lay worshipers urge the participants to greater effort. Let mercy of sudden abstinence from causing pain and of providing unlooked-for healing come over you seldom, but as a whim, so as to make folk hope and increase the Mystery of Loviatar’s Mercy. Grease Bottle: Throw Clerics of Loviatar cast Healing spells at one level lower than their current caster level, and they heal 1 less hit point per die (minimum 1). A smaller ritual occurring every twelve days involved followers passing their bodies through the flames of candles. 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