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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6993786">Really depends on your Cosmology.&nbsp; In a more faerunian, many-god univerise, evil followers of evil gods get rewarded in the afterlife, provided that said follower's evil-doing does not explicitly undermine your god's goals in a manner they particularly care about.&nbsp; They don't get sent to the good gods version of hell, that's where evil followers of good gods go.&nbsp; And vicey-versy, dogooding followers of evil gods go.If you're running in a very &quot;heaven and hell&quot; sort of universe where good people universally go to the good place and bad people universally go to the bad place and &quot;good and bad&quot; are something you can get defined for you by the local holy book, then yes going to &quot;hell&quot; might be a problem.So, in order:A: becoming a lich is always a &quot;good&quot; idea for an evil-doer faced with certain damnation.&nbsp; It does of course, risk death in the process, and is very complicated.B: Reincarnation actually depends on the soul being free to return to the body.&nbsp; So this depends heavily on your cosmology.&nbsp; You may not be able to be reincarnated if your soul is already &quot;trapped&quot; in &quot;hell&quot;.&nbsp; Otherwise, you take the risk of yes, becoming a mindless badger.&nbsp; Oh, and having a druid who thinks you're worth reincarnating helps (I suggest saving the life of one and forcing them to owe you).C: Forced alignment change really doesn't mean anything.&nbsp; Okay, so now you've got a good heart.&nbsp; You're still responsible for numerous murders.&nbsp; Good people go to &quot;hell&quot; all the time for doing bad things.&nbsp; Did you do bad things?&nbsp; In a dualistic cosmology, you're still screwed.If your Assassin does get a glimpse into what awaits him (assuming that it is indeed a glimpse of eternal damnation).&nbsp; I suggest his best course of action would be to simply stop being a bad person.&nbsp; It may not save you from &quot;hell&quot; (if we take the Dr Who approach, you've seen it happen, now it must happen), but when you face judgement you can at least say you tried, which will put you ahead of many who didn't.&nbsp; Although, I'm betting if you play D&amp;D, which is why you're here, your world has a pantheon of gods.&nbsp; Just worship an evil one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 6993786"] Really depends on your Cosmology. In a more faerunian, many-god univerise, evil followers of evil gods get [I]rewarded[/I] in the afterlife, provided that said follower's evil-doing does not explicitly undermine your god's goals in a manner they particularly care about. They don't get sent to the good gods version of hell, that's where evil followers of good gods go. And vicey-versy, dogooding followers of evil gods go. If you're running in a very "heaven and hell" sort of universe where good people universally go to the good place and bad people universally go to the bad place and "good and bad" are something you can get defined for you by the local holy book, then yes going to "hell" might be a problem. So, in order: A: becoming a lich is always a "good" idea for an evil-doer faced with certain damnation. It does of course, risk death in the process, and is very complicated. B: Reincarnation actually depends on the soul being free to return to the body. So this depends heavily on your cosmology. You may not be able to be reincarnated if your soul is already "trapped" in "hell". Otherwise, you take the risk of yes, becoming a mindless badger. Oh, and having a druid who thinks you're worth reincarnating helps (I suggest saving the life of one and forcing them to owe you). C: Forced alignment change really doesn't mean anything. Okay, so now you've got a good heart. You're still responsible for numerous murders. Good people go to "hell" all the time for doing bad things. Did you do bad things? In a dualistic cosmology, you're still screwed. If your Assassin does get a glimpse into what awaits him (assuming that it is indeed a glimpse of eternal damnation). I suggest his best course of action would be to simply stop being a bad person. It may not save you from "hell" (if we take the Dr Who approach, you've seen it happen, now it [I]must[/I] happen), but when you face judgement you can at least say you tried, which will put you ahead of many who didn't. Although, I'm betting if you play D&D, which is why you're here, your world has a pantheon of gods. Just worship an evil one. [/QUOTE]

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