The Temples of Desire are the oldest continuous institutions in DungeonLand. One stands in every realm, and most sizable settlements maintain at least a shrine or a circuit priest attached to the nearest temple. Their charge is sexual healing: the restoration of body, mind, and Tingle through trained erotic practice, medicine, and magic. In local speech they are simply “the temples.” Their function is to keep everyone happy, healthy, and away from Horning Out.
Priests and priestesses train for years in three overlapping arts: Eros, Medicine, and Magic. The erotic curriculum covers sexual anatomy, collaborative entanglement, arc pacing, and the practical differences among various races, bodies, genders, and kinks. The medicinal curriculum covers herbs, spores, oils, geothermal soaks and nectar refinement, as well as the ordinary business of wounds, infection, and exhaustion. The magical curriculum includes complex spells that can move Tingle, ease Resolve damage, or stabilize tingle dynamics in the body. A fully trained healer can do all three in the same hour. Most temples also keep lay attendants, collectors, and guards.