Scalping

Scalping was the act of cutting or tearing a part of a creature's scalp, with hair attached, from its head. This was typically considered to be a morally evil and despicable act to commit, with some evil individuals keeping a collection of them as trophies of their deeds. However, some lawful neutral individuals like Jessa Vai saw it as an acceptable means of providing evidence that one had vanquished a foe.

Notable Practitioners

 * Renal Bloodscalp, a master thief and member of the Shadow Thieves, received his nickname as a result of his habit of scalping his assassination targets and leaving them behind at the scene of the crime.
 * Some committed this heinous act against hybsils in order to obtain their antlers, due to their alleged magical properties and the difficulty of obtaining naturally shed hybsil antlers.
 * Some quaggoths would commit this act against their sworn enemy, drow, as there were instances of war leaders hanging a collection of them from their greataxes.
 * The elite warriors of the Skullspike tribe, a tribe of goblins in the Moonsea lead by the cambion goblin Agrak, had garish pillows scattered about their barracks that were made of various humanoid scalps.

History
In the mid-14 century DR, this tortous act was committed by some in the Sword Coast upon bandits, such as members of the mercenary company Chill. Also around this time, some alchemists within Zhentil Keep were known to exclusively pay for hybsil antlers that were still attached to their scalp, believing this assured their magical efficacy.

In the, officer Jessa Vai of the Flaming Fist offered to pay the adventurer Gorion's Ward a bounty of 50 gold pieces per bandit scalp they gave to her while she stayed in Beregost.