Guide to the Nine Hells of Baator | D&D Planescape

"Did you ever hear of the tragedy of Asmodeus the fallen? I thought not, it's not a story your gods would tell you. It's a myth of creation. Asmodeus once known as Ahriman was an upholder of order, so knowledgeable and so powerful he could influence the chaotic void to create law He had such a knowledge of law that he could even keep at bay the demon hordes. Unfortunately he couldn't convince the gods to decide upon the center of creation and without their uplifting wings he fell into the lowest pits of the hells. Ironic he could uphold the law, but not himself"

I love your example of Jeff Bezos as a lawful evil character

Holy crap, one hour of Planescape content. Impressive, Wade 🎉👏

The satanic panic was really annoying...our group had to change gaming locations a half dozen times because of some sort of outrage and crazy accusations of devil worship and whatnot. As a teenager back then, it always struck me as weird that the "adults" couldn't see it was all made up. It still seems weird. Good content, btw. Even after decades of playing and DMing, it was interesting and gave me ideas for my current infernally influenced campaign. Thanks!

Good call on the “bay-eh-tor” solution, I think that’s the best choice. I think all of these pronunciations should be based on which one sounds best

First time seeing your channel, I'm only seven minutes in and already subscribed. Awesome work! Super stocked to watch more of your dnd stuff.

Great video. The abyss is the most obvious next choice.

Mr Allen - I’m a huge fan of Planar Lore and this was a concise yet wonderfully thorough treatment of The Nine Hells. Well done. Asmodeus was listed in the 1e AD&D Monster Manual as the Ruler of Hell. Additional treatments of the hierarchy of Hell was provided in Dragon Magazine #76 from August ‘83.

Great explanation of evil using the corporate analogy.

Love me a long form lore video. Currently in a plane hopping DnD game so this info is valuable to not let my party TPK

3:50-4:10 I just can't with you roasting a certain billionaire, I just fell out 😂😂

Just found this video in recommendation, subbed after hearing yer narration. Looking forward to more lore videos, love it!

I loved this video so much. The lore, rules, and history are layed out nearly perfectly and concisely. The only thing I wish was talked about more was Malbolge and what happened to Malagard when Glasya took it over. The whole layer is covered in a bloated and fat Malagard's remains after she imploded. Her bones, hair, skin, blood, etc covers the cliffs and Glasya makes her home out of her huge skull. Other inhabitants carve out dwellings from her bones and skin and stuff. Also, a lot of cool art and new 5e lore for all of the Hells was included in Chains of Asmodeus and from the info provided from this video, I assume you aren't aware or chose to omit what was in that book. Not saying that as a bad thing necessarily since this is mostly following 2nd edition by default but I would have really loved the comprehensiveness of the lore of this video to go from 95% to 100%. Either way, superb video!!

Your planescape videos are really good! Can't wait to see some more

Fantastic video bro. Absolutely brilliant sir!👏👏👏

My reconciliation of viewing other infinite layers (a quirk not unique to Baator) depends on the plane in question, but can be best described as “weather and planet gazing”. To a mortal, the description should feel uncanny, but the natives talk about it the way we talk about meteor showers, eclipses, and constellations. For some layers, the rest appear almost peacefully in the night sky, for others like rifts and tears in reality, and for other like an overlaid optical illusion, or shimmering like the aurora borealis. Embracing the weirdness and treating it as totes ordinary does a lot to let you keep each plane’s phenomenon feel right

Nice work Wade. Takes a lot of research and time to put this all together.

Thank you for this incredible video, when the episodes on The Abyss and Hades come out I will die happy <3

Long form D&D lore that is well narrated? Automatic sub! 😁 Thank you.

This is such a comprehensive video. Thank you so much!!!