DMZ2112
Chaotic Looseleaf
I've always had a tough time remembering the order the lower planes come in on the Great Wheel, and I think I just came to understand why: Gehenna and Tarterus/Carceri are flipped.
Can anyone defend the existing design concepts of Gehenna and Tarterus/Carceri in a comparative light and with an eye on their respective positions in the alignment rose?
Gehenna is a violent, elemental plane of floating active volcanoes. Tarterus/Carceri is a prison plane made up of a string of nested spheres. So why is Gehenna the plane of Neutral Evil Law and Tarterus/Carceri the plane of Neutral Evil Chaos?
I know that the NE(L) gods live on Gehenna and the NE(C) gods live on Carceri, but that is a foregone conclusion. I don't think arguments involving the gods and other denizens of these planes hold water, because for the most part they've been assigned according to alignment, not geography.
There's nothing about the geography of Gehenna that would preclude the Revolutionary League building their headquarters there, if it were the plane of NE(C), for instance, and there's nothing about Tarterus/Carceri that would not suit Loviatar if it were the plane of NE(L).
Can anyone defend the existing design concepts of Gehenna and Tarterus/Carceri in a comparative light and with an eye on their respective positions in the alignment rose?
Gehenna is a violent, elemental plane of floating active volcanoes. Tarterus/Carceri is a prison plane made up of a string of nested spheres. So why is Gehenna the plane of Neutral Evil Law and Tarterus/Carceri the plane of Neutral Evil Chaos?
I know that the NE(L) gods live on Gehenna and the NE(C) gods live on Carceri, but that is a foregone conclusion. I don't think arguments involving the gods and other denizens of these planes hold water, because for the most part they've been assigned according to alignment, not geography.
There's nothing about the geography of Gehenna that would preclude the Revolutionary League building their headquarters there, if it were the plane of NE(C), for instance, and there's nothing about Tarterus/Carceri that would not suit Loviatar if it were the plane of NE(L).