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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4813793" data-attributes="member: 13892">That's an interesting question that I had never really considered. You're absolutely right in stating that worshipping an evil god in D&D provides a character with no immediate advantage over worshipping a good god. Sure, you may be able to obtain lichdom or become a demon someday, but all of that stuff happens later. Magic (i.e., instantaneous power) is played up as what evil gods offer as an enticement to worship them in the vast majority of Swords & Sorcery fiction. Evil gods in D&D, by default, lack that kind of enticement as worshipping any god (or just studying hard) grants you instantaneous power. In D&D, magic isn't at all rare, so the promise of magic alone doesn't make a very good carrot on a stick. In this vein, I've thought about allowing evil clerics and magi access to additional spells from Spell Law (Rolemaster) as many of the magics therein are considerably more foul or harmful than spells listed in any edition of D&D (things like Soul Destruction and Dark Contacts come to mind, for instance).</blockquote>