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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist subplot "Hell of a Summer"- should this be possible? (spoiler alert)
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<blockquote data-quote="Lord of Nessus" data-source="post: 7793650" data-attributes="member: 7015610"><p>In one of the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist subplots, "Hell of a Summer", two wicked parents pledge the souls of their children to Asmodeus in exchange for riches and prestige. The eldest son (who I guess was twelve) had his soul taken immediately and his body turned into a Chain Devil; the two youngest will have their souls taken and be turned into Lemures when they turn nine unless a large sum of money and (other) souls are sacrificed. The PCs can choose to help or hinder this.</p><p></p><p>Now, my understanding was that in order for one's soul to wind up in the Nine Hells, you had to do something yourself, personally, to deserve to be there; i.e. Devil worship/service or other "Lawful Evil" deeds. Somebody else couldn't just pledge you. Other D&D sources have suggested that if an innocent soul is offered up to a evil god as a sacrifice, the soul goes to the plane of its alignment, not to the evil god in question. But here the parents are allowed to give up the souls of their presumably Good-aligned kids, and it seems profoundly unfair. I looked in other sources and found nothing that stated that you could condemn other people's innocent souls to the Nine Hells in exchange for rewards, so is this even legal under Hell's own laws? I would think that the other gods of Good and Law would have issues with this as well. But what do you think? Reasonable plotline, or not?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord of Nessus, post: 7793650, member: 7015610"] In one of the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist subplots, "Hell of a Summer", two wicked parents pledge the souls of their children to Asmodeus in exchange for riches and prestige. The eldest son (who I guess was twelve) had his soul taken immediately and his body turned into a Chain Devil; the two youngest will have their souls taken and be turned into Lemures when they turn nine unless a large sum of money and (other) souls are sacrificed. The PCs can choose to help or hinder this. Now, my understanding was that in order for one's soul to wind up in the Nine Hells, you had to do something yourself, personally, to deserve to be there; i.e. Devil worship/service or other "Lawful Evil" deeds. Somebody else couldn't just pledge you. Other D&D sources have suggested that if an innocent soul is offered up to a evil god as a sacrifice, the soul goes to the plane of its alignment, not to the evil god in question. But here the parents are allowed to give up the souls of their presumably Good-aligned kids, and it seems profoundly unfair. I looked in other sources and found nothing that stated that you could condemn other people's innocent souls to the Nine Hells in exchange for rewards, so is this even legal under Hell's own laws? I would think that the other gods of Good and Law would have issues with this as well. But what do you think? Reasonable plotline, or not? [/QUOTE]
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