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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8404785" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Which doesn’t explain why in other places he is the representative of Tyranny.The real explanation, as mentioned earlier, is the inconsistent writing. But I think if we were to work in the meta-textual level to fix the inconsistent writing, Asmodeus is far more fitting as the Lord of Tyranny, than of Indulgence. Yes, he tempts people, but Tyranny is tempting, when portrayed intelligently.I also find the idea of “sin” in the DnD worlds bizarre. Sin is, definitionally, “an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law”. So, you can only sin if you break the laws of the gods… so murder isn’t a sin, because we have a god of murder. Neither is torture, because we have a god of torture. Greed? Waukeen is the goddess of Wealth, she isn’t all in on greed but it is a very fine line. Pride? Sune is the goddess of Beauty, and practically oozes pride from every pore.I don’t think you could find a classical sin that doesn’t have a God supporting it at least in part, so the concept of Sin doesn’t fit into the paradigm of DnD.</blockquote>