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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1860139" data-attributes="member: 707">I am not a Biblical scholar, but as far as I know, purgatory is not "a neutral ground in the cosmos where souls go before moving on..."  It's a place where souls that are tainted but not lost receive their punishment and cleansing before moving on to Heaven.  A soul in Purgatory will, eventually, rise to Heaven.  Purgatory is more of a "Hell-lite" than a neutral ground of any sort.At least, that's my understanding of it.As far as D&D is concerned, there's no really good description of what happens in the afterlife, probably to avoid controversy.  The only bit I can think of is in the Manual of the Planes, which describes petitioners.  Though, to be honest, I've always hated the idea of petitioners ever since I first read about them.  Ascend to the realm of your god...and lose everything you are to wander around listlessly, devoid of thought or purpose...  Talk about Hell...</blockquote>