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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM_Blake" data-source="post: 4116252" data-attributes="member: 57267">Good people go to nice places.Neutral people go to nice places that are different from where good people go, but very nice to the neutral person's outlook.Evil people go to scary places, but if they served their god well in life, then they tend to be put in charge of the scary place, given some power and authority, given an afterlife that really appeals to their evil nature. Those roasting in the agonizing fires of the Nine Hells are those who failed their god and are being punished, or those who were evil without serving an evil god (say, a succubus came to the material plane, tricked a guy into evil deeds, then he died, all without ever choosing an evil god to serve).But it's safe to say that nobody chooses to worship any evil god for a few dozen years if the end result is an eternity of hellfire. Evil gods reward their faithful followers because they want to have faithful followers.In a D&D world where Speak With Dead, Resurrection, Planar Travel, and Scrying exist, nobody has to take anything on faith. If worshipping Hextor means eternity in hellfire, then all the worshippers will know this. Hextor cannot trick them (well, maybe the weak, simple, evil masses, but the leaders and priests will be able to use those spells and find out what their fate is going to be).But yes, your original question was valid. If you did fail your evil god, or end up in hellfire some other way, and resurrection was offered to you, you would certainly take it. That just doesn't happen very often. The kind of evil guy who is likely to receive a resurrection is also likely to be well rewarded in the Nine Hells. The kind of evil guy who is roasting in hellfire is not very likely to receive a resurrection in the first place.</blockquote>

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