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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 2131539" data-attributes="member: 3649"><p>I've only developed an idea of Hell for a couple of campaign worlds, because only in those did it matter. In most worlds I run, the main religions know that reincarnation occurs, so most don't worry about any heaven or hell; the vastmajority of people just are reborn after an indeterminate period. </p><p></p><p>The main version I use, when I use any, is a place that only the worst people go to. With the idea that only the very best people, cleansed of the sins they've committed, go on to an afterlife of peace, hell is for the people that have accumulated so much sin that they literally sink to the lower realms. Mostly, these are priests of evil gods, creatures that were born into their service (such as most orcs, goblins, etc), or people that have somehow attracted the attention of the Lower Powers. There is little punishment, because most of the people <em>want </em> to be there; they wouldn't be there otherwise. It's not a nice place by any stretch of the imagination, though. In much the sense that no truly evil party can trust each other or truly become friends, so to is Hell. Most of the formerly terrestrial life collects around the various citidals of the Dark Powers because the vast majority of the 'plane' belongs to the demons and devils. </p><p></p><p>Demons and devils are evil. Even the wimpiest demon is far more evil than any even vaguely human lifeform <em>can be</em>. They are eternal and immortal, evil unedning. They are the children of the dark gods and even the most evil man that has ever, ever lived fears and hates them. They always seek to tempt the living into evil, because those people become it's food/playthings after death if they become evil enough or can be snatched away and enslaved. </p><p></p><p>People can come to Hell in other ways. Walking there through the planes or through thinned veils. They can bargain themselves there in foolish pacts with demons (these almost always turn out badly, but true to human nature there is always someone who thinks that <em>he </em> will be the one to beat the odds). (He's wrong). People that come there unwillingly are the saddest of the lot and they frequently are tormented. </p><p></p><p>Physically, Hell is the formed will of the Dark Powers. It is a place where there is no happiness, no truth, no laughter, no friendship, no love, Those things cannot exist in the truly evil and so have no place here. Fear, selfishness, hatred, and pain are the order of the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 2131539, member: 3649"] I've only developed an idea of Hell for a couple of campaign worlds, because only in those did it matter. In most worlds I run, the main religions know that reincarnation occurs, so most don't worry about any heaven or hell; the vastmajority of people just are reborn after an indeterminate period. The main version I use, when I use any, is a place that only the worst people go to. With the idea that only the very best people, cleansed of the sins they've committed, go on to an afterlife of peace, hell is for the people that have accumulated so much sin that they literally sink to the lower realms. Mostly, these are priests of evil gods, creatures that were born into their service (such as most orcs, goblins, etc), or people that have somehow attracted the attention of the Lower Powers. There is little punishment, because most of the people [I]want [/I] to be there; they wouldn't be there otherwise. It's not a nice place by any stretch of the imagination, though. In much the sense that no truly evil party can trust each other or truly become friends, so to is Hell. Most of the formerly terrestrial life collects around the various citidals of the Dark Powers because the vast majority of the 'plane' belongs to the demons and devils. Demons and devils are evil. Even the wimpiest demon is far more evil than any even vaguely human lifeform [I]can be[/I]. They are eternal and immortal, evil unedning. They are the children of the dark gods and even the most evil man that has ever, ever lived fears and hates them. They always seek to tempt the living into evil, because those people become it's food/playthings after death if they become evil enough or can be snatched away and enslaved. People can come to Hell in other ways. Walking there through the planes or through thinned veils. They can bargain themselves there in foolish pacts with demons (these almost always turn out badly, but true to human nature there is always someone who thinks that [I]he [/I] will be the one to beat the odds). (He's wrong). People that come there unwillingly are the saddest of the lot and they frequently are tormented. Physically, Hell is the formed will of the Dark Powers. It is a place where there is no happiness, no truth, no laughter, no friendship, no love, Those things cannot exist in the truly evil and so have no place here. Fear, selfishness, hatred, and pain are the order of the day. [/QUOTE]
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