#listposting

screwdrivers limited utility, because they're simply not that pointy and would require a lot of force to break the skin or do any significant damage to the more muscular areas of the body. best for eyes and POSSIBLY stabbing someone in the stomach but only if you're REALLY willing to commit. 4/10.

crescent wrench a classic. note that your average crescent wrench isn't AS good as its bigger, badder cousin the pipe wrench, but still pretty useful for applying blunt force. you get out of it what you put in. 6/10.

pliers doesn't offer a great variety of uses, but if you want to pull something off/out of someone, this is the tool you want. pretty much Only good for teeth, nails, and hair, but let's be real, if you're already yanking bits off of someone, does it matter that you can't stab them? 7/10

wire cutters same drawbacks as the pliers, none of the advantages. i GUESS you could use them as like... very small scissors, but like, practically? no. 1/10

dead-blow mallet difficult to call this one. it IS designed to impart maximal force on the thing being hit without losing energy to recoil and offers great precision, but it's also just... not that hard. best used on the more fragile parts of the body (hands & feet, maybe face) because it isn't gonna be hard enough to break any larger bones. 5/10

ball-peen hammer (pictured below)

NOW you're talking. metal head, two different shapes to hit with, and it's better than a wrench because it's SUPPOSED to be used for hitting things. loses a point for being pretty lightweight though. 9/10

claw hammer (pictured below)

sounds good but is actually a Major disappointment because the claw is just... not good for inflicting damage. want to hit someone with the pointy end with ANY amount of force? too bad, you can't, there's a fucking handle in the way! the angles just Don't Work. 0/10

rip hammer (pictured below)

kind of like a claw hammer except superior in literally every way. THIS is a hammer with a pointy bit that you can REALLY drive into a person's flesh. 20/10

chisels depends on how well you treat your chisels tbh. pretty much nobody but hardcore woodworkers actually keeps their chisels properly sharpened. even when slightly dull, they're still pretty good for stabbing, though. 6/10

hand saw this is the only fucking blade on this list (i crey) and it IS toothed which is always fun. aesthetically, not so great, though, yanno? unless you’re Into that whole sort of lumberjack thing, i guess. but it's still more Functional than a lot of other hand tools if you want to hurt someone so. 8/10

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driver bit (any shape):

okay. so. probably not very good. but i think it would be fun to TRY. and if that fails you can always use it to drive a screw into them, which is, as we’ve established previously, VERY sexy. still, even with that, i can only give it a 2/10

drill bit:

a classic. somewhat limited in the amount of damage it can do compared to larger bits like the spade and forstner, but incredibly versatile because of the small sizes available (starting at 1/16”, typically maxing out at 1/2”). good for inflicting pain without doing Too Much damage. also gets points for the fact that if you own a power drill, you PROBABLY own a set of drill bits. as they say, the best torture tool is the one you have with you! 7/10

auger bit:

a lot like a normal drill bit except Wiggly! i just think they’re fun. ok, functionally, they pick up in diameter where drill bits leave off at 1/2”, and you can get them all the way up to 1.5”. also, while most bits are only a few inches long, wood augers come in lengths of up to two feet, which opens up some possibilities. like drilling a hole All The Way Through someone. that would be great. 10/10

spade bit:

will do MASSIVELY more damage than either a drill or an auger bit, even at comparable sizes. these things do Not drill clean holes, which sucks when you’re like, doing carpentry, but is a plus for torture! the brad point (spiky bit in the middle) helps guide the drill and also offers a delightful, stabby little preview of what’s coming to your victim. my only concern is that the messy nature of the holes drilled (especially at lower speeds) could result in accidental damage to adjacent tissue and organs due to slippage, so you’d have to be careful to avoid that if it’s a concern. still, overall very good. 8/10

forstner bit:

similar to a spade bit in the profile of the hole it’ll drill, but comes in sizes of up to 2 inches, compared to the spade and auger max diameters of 1.5 inches. slightly less intimidating due to the fact that the brad point is less obvious and it’s a more complex shape that your victim might not really Register as “oh shit that thing drills Big Holes”, but effective nonetheless. same problem with low speeds but it’s less likely to slip and more likely to simply not penetrate. probably best just used for actual woodworking, but not totally devoid of torture utility. 5/10

hole saw:

the weird cousin of drill bits tbh. good intimidation factor thanks to the "saw" aspect. however, i do feel like the larger ones are big enough that you'd have to start worrying about the locations of arteries etc, which is SUCH a drag when you just want to torture somebody. would definitely be a fun and terrifying way to murder someone, but that's not the goal here. 3/10

step drill bit:

imo surreal nightmares get short shrift in fiction

like eeeeeveryone loves to use “nightmare, but Super Realistic, so it’s a HUGE SHOCK when it turns out to have been a DREAM” because they’re too cowardly to commit to doing certain things to their characters

but let’s be real, MOST nightmares (and dreams in general) aren’t “things that could Conceivably Happen In Real Life”, they’re weird jumbles of ideas and scenarios and people, and things just happen without any apparent chain of cause and effect

which can be REALLY GOOD! pros of surreal dreams include:

randomness of events is frightening and disorienting to both character and reader

explore themes and symbols that aren’t significantly present in the experiences being dreamed about, but can be associated subconsciously or added by way of Dream Logic

link MULTIPLE traumas by way of mashing them all into a nightmare together. now your character associates them with each other and any trigger is twice as bad!

provide New character info via the dream that wasn’t shown in the actual experience

the scene can change without you having to show the changes happening (because that’s how dreams work), allowing you to get right to the juicy parts

i personally enjoy it greatly

person with wildly deficient moral compass & the unfortunate soul whom they have decided to make their Moral Compass Replacement. said poor soul loves them but also is feeling the strain of having to make decisions for two people

person with wildly deficient moral compass & person who is Not Happy that their friend just slaughtered a bunch of people to save them, no matter HOW MUCH their friend thinks they deserved it for daring to abduct & torture them

person with wildly deficient moral compass & person with STRICT moral compass but it points, like, south-southwest. together, They Do Crime