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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amphytrion" data-source="post: 9793569" data-attributes="member: 7046181">The authors clearly think that the god’s residence in the plane tell the player something, otherwise they wouldn’t have included it. I checked the 2024 DMG, which has the following to say about it, after stating that gods aren’t bound by mortal concepts of alignment:“That said, gods tend to live on the Outer Planes most closely match their general alignment tendencies, so it's safe to assume that the teachings of a god who resides in Pandemonium (a plane of rampant chaos and evil), encourage behavior that is Chaotic Evil, while a god who resides in Elysium (the plane of pure good) encourages Neutral Good behavior.”Bhaal, whose characterization (and alignment) moved from lawful evil (2e) to neutral evil (SCAG) to chaotic evil (Descent Into Avernus) over the past 30 years, probably shouldn’t be in Gehenna any longer even if we say he no longer has an alignment. His teachings encourage behavior that is chaotic evil. It also has nothing to do with Gehenna, plane of boundless egoism and avarice.The same book states that the planes slowly bend you to their alignment. Even if we assume the god is immune, his servitors and petitioners are not.Either way, I’m getting sidetracked. My initial point was that most players don’t know what to do with this information. If it is meant to indicate alignment of teachings, then it’s really alignment with extra steps. A change in header to “encouraged behavior” would have sufficed. If it’s not meant to convey that because plane is not a reliable proxy, it’s not very useful to the player. This is a very minute portion of the book. My main points were all contemplated in the original comment.</blockquote>

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