Gods and Their Specialty Priests

Loviatar (Maiden of Pain)

Demipower of Gehenna, LE

Portfolio:	Pain, hurt, torture
Requirements:	Constitution 15, Wisdom 15
Major Spheres:	All, Charm, Combat, Elemental, Healing, Necromantic, Sun
Minor Spheres:	Animal, Divination, Guardian, Summoning, Weather

Weapons Allowed:	All bludgeoning weapons plus whip and scourge
Armor Allowed:	Scale mail and shield (see below)
Magical Items Allowed:	Same as cleric

Granted Powers

Specialty priests of Loviatar cannot turn or command undead.
Specialty priests of Loviatar may inflict a <pain touch> on their opponents. The recipient is allowed a saving throw vs. spells. If this throw succeeds, he suffers no effect. If the target fails the saving throw, he is wracked by pain, suffering -4 penalties to attack rolls and -2 to all Dexterity checks for as many rounds as the priest's level. The priest may attack one individual of size H or smaller each day for every three levels of experience (one person at levels 1-3, two at levels 4-6, etc.).
Individuals who have brought great pain and suffering to others sometimes receive a boon from the goddess in the form of a white wand. This white wand is a magical item that may only be used by the one it was given to. If anyone else touches the wand it dissolves like ice melting in the sun. The wand absorbs hostile spell energy sent against the holder, sucking up 1-10 levels of spells before being used up and dissolving. A spell which is partially absorbed is totally spoiled (a 3rd-level <fireball> cast against a priest with a white wand that can absorb only two more spell levels will still fail). Loviatar usually grants these boons to priests (specialty priests and clerics) who have caused extreme suffering in her name. However, she has been know to grant such wands to individuals outside her faith who have, willingly or not, caused widespread suffering. She prefers to grant them to those who have unwillingly or unknowingly done so, in particular good and lawful types who will be tormented just knowing that they have advanced her cause.

Other Notes

Priests and priestesses of Loviatar wear a pleated armor that resembles scale mail, both when adventuring and during ceremonies. However, the ceremonial garb is light-weight, designed for fashion rather than protection. The AC of ceremonial scale mail is 6 instead of 4.

Loviatar maintains a small but tightly organized clergy composed primarily of clerics. Her specialty priests, called pains, operate as a separate arm of the faith, moving from place to place and ensuring that the goddess's will is carried out. The clerics hold the pains in great regard, since they are often the tools of Loviatar's punishment. If an organized temple or shrine of Loviatar is present in a city, clerics make up the bulk of the organization, but 1-3 pains will also be available.