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In the Empire, witches and warlocks are seen as sinful cresatures who gain their powers from the devil. While this is true in some cases, many witches and warlocks who wanted to use their powers for good have been burned at the stake. In the old days (before the Pontifex assumed control of the Church), witches were sometimes taken captive and forced to use their powers for good. Others were forced to use their powers for the benefits of their owners.
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Bondage witchery is a fantasy central to much of Grigbertz work. The basic premise is that a beautiful girl has a lot of magical power, something she can sometimes use herself or that is controlled by others. This article will reefer to bondage witches as female, but that is not necessarily so. Depending on your fantasies, a bondage witch can of course be male, tough you will find few bondage warlocks at Grigbertz'.  
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The keeping of bondage witches was once an accepted practice in the Empire. According to tradition, the sinful witches must expose their wickedness as a warning to others. Thus, they must be naked (or at least wear very little clothing). For some reason, only attractive witches and warlocks are kept in bondage. Church dogma stated that spiritual corruption was visible as physical decay. This  has been interpreted to mean that ugly witches and warlocks are irredeemably evil and must be burned. Attractive ones, on the other hand, can be held in bondage. For the common good, of course...
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== What is a Bondage Witch? ==
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Depending on the setting and magical tradition, a bondage witch can be many things. Here are some examples.
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===Captive Witch===
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A sorceress who is controlled by her bonds, but who would still be at full power if freed. This is generally the most unwilling and dangerous type of bondage witch and needs to be tightly controlled at all times.
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===Bound Witch===
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A sorceress who's powers derive wholly or partially from physical restraint. Freed of the distractions of her physical body, such a witch can focus her power to a greater degree when bound. This does not imply that she is submissive, a sorceress of this tradition can practice self-bondage.
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===Submissive Witch===
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A sorceress who's powers derive from submission. To this kind of witch, bondage is a symbol of her submission, and the submission frees her latent powers.  
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===Enslaved Witch===
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The loser in a power contest, bound, harnessed, enslaved, and sometimes used as a power battery by her mistress. Such a captive witch loses her powers, which strengthen her captor. As a favor, her Mistress might let her have a bit of power back to act as her agent.
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This practice is now now forbidden by the church. This does not prevent some bishops and inquisitors from keeping them, but they are kept hidden from the public and the rest of the church. Some noblewomen keep bondage warlocks.
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== Power Origin ==
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All bondage witches use magic, but magic can be more than one thing. Bondage witchery is a method rather than a power origin, and can draw its power from many sources.
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The [[Warrior Nun|Warrior Nuns]] of St. Katherine still practice the keeping of bondage wictches. Stern discipline and the holy
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=== Arcane ===
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love of St. Katherine can turn the most wicked witch into a weapon for good.
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Arcane power is learned magic, codified and taught to talented individuals. A wizard plays the forces of the universe like the strings of a lyre.
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==== Game Notes ====
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The learned mage might practice self-bondage to free her astral self from physical limitations, as noted for the Bound Sorceress above. Some secret meditations might require restraint to learn the lesson fully. Once captured and properly bound, she might find her powers bursting from inside, taking all her art to just contain her newfound powers.
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The term bondage witch means a captive witch who is forced to use her magic powers for her masters. Bondage witches are usually
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=== Chi ===
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chained with magic shackles which prevent them from using their magic powers against their captors. Sometimes
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Chi or Ki is the power of inner harmony and concentration, as practiced in mysticism and martial arts.
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spells or holy wards have the same effect. Full control of a captive which is not possible, so they must be watched constanlty.
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The witch can typically use her powers to affect herself or her surroundings, but can not affect others directly.
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Some bondage witches actually learn to increase their magic powers when chained, perhaps because their bondage forced them rely on their
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Perhaps the least likely of all origins to foster bondage witches. A bound martial artist is pretty pointless. Still, Chi traditions have the idea that physical restraint frees inner power, and submission in various forms can also act as a vehicle of enlightenment.
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magic powers alone. Such a witch is referred to as a [[Bondage Witch|Bondage Witch]] (note the capital letters). Gamers may think of the Bondage Witch as a prestige class.<br>
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=== Sorcery ===
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Sorcery here is magical power coming from inside the sorceress, gifts or an inheritance rather than learned. A sorceress taps into her own inner power to work magic, and this becomes easier the more emotionally involved you are.
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Bondage stimulates the emotions of the sorceress, be it fear, resentment, vengeance, excitement, or blissful submission. From this release comes magical power, and the bound sorceress might well orgasm in the middle of each magical release.
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=== Spiritual ===
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Spiritual power is the power of gods, spirits and the community. A channeler acts as a conduit and agent for higher beings.
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The bound saint is a sacrifice or martyr, bound by infidels but still showing her divine power or bound by the faithful as a sacred sacrifice. Flagellation, ecstatic visions, and religious excess are hallmarks of the cults that practice bondage witchery.
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=== Technological ===
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Bondage witchery might seem alien to technology, but what is a safety belt other than a restraint device?
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Technological devices, armor and vehicles in particular, can be designed with a fetish mindset. The operator of a machine acts trough the machine - there is no need for you to move your own body, and in the case of vehicles it is often much safer to be restrained than to bounce around freely inside the vehicle. To truly be a "witch" requires that this be coupled with some kind of supernatural power, but "bondage pilot" or "bondage warrior" is good enough for many of us.
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=== Psychic ===
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Psychic power is often just the name used for the magic of Science Fiction. When it is not a cover for one of the above categories, it tends to be very introspective and soul-searching.
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Psychic powers are often hindered by physical distractions, and thus psychics are the most likely to practice some form of self bondage.  
== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Bondage Witch]]
* [[Bondage Witch (rules)]] - general rule ideas.
* [[Bondage Witch (rules)]] - general rule ideas.
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* [[Bondage Witch (Pontifex Maximus)]]
* [[Bondage Witch (d20)]]
* [[Bondage Witch (d20)]]
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* [[Bondage Witch (Action)]]
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[[Category:Pontifex Maximus]]
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* [[Bondage Witches in alternate universes|Monsters and Bondage Witches]]

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Bad girl in snow.
Bad girl in snow.

Bondage witchery is a fantasy central to much of Grigbertz work. The basic premise is that a beautiful girl has a lot of magical power, something she can sometimes use herself or that is controlled by others. This article will reefer to bondage witches as female, but that is not necessarily so. Depending on your fantasies, a bondage witch can of course be male, tough you will find few bondage warlocks at Grigbertz'.

Contents

What is a Bondage Witch?

Depending on the setting and magical tradition, a bondage witch can be many things. Here are some examples.

Captive Witch

A sorceress who is controlled by her bonds, but who would still be at full power if freed. This is generally the most unwilling and dangerous type of bondage witch and needs to be tightly controlled at all times.

Bound Witch

A sorceress who's powers derive wholly or partially from physical restraint. Freed of the distractions of her physical body, such a witch can focus her power to a greater degree when bound. This does not imply that she is submissive, a sorceress of this tradition can practice self-bondage.

Submissive Witch

A sorceress who's powers derive from submission. To this kind of witch, bondage is a symbol of her submission, and the submission frees her latent powers.

Enslaved Witch

The loser in a power contest, bound, harnessed, enslaved, and sometimes used as a power battery by her mistress. Such a captive witch loses her powers, which strengthen her captor. As a favor, her Mistress might let her have a bit of power back to act as her agent.

Power Origin

All bondage witches use magic, but magic can be more than one thing. Bondage witchery is a method rather than a power origin, and can draw its power from many sources.

Arcane

Arcane power is learned magic, codified and taught to talented individuals. A wizard plays the forces of the universe like the strings of a lyre.

The learned mage might practice self-bondage to free her astral self from physical limitations, as noted for the Bound Sorceress above. Some secret meditations might require restraint to learn the lesson fully. Once captured and properly bound, she might find her powers bursting from inside, taking all her art to just contain her newfound powers.

Chi

Chi or Ki is the power of inner harmony and concentration, as practiced in mysticism and martial arts.

Perhaps the least likely of all origins to foster bondage witches. A bound martial artist is pretty pointless. Still, Chi traditions have the idea that physical restraint frees inner power, and submission in various forms can also act as a vehicle of enlightenment.

Sorcery

Sorcery here is magical power coming from inside the sorceress, gifts or an inheritance rather than learned. A sorceress taps into her own inner power to work magic, and this becomes easier the more emotionally involved you are.

Bondage stimulates the emotions of the sorceress, be it fear, resentment, vengeance, excitement, or blissful submission. From this release comes magical power, and the bound sorceress might well orgasm in the middle of each magical release.

Spiritual

Spiritual power is the power of gods, spirits and the community. A channeler acts as a conduit and agent for higher beings.

The bound saint is a sacrifice or martyr, bound by infidels but still showing her divine power or bound by the faithful as a sacred sacrifice. Flagellation, ecstatic visions, and religious excess are hallmarks of the cults that practice bondage witchery.

Technological

Bondage witchery might seem alien to technology, but what is a safety belt other than a restraint device?

Technological devices, armor and vehicles in particular, can be designed with a fetish mindset. The operator of a machine acts trough the machine - there is no need for you to move your own body, and in the case of vehicles it is often much safer to be restrained than to bounce around freely inside the vehicle. To truly be a "witch" requires that this be coupled with some kind of supernatural power, but "bondage pilot" or "bondage warrior" is good enough for many of us.

Psychic

Psychic power is often just the name used for the magic of Science Fiction. When it is not a cover for one of the above categories, it tends to be very introspective and soul-searching.

Psychic powers are often hindered by physical distractions, and thus psychics are the most likely to practice some form of self bondage.

See also

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