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		[[File: Lady of Pain by maddiel.jpg\|250px\|thumbnail\|Thou shalt not fuck with The Lady of Pain. Being mazed by her will be the least horrid experience you'll get.]]

		The '''Lady of Pain''' is one of the primary figures of the [[Planescape]] campaign setting. She is an immensely powerful being who protects the city of [[Planescape#Sigil\|Sigil]] from outside forces. Despite being at least as powerful as any known deity, she accepts no followers and is known to respond to those who try to worship her with extreme violence (although strangely, not people who worship her in secret. There is at least one person in Sigil who secretly is a [[petitioner]] of The Lady whom she hasn't destroyed). While most Cagers don't like to invoke her name lightly, the phrase "Her Serenity" is commonly used to refer to the Lady of Pain.

		Nobody knows exactly what she is. There are rumors that she's part of a group called the Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate the gods and include such beings as [[Jazirian]], [[Asmodeus\|Ahriman]] and [[Mok'slyk]], also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered [[Vecna]] in his bid to take over the Multiverse and setting up shop in Sigil she was unable to drive him off: while she managed to force Vecna into a stalemate, his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city and with it, the Multiverse, necessitating the [[party]] to take him down. This puts her around the same power level as Mok'slyk, and while it gives some answers as to what she is and what her goals are, it raises a lot more questions.

		She has two famous unique powers. First, any one who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out. The mazes can always (apparently it's an inherent part of their nature) be escaped from but finding an exit can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue (or kill) the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely.Second, anyone she casts a shadow on has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed so they can never be resurrected.

		==Crunch==
		She is left deliberately statless (much like Caine over in [[Vampire: The Masquerade\|another 90s RPG]]) to prevent powergaming players trying to figure out ways to stomp her, and she's assumed to win any fight by fiat. Combat with the Lady of Pain basically goes like this: The Lady of Pain floats toward you. Her shadow falls over you, and you feel the pain of ten thousand knives flaying the flesh from your bones. You die. The only way to defend against the Lady of Pain's attacks is to grab your character sheet before the [[DM]] throws it in the shredder. To further elaborate why messing with the Lady is a terrible idea, the writers created [[Aoskar]], a god tailor-made for worship in Sigil. The moment one of her dabus began to worship him she deleted Aoskar ''and'' all of his temples with a snap of her fingers.

		Because [[5e]] is made of cocks and 5e's Planescape book is made of [[AIDS]] cocks, her "you die" was nerfed. Now if you sufficiently piss her off she "only" sets you to 1HP from raw agonizing pain. If you ''still'' refuse to stop poking her after that she just mazes you.

		If she knows what's good for her, she stays the fuck away from [[Bloody Path\|15th level 4th edition rogues]] (how can She cast a shadow on herself?), [[Pun-Pun]], and the [[Neutronium golem]]. It's lamentably common for [[That Guy\|certain kinds of DM]] to kill her off to show how strong his [[Mary Sue\|campaign villain]] is ("oh mah Gawd, da villain just keeled da lady of pain, he's sooo strong"). Any player faced with such a brand of dumbfuckery should seriously consider [[The Henderson Scale of Plot Derailment\|rebellion]] or [[Rage\|physical violence]].

		Some [[Troll]] decided to make fun of both [[Planescape]] fans and the haters of [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] by releasing a phony 4e-style "statblock" of the Lady of Pain, which still occasionally pops up on /tg/ when somebody really wants to piss off the Planescape fans, beyond just trolling them about the [[World Axis]]. If you actually read the "statblock", it's basically done in the same vein as [[Cthulhu]] in most editions of [[Call of Cthulhu]], where Her every is "You're dead, no saves" and Her defensive stats are all some variant of "It don't work, and fuck you for trying".

		==Gallery==
		{{Promotions}}
		<gallery>
		Lady.gif\|unused art from [[Planescape: Torment]]
		Lady of Pain.jpg\|An image of the Lady that won't result in Mazing if seen
		Lady_of_Pain_(3).jpg
		Lady_of_Pain_(4).jpg
		Lady of pain Dragon 339.jpg
		Lady of pain box.jpg
		Lady of pain torment.jpg
		The_Blades_of_the_Lady_of_Pain_by_masterfan.jpg
		Lady_of_pain.jpg
		The_Lady_of_Pain_Chibi_by_OneandPrime.jpg
		Lady of Poke.jpg\|Beware her slow flaying shadow upon you.
		Lady_Tattoo.jpg
		Lady-007.jpg
		Lady_of_Pain_Que.jpg
		Lady_of_Pain_by_Fuflon_by_Deusuum.jpg
		Animu_Her_Serenity.jpg
		LadyOfPainTopless.jpg\|She can even cause a pain in your dick.
		Lady_of_Pain_(2).jpg\|Wait, shouldn't he be under her shad[[Blam\|OH SHI-]]
		Lady of Hmm.jpg
		</gallery>

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	~~[[File: Lady of Pain by maddiel.jpg\|250px\|thumbnail\|Thou shalt not fuck with The Lady of Pain. Being mazed by her will be the least horrid experience you'll get.]]~~

	The '''Lady of Pain''' is one of the primary figures of the [[Planescape]] campaign setting. She is an immensely powerful being who protects the city of [[Planescape#Sigil\|Sigil]] from outside forces. Despite being at least as powerful as any known deity, she accepts no followers and is known to respond to those who try to worship her with extreme violence (although strangely, not people who worship her in secret. There is at least one person in Sigil who secretly is a [[petitioner]] of The Lady whom she hasn't destroyed). While most Cagers don't like to invoke her name lightly, the phrase "Her Serenity" is commonly used to refer to the Lady of Pain.

	Nobody knows exactly what she is. There are rumors that she's part of a group called the Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate the gods and include such beings as [[Jazirian]], [[Asmodeus\|Ahriman]] and [[Mok'slyk]], also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered [[Vecna]] in his bid to take over the Multiverse and setting up shop in Sigil she was unable to drive him off: while she managed to force Vecna into a stalemate, his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city and with it, the Multiverse, necessitating the [[party]] to take him down. This puts her around the same power level as Mok'slyk, and while it gives some answers as to what she is and what her goals are, it raises a lot more questions.

	She has two famous unique powers. First, any one who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out. The mazes can always (apparently it's an inherent part of their nature) be escaped from but finding an exit can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue (or kill) the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely.Second, anyone she casts a shadow on has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed so they can never be resurrected.

	~~==Crunch==~~
	She is left deliberately statless (much like Caine over in [[Vampire: The Masquerade\|another 90s RPG]]) to prevent powergaming players trying to figure out ways to stomp her, and she's assumed to win any fight by fiat. Combat with the Lady of Pain basically goes like this: The Lady of Pain floats toward you. Her shadow falls over you, and you feel the pain of ten thousand knives flaying the flesh from your bones. You die. The only way to defend against the Lady of Pain's attacks is to grab your character sheet before the [[DM]] throws it in the shredder. To further elaborate why messing with the Lady is a terrible idea, the writers created [[Aoskar]], a god tailor-made for worship in Sigil. The moment one of her dabus began to worship him she deleted Aoskar ''and'' all of his temples with a snap of her fingers.

	Because [[5e]] is made of cocks and 5e's Planescape book is made of [[AIDS]] cocks, her "you die" was nerfed. Now if you sufficiently piss her off she "only" sets you to 1HP from raw agonizing pain. If you ''still'' refuse to stop poking her after that she just mazes you.

	If she knows what's good for her, she stays the fuck away from [[Bloody Path\|15th level 4th edition rogues]] (how can She cast a shadow on herself?), [[Pun-Pun]], and the [[Neutronium golem]]. It's lamentably common for [[That Guy\|certain kinds of DM]] to kill her off to show how strong his [[Mary Sue\|campaign villain]] is ("oh mah Gawd, da villain just keeled da lady of pain, he's sooo strong"). Any player faced with such a brand of dumbfuckery should seriously consider [[The Henderson Scale of Plot Derailment\|rebellion]] or [[Rage\|physical violence]].

	Some [[Troll]] decided to make fun of both [[Planescape]] fans and the haters of [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] by releasing a phony 4e-style "statblock" of the Lady of Pain, which still occasionally pops up on /tg/ when somebody really wants to piss off the Planescape fans, beyond just trolling them about the [[World Axis]]. If you actually read the "statblock", it's basically done in the same vein as [[Cthulhu]] in most editions of [[Call of Cthulhu]], where Her every is "You're dead, no saves" and Her defensive stats are all some variant of "It don't work, and fuck you for trying".

	~~==Gallery==~~
	~~{{Promotions}}~~
	~~<gallery>~~
	~~Lady.gif\|unused art from [[Planescape: Torment]]~~
	~~Lady of Pain.jpg\|An image of the Lady that won't result in Mazing if seen~~
	~~Lady_of_Pain_(3).jpg~~
	~~Lady_of_Pain_(4).jpg~~
	~~Lady of pain Dragon 339.jpg~~
	~~Lady of pain box.jpg~~
	~~Lady of pain torment.jpg~~
	~~The_Blades_of_the_Lady_of_Pain_by_masterfan.jpg~~
	~~Lady_of_pain.jpg~~
	~~The_Lady_of_Pain_Chibi_by_OneandPrime.jpg~~
	~~Lady of Poke.jpg\|Beware her slow flaying shadow upon you.~~
	~~Lady_Tattoo.jpg~~
	~~Lady-007.jpg~~
	~~Lady_of_Pain_Que.jpg~~
	~~Lady_of_Pain_by_Fuflon_by_Deusuum.jpg~~
	~~Animu_Her_Serenity.jpg~~
	~~LadyOfPainTopless.jpg\|She can even cause a pain in your dick.~~
	~~Lady_of_Pain_(2).jpg\|Wait, shouldn't he be under her shad[[Blam\|OH SHI-]]~~
	~~Lady of Hmm.jpg~~
	~~</gallery>~~

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	She is left deliberately statless (much like Caine over in [[Vampire: The Masquerade\|another 90s RPG]]) to prevent powergaming players trying to figure out ways to stomp her, and she's assumed to win any fight by fiat. Combat with the Lady of Pain basically goes like this: The Lady of Pain floats toward you. Her shadow falls over you, and you feel the pain of ten thousand knives flaying the flesh from your bones. You die. The only way to defend against the Lady of Pain's attacks is to grab your character sheet before the [[DM]] throws it in the shredder. To further elaborate why messing with the Lady is a terrible idea, the writers created [[Aoskar]], a god tailor-made for worship in Sigil. The moment one of her dabus began to worship him she deleted Aoskar ''and'' all of his temples with a snap of her fingers.		She is left deliberately statless (much like Caine over in [[Vampire: The Masquerade\|another 90s RPG]]) to prevent powergaming players trying to figure out ways to stomp her, and she's assumed to win any fight by fiat. Combat with the Lady of Pain basically goes like this: The Lady of Pain floats toward you. Her shadow falls over you, and you feel the pain of ten thousand knives flaying the flesh from your bones. You die. The only way to defend against the Lady of Pain's attacks is to grab your character sheet before the [[DM]] throws it in the shredder. To further elaborate why messing with the Lady is a terrible idea, the writers created [[Aoskar]], a god tailor-made for worship in Sigil. The moment one of her dabus began to worship him she deleted Aoskar ''and'' all of his temples with a snap of her fingers.

			Because [[5e]] is made of cocks and 5e's Planescape book is made of [[AIDS]] cocks, her "you die" was nerfed. Now if you sufficiently piss her off she "only" sets you to 1HP from raw agonizing pain. If you ''still'' refuse to stop poking her after that she just mazes you.

	If she knows what's good for her, she stays the fuck away from [[Bloody Path\|15th level 4th edition rogues]] (how can She cast a shadow on herself?), [[Pun-Pun]], and the [[Neutronium golem]]. It's lamentably common for [[That Guy\|certain kinds of DM]] to kill her off to show how strong his [[Mary Sue\|campaign villain]] is ("oh mah Gawd, da villain just keeled da lady of pain, he's sooo strong"). Any player faced with such a brand of dumbfuckery should seriously consider [[The Henderson Scale of Plot Derailment\|rebellion]] or [[Rage\|physical violence]].		If she knows what's good for her, she stays the fuck away from [[Bloody Path\|15th level 4th edition rogues]] (how can She cast a shadow on herself?), [[Pun-Pun]], and the [[Neutronium golem]]. It's lamentably common for [[That Guy\|certain kinds of DM]] to kill her off to show how strong his [[Mary Sue\|campaign villain]] is ("oh mah Gawd, da villain just keeled da lady of pain, he's sooo strong"). Any player faced with such a brand of dumbfuckery should seriously consider [[The Henderson Scale of Plot Derailment\|rebellion]] or [[Rage\|physical violence]].

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	[[File: Lady of Pain by maddiel.jpg\|250px\|thumbnail\|Thou shalt not fuck with The Lady of Pain. Being mazed by her will be the least horrid experience you'll get.]]		[[File: Lady of Pain by maddiel.jpg\|250px\|thumbnail\|Thou shalt not fuck with The Lady of Pain. Being mazed by her will be the least horrid experience you'll get.]]

	~~{{topquote\|O garment not golden but gilded,<br>O garden where all men may dwell,<br>O tower not~~ of ~~ivory, but builded<br>By hands that reach heaven from hell,<br>O mystical rose~~ of the ~~mire,<br>O house not~~ of ~~gold~~, ~~but of gain~~,~~<br>O house~~ of ~~unquenchable fire~~,~~<br>Our~~ Lady of Pain~~!\|Algernon Charles Swinburne, ''Dolores (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs)''}}~~		The '''Lady of Pain''' is one of the primary figures of the [[Planescape]] campaign setting. She is an immensely powerful being who protects the city of [[Planescape#Sigil\|Sigil]] from outside forces. Despite being at least as powerful as any known deity, she accepts no followers and is known to respond to those who try to worship her with extreme violence (although strangely, not people who worship her in secret. There is at least one person in Sigil who secretly is a [[petitioner]] of The Lady whom she hasn't destroyed). While most Cagers don't like to invoke her name lightly, the phrase "Her Serenity" is commonly used to refer to the Lady of Pain.

	~~The ''~~'~~Lady of Pain''' is one~~ of the ~~primary figures in~~ the [[~~Planescape~~]] ~~campaign setting. She is an immensely powerful being who protects the city of~~ [[~~Planescape#Sigil~~\|~~Sigil~~]] ~~from all outside forces. Despite being at least as powerful as any known deity, she accepts no followers~~ and ~~is known to respond to those who try to worship her with extreme violence (although oddly, it is suspected that Factol Hashkar of the~~ [[~~Fraternity of Order~~]] ~~is secretly a~~ [[~~Petitioner~~]] of the ~~Lady whom~~ she ~~has chosen~~ to ~~spare for whatever reason, and~~ she ~~oddly didn't banish him~~ to the ~~mazes as she did~~ with ~~most of~~ the ~~other Factols before he was assassinated~~, ~~and even weirder, she also didn't kill Trolan, a mental patient who was delusional enough to think he could~~ [[~~Bard\|seduce her~~]]). ~~While most Cagers don~~'~~t like~~ to ~~invoke~~ her ~~name lightly~~, ~~the phrase "Her Serenity" is commonly used to refer to the Lady of Pain~~.		Nobody knows exactly what she is. There are rumors that she's part of a group called the Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate the gods and include such beings as [[Jazirian]], [[Asmodeus\|Ahriman]] and [[Mok'slyk]], also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered [[Vecna]] in his bid to take over the Multiverse and setting up shop in Sigil she was unable to drive him off: while she managed to force Vecna into a stalemate, his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city and with it, the Multiverse, necessitating the [[party]] to take him down. This puts her around the same power level as Mok'slyk, and while it gives some answers as to what she is and what her goals are, it raises a lot more questions.

	Nobody knows exactly what she is. There are rumors that she's part of a group called the Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate the gods and include such beings as [[Jazirian]], [[Asmodeus\|Ahriman]], and [[Mok'slyk]], also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered [[Vecna]] in his bid to take over the Multiverse and set up shop in Sigil, she was unable to drive him off: while she managed to force Vecna into a stalemate, his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city and with it, the Multiverse, necessitating the [[party]] to take him down. This puts her around the same power level as Mok'slyk, and while it gives some answers as to what she is and what her goals are, it raises a lot more questions.		She has two famous unique powers. First, any one who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out. The mazes can always (apparently it's an inherent part of their nature) be escaped from but finding an exit can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue (or kill) the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely.Second, anyone she casts a shadow on has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed so they can never be resurrected.

	She has two famous unique powers. First, ~~anyone~~ who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out ~~or use any kind of magic to aid their escape~~. The mazes can always ~~be escaped from~~ (apparently~~, that~~'s an inherent part of their nature), but finding ~~the key to unlock the~~ exit ~~and then the exit itself~~ can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue (or kill) the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely. Second, anyone ~~her~~ shadow ~~falls over~~ has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed ~~completely~~ so they can never be resurrected ~~by any means.~~

	In 5th edition, she is slightly more merciful. If you get in her way or annoy her, she will cause you agonizing pain with a look that drops you down to 1 hp, and if you don't take the hint, THEN she will maze you.

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	She is left deliberately ~~stateless to prevent~~ [[~~Lord British Postulate~~\|powergaming players trying to ~~fight her or actually coming up with~~ ways to ~~defeat~~ her ~~in combat]]~~ and ~~is automatically~~ assumed to win ~~whatever~~ fight ~~she gets into~~. ~~Her attacks~~ basically go like this: The Lady of Pain floats toward you. Her shadow falls over you, and you feel the pain of ten thousand knives flaying the flesh from your bones. ~~[[Rocks fall, everyone dies\|~~You die.]] The only way to defend against the Lady of Pain's attacks is to grab your character sheet before the [[DM]] ~~manages to tear~~ it ~~up.~~		She is left deliberately statless (much like Caine over in [[Vampire: The Masquerade\|another 90s RPG]]) to prevent powergaming players trying to figure out ways to stomp her, and she's assumed to win any fight by fiat. Combat with the Lady of Pain basically goes like this: The Lady of Pain floats toward you. Her shadow falls over you, and you feel the pain of ten thousand knives flaying the flesh from your bones. You die. The only way to defend against the Lady of Pain's attacks is to grab your character sheet before the [[DM]] throws it in the shredder. To further elaborate why messing with the Lady is a terrible idea, the writers created [[Aoskar]], a god tailor-made for worship in Sigil. The moment one of her dabus began to worship him she deleted Aoskar ''and'' all of his temples with a snap of her fingers.

	~~If she knows what's good for her, she stays~~ the ~~fuck away from [[Bloody Path\|15th level 4th edition rogues]] (how can She cast a shadow on herself?), [[Pun-Pun]], and the [[Neutronium golem]]~~. ~~(That's a joke, only [[Pun-Pun]] stands a chance at escaping alive, much less actually doing anything against her)~~

	~~Jests aside, it is, unfortunately, common for [[That Guy\|certain kinds of DM]] to kill her off~~ with ~~their BBEG to show how strong~~ the ~~campaign villain~~ is ("[[Mary Sue\|oh mah Gawd, da villain just keeled da lady of pain, he's soo strong]]"). Any player faced with such a brand of dumbfuckery should seriously consider [[Old Man Henderson\|rebellion]] or [[RAGE\|physical violence]].

	Ignoring that killing the Lady of Pain would wreck the absolute balls out of not just Planescape, but utterly unravel every single aspect of the game system's settings on a fucking submolecular level, anyone who ''could'' pull off such a ~~hypothetical would be placed far beyond the realm of actually having to worry about any threat in existence~~, ~~let alone~~ the ~~hapless player characters whose sheets got wasted on this drivel. To give you an example, there used to be this god named~~ [[Aoskar]]~~. He was what would've been the ''perfect''~~ god for Sigil ~~if ever it were~~ to ~~have one, and~~ she ~~fucking~~ ''~~ONE-SHOTTED HIM~~'' with a snap of her fingers~~! And the only reason why she even bothered to kill him was because one of her Dabus turned to worshipping him~~.

	~~Very few sane players would try to take on a god~~, ~~even if their character is at~~ the ~~max~~ level ~~with truly powerful gear~~ (~~and in case of spellcasters~~, ~~some really OP spells). The gods can do as they will to us~~, ~~after all~~. ~~In some editions, some less-powerful gods might have one or two abilities that a PC would get a saving throw against… '~~'~~but the Lady~~ of ~~Pain can do as SHE wills~~ to ~~a god.~~'~~' <b>DO~~. ~~NOT. FIGHT. HER~~.~~</b>~~		If she knows what's good for her, she stays the fuck away from [[Bloody Path\|15th level 4th edition rogues]] (how can She cast a shadow on herself?), [[Pun-Pun]], and the [[Neutronium golem]]. It's lamentably common for [[That Guy\|certain kinds of DM]] to kill her off to show how strong his [[Mary Sue\|campaign villain]] is ("oh mah Gawd, da villain just keeled da lady of pain, he's sooo strong"). Any player faced with such a brand of dumbfuckery should seriously consider [[The Henderson Scale of Plot Derailment\|rebellion]] or [[Rage\|physical violence]].

	Some [[~~Internet~~ Troll]] decided to make fun of both [[Planescape]] fans and the haters of [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] by releasing a phony 4e-style "statblock" of the Lady of Pain, which still occasionally pops up on /tg/ when somebody really wants to piss off the Planescape fans, beyond just trolling them about the [[World Axis]]. ~~Ironically, if~~ you actually read the "statblock", it's basically done in the same vein as [[Cthulhu]] in most editions of [[Call of Cthulhu]], where Her every ~~action lets Her make an attack whose effect~~ is "You're dead, no saves" and Her defensive stats are all some variant of "It ~~didn~~'t work, and fuck you for trying".		Some [[Troll]] decided to make fun of both [[Planescape]] fans and the haters of [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] by releasing a phony 4e-style "statblock" of the Lady of Pain, which still occasionally pops up on /tg/ when somebody really wants to piss off the Planescape fans, beyond just trolling them about the [[World Axis]]. If you actually read the "statblock", it's basically done in the same vein as [[Cthulhu]] in most editions of [[Call of Cthulhu]], where Her every is "You're dead, no saves" and Her defensive stats are all some variant of "It don't work, and fuck you for trying".

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
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	The_Lady_of_Pain_Chibi_by_OneandPrime.jpg		The_Lady_of_Pain_Chibi_by_OneandPrime.jpg
	Lady of Poke.jpg\|~~Lady of Poke~~		Lady of Poke.jpg\|Beware her slow flaying shadow upon you.
	Lady_Tattoo.jpg		Lady_Tattoo.jpg
	Lady-007.jpg		Lady-007.jpg
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	Animu_Her_Serenity.jpg		Animu_Her_Serenity.jpg
	LadyOfPainTopless.jpg\|She can even cause a pain in your dick.		LadyOfPainTopless.jpg\|She can even cause a pain in your dick.
			Lady_of_Pain_(2).jpg\|Wait, shouldn't he be under her shad[[Blam\|OH SHI-]]
	Lady of Hmm.jpg		Lady of Hmm.jpg
	~~File:Lady of Pain (2).jpg~~
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	[[File: Lady of Pain by maddiel.jpg\|250px\|thumbnail\|Thou shalt not fuck with The Lady of Pain. Being mazed by her will be the least horrid experience you'll get.]]		[[File: Lady of Pain by maddiel.jpg\|250px\|thumbnail\|Thou shalt not fuck with The Lady of Pain. Being mazed by her will be the least horrid experience you'll get.]]

	~~The '''Lady~~ of ~~Pain''' is one~~ of the ~~primary figures~~ of ~~the [[Planescape]] campaign setting. She is an immensely powerful being who protects the city~~ of ~~[[Planescape#Sigil\|Sigil]] from outside forces. Despite being at least as powerful as any known deity~~, ~~she accepts no followers and is known to respond to those who try to worship her with extreme violence (although strangely~~, ~~not people who worship her in secret. There is at least one person in Sigil who secretly is a [[petitioner]]~~ of ~~The Lady whom she hasn~~'~~t destroyed~~)~~. While most Cagers don~~'~~t like to invoke her name lightly, the phrase "Her Serenity" is commonly used to refer to the Lady of Pain.~~		{{topquote\|O garment not golden but gilded,<br>O garden where all men may dwell,<br>O tower not of ivory, but builded<br>By hands that reach heaven from hell,<br>O mystical rose of the mire,<br>O house not of gold, but of gain,<br>O house of unquenchable fire,<br>Our Lady of Pain!\|Algernon Charles Swinburne, ''Dolores (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs)''}}

	~~Nobody knows exactly what she~~ is~~. There are rumors that she's part~~ of ~~a group called~~ the ~~Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate~~ the ~~gods and include such beings as~~ [[~~Jazirian~~]], [[~~Asmodeus~~\|~~Ahriman~~]] and [[~~Mok'slyk~~]]~~, also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered~~ [[~~Vecna~~]] ~~in his bid~~ to ~~take over the Multiverse~~ and ~~setting up shop in Sigil~~ she ~~was unable~~ to ~~drive him off: while~~ she ~~managed to force Vecna into a stalemate~~, ~~his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city~~ and ~~with it~~, ~~the Multiverse~~, ~~necessitating the~~ [[~~party~~]] ~~to take him down~~. ~~This puts her around the same power level as Mok~~'~~slyk, and while it gives some answers as~~ to ~~what she is and what~~ her ~~goals are~~, ~~it raises a lot more questions~~.		The '''Lady of Pain''' is one of the primary figures in the [[Planescape]] campaign setting. She is an immensely powerful being who protects the city of [[Planescape#Sigil\|Sigil]] from all outside forces. Despite being at least as powerful as any known deity, she accepts no followers and is known to respond to those who try to worship her with extreme violence (although oddly, it is suspected that Factol Hashkar of the [[Fraternity of Order]] is secretly a [[Petitioner]] of the Lady whom she has chosen to spare for whatever reason, and she oddly didn't banish him to the mazes as she did with most of the other Factols before he was assassinated, and even weirder, she also didn't kill Trolan, a mental patient who was delusional enough to think he could [[Bard\|seduce her]]). While most Cagers don't like to invoke her name lightly, the phrase "Her Serenity" is commonly used to refer to the Lady of Pain.

	She has two famous unique powers. First, ~~any one~~ who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out. The mazes can always (apparently, that's an inherent part of their nature) ~~be escaped from~~ but finding an exit can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue (or kill) the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely. Second, anyone ~~she casts a~~ shadow on has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed so they can never be resurrected.		Nobody knows exactly what she is. There are rumors that she's part of a group called the Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate the gods and include such beings as [[Jazirian]], [[Asmodeus\|Ahriman]], and [[Mok'slyk]], also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered [[Vecna]] in his bid to take over the Multiverse and set up shop in Sigil, she was unable to drive him off: while she managed to force Vecna into a stalemate, his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city and with it, the Multiverse, necessitating the [[party]] to take him down. This puts her around the same power level as Mok'slyk, and while it gives some answers as to what she is and what her goals are, it raises a lot more questions.

			She has two famous unique powers. First, anyone who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out or use any kind of magic to aid their escape. The mazes can always be escaped from (apparently, that's an inherent part of their nature), but finding the key to unlock the exit and then the exit itself can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue (or kill) the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely. Second, anyone her shadow falls over has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed completely so they can never be resurrected by any means.

			In 5th edition, she is slightly more merciful. If you get in her way or annoy her, she will cause you agonizing pain with a look that drops you down to 1 hp, and if you don't take the hint, THEN she will maze you.

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	She is left deliberately ~~statless~~ to prevent powergaming players trying to fight her or actually coming up with ways to defeat her in combat and is automatically assumed to win whatever fight she gets into. Her attacks basically go like this: The Lady of Pain floats toward you. Her shadow falls over you, and you feel the pain of ten thousand knives flaying the flesh from your bones. You die. The only way to defend against the Lady of Pain's attacks is to grab your character sheet before the [[DM]] manages to tear it up.		She is left deliberately stateless to prevent [[Lord British Postulate\|powergaming players trying to fight her or actually coming up with ways to defeat her in combat]] and is automatically assumed to win whatever fight she gets into. Her attacks basically go like this: The Lady of Pain floats toward you. Her shadow falls over you, and you feel the pain of ten thousand knives flaying the flesh from your bones. [[Rocks fall, everyone dies\|You die.]] The only way to defend against the Lady of Pain's attacks is to grab your character sheet before the [[DM]] manages to tear it up.

	If she knows what's good for her, she stays the fuck away from [[Bloody Path\|15th level 4th edition rogues]] (how can She cast a shadow on herself?), [[Pun-Pun]], and the [[Neutronium golem]].		If she knows what's good for her, she stays the fuck away from [[Bloody Path\|15th level 4th edition rogues]] (how can She cast a shadow on herself?), [[Pun-Pun]], and the [[Neutronium golem]]. (That's a joke, only [[Pun-Pun]] stands a chance at escaping alive, much less actually doing anything against her)

	~~...We joke about the above~~, ~~but~~ it is, unfortunately, common for [[That Guy\|certain kinds of DM]] to kill her off with their BBEG to show how strong the campaign villain is ("oh mah Gawd, da villain just keeled da lady of pain, he's soo strong"). Any player faced with such a brand of dumbfuckery should seriously consider rebellion or physical violence.		Jests aside, it is, unfortunately, common for [[That Guy\|certain kinds of DM]] to kill her off with their BBEG to show how strong the campaign villain is ("[[Mary Sue\|oh mah Gawd, da villain just keeled da lady of pain, he's soo strong]]"). Any player faced with such a brand of dumbfuckery should seriously consider [[Old Man Henderson\|rebellion]] or [[RAGE\|physical violence]].

	Ignoring that killing the Lady of Pain would wreck the absolute balls out of not just Planescape, but utterly unravel every single aspect of the game system's settings on a fucking submolecular level, anyone who ~~COULD~~ pull off such a hypothetical would be placed far beyond the realm of actually having to worry about any threat in existence, let alone the hapless player characters whose sheets got wasted on this drivel. To give you an example, there used to be this god named [[Aoskar]]. He was what would've been the ''perfect'' god for Sigil if ever it were to have one, and she fucking ''ONE-SHOTTED HIM'' with a snap of her fingers! And the only reason why she even bothered to kill him was because one of her Dabus turned to worshipping him.		Ignoring that killing the Lady of Pain would wreck the absolute balls out of not just Planescape, but utterly unravel every single aspect of the game system's settings on a fucking submolecular level, anyone who ''could'' pull off such a hypothetical would be placed far beyond the realm of actually having to worry about any threat in existence, let alone the hapless player characters whose sheets got wasted on this drivel. To give you an example, there used to be this god named [[Aoskar]]. He was what would've been the ''perfect'' god for Sigil if ever it were to have one, and she fucking ''ONE-SHOTTED HIM'' with a snap of her fingers! And the only reason why she even bothered to kill him was because one of her Dabus turned to worshipping him.

	Very few sane players would try to take on a god, even if their character is at the max level with truly powerful gear (and in case of spellcasters, some really OP spells). The gods can do as they will to us, after all. In some editions some less-powerful gods might have one or two abilities that a PC would get a saving throw ~~against...~~ ''but the Lady of Pain can do as SHE wills to a god.'' <b>DO. NOT. FIGHT. HER.</b>		Very few sane players would try to take on a god, even if their character is at the max level with truly powerful gear (and in case of spellcasters, some really OP spells). The gods can do as they will to us, after all. In some editions, some less-powerful gods might have one or two abilities that a PC would get a saving throw against… ''but the Lady of Pain can do as SHE wills to a god.'' <b>DO. NOT. FIGHT. HER.</b>

	Some [[Internet Troll]] decided to make fun of both [[Planescape]] fans and the haters of [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] by releasing a phony 4e-style "statblock" of the Lady of Pain, which still occasionally pops up on /tg/ when somebody really wants to piss off the Planescape fans, beyond just trolling them about the [[World Axis]]. Ironically, if you actually read the "statblock", it's basically done in the same vein as [[Cthulhu]] in most editions of [[Call of Cthulhu]], where Her every action lets Her make an attack whose effect is "You're dead, no saves" and Her defensive stats are all some variant of "It ~~don~~'t work, and fuck you for trying".		Some [[Internet Troll]] decided to make fun of both [[Planescape]] fans and the haters of [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] by releasing a phony 4e-style "statblock" of the Lady of Pain, which still occasionally pops up on /tg/ when somebody really wants to piss off the Planescape fans, beyond just trolling them about the [[World Axis]]. Ironically, if you actually read the "statblock", it's basically done in the same vein as [[Cthulhu]] in most editions of [[Call of Cthulhu]], where Her every action lets Her make an attack whose effect is "You're dead, no saves" and Her defensive stats are all some variant of "It didn't work, and fuck you for trying".

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	Nobody knows exactly what she is. There are rumors that she's part of a group called the Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate the gods and include such beings as [[Jazirian]], [[Asmodeus\|Ahriman]] and [[Mok'slyk]], also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered [[Vecna]] in his bid to take over the Multiverse and setting up shop in Sigil she was unable to drive him off: while she managed to force Vecna into a stalemate, his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city and with it, the Multiverse, necessitating the [[party]] to take him down. This puts her around the same power level as Mok'slyk, and while it gives some answers as to what she is and what her goals are, it raises a lot more questions.		Nobody knows exactly what she is. There are rumors that she's part of a group called the Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate the gods and include such beings as [[Jazirian]], [[Asmodeus\|Ahriman]] and [[Mok'slyk]], also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered [[Vecna]] in his bid to take over the Multiverse and setting up shop in Sigil she was unable to drive him off: while she managed to force Vecna into a stalemate, his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city and with it, the Multiverse, necessitating the [[party]] to take him down. This puts her around the same power level as Mok'slyk, and while it gives some answers as to what she is and what her goals are, it raises a lot more questions.

	She has two famous unique powers. First, any one who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out. The mazes can be escaped from but finding an exit can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely. Second, anyone she casts a shadow on has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed so they can never be resurrected.		She has two famous unique powers. First, any one who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out. The mazes can always (apparently, that's an inherent part of their nature) be escaped from but finding an exit can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue (or kill) the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely. Second, anyone she casts a shadow on has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed so they can never be resurrected.

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	Nobody knows exactly what she is. There are rumors that she's part of a group called the Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate the gods and include such beings as [[Jazirian]], [[Asmodeus\|Ahriman]] and [[Mok'slyk]], also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered [[Vecna]] in his bid to take over the Multiverse and setting up shop in Sigil she was unable to drive him off: while she managed to force Vecna into a stalemate, his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city and with it, the Multiverse, necessitating the [[party]] to take him down. This puts her around the same power level as Mok'slyk, and while it gives some answers as to what she is and what her goals are, it raises a lot more questions.		Nobody knows exactly what she is. There are rumors that she's part of a group called the Ancient Brethren (or the Elders), who predate the gods and include such beings as [[Jazirian]], [[Asmodeus\|Ahriman]] and [[Mok'slyk]], also known as the Serpent. When the latter empowered [[Vecna]] in his bid to take over the Multiverse and setting up shop in Sigil she was unable to drive him off: while she managed to force Vecna into a stalemate, his presence there would have eventually destroyed the city and with it, the Multiverse, necessitating the [[party]] to take him down. This puts her around the same power level as Mok'slyk, and while it gives some answers as to what she is and what her goals are, it raises a lot more questions.

	She has two famous unique powers. First, any one who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out. The mazes can be escaped from but finding an exit can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[~~thereal plane\|~~Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely. Second, anyone she casts a shadow on has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed so they can never be resurrected.		She has two famous unique powers. First, any one who sufficiently pisses her off gets transported to a maze-like [[demiplane]]. This is known as getting "mazed". These mazes resemble twisted and infinitely large copies of whatever part of Sigil the victim was in at the time. Victims do not age or need sustenance while mazed and cannot teleport out. The mazes can be escaped from but finding an exit can take an eternity. Since the mazes are located in the [[Ethereal Plane]], it's also possible for somebody else to rescue the victim, but even finding the right maze is a difficult task, making this highly unlikely. Second, anyone she casts a shadow on has their skin magically flayed from their body. Victims who are killed this way have their souls destroyed so they can never be resurrected.

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