It is in my understanding Golarion does not have a whole lot of atheists, so as per the question above, what happens to their souls when they die? Do they go to Hell or the Abyss to be tortured for an eternity? Or do they go to the plan of their deity?
Thanks!
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It is in my understanding Golarion does not have a whole lot of atheists, so as per the question above, what happens to their souls when they die? Do they go to Hell or the Abyss to be tortured for an eternity? Or do they go to the plan of their deity?
Thanks!
It was actually covered in a module
If I remember correctly they become soul gems that keep Groeteus from bringing the endtimes to Pharasma's tower
Feel free to correct me, going from memory.
Which module is that?
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It should be noted that Golarion's atheists tend to believe that the gods exist, but are not worthy of worship, which isn't the view of most Earth atheists. Personally, I think the best coverage of that is in the novel Death's Heretic, but the basics are over at the wiki.
To your actual question, they are still judged by Pharasma. Some become disembodied entities in the Astral Plane or are reincarnated, but most end up in the Graveyard of Souls in the Boneyard.
Cheers!
Landon
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"Beyond the Vault of Souls" I believe. It was a 3.5 one.
I don't how much information is there, but it's covered briefly in The Great Beyond.
Cheers!
Landon
And evil souls would follow suit even if they are not atheists?
The way I see it is that clerics pledge their souls to their deity, so when they die if they lived true to their deities teachings they spend the after life in the plane of their deity. For evil clerics the quality of the after life depends on how powerful they were when they died. If they where really powerful they where when they died, if they where really strong it might be more bearable for them. A powerful cleric of Urgathoa (gluttony disease death) might become a Nabasu (demon) or undead (wight, Ghast). This might not seem like a good deal for most, but to a cleric of Urgathoa maybe it would be.
Evil followers would be similar, but would have to work harder to gain extra perks in the afterlife from their patron deity IMO. So a powerful follower of Urgathoa might become a ghoul (instead of a ghast).
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And evil souls would follow suit even if they are not atheists?
Sorry, I thought you were asking about atheists specifically.
All souls go to the Boneyard to be judged when they die. They typically are sent to their to deity's realm if they were a devout follower or the plane of their alignment otherwise.
So a devout follower of Adabar, regardless of alignment, would typically go to Adabar's domain in Axis. And a lawful evil person who wasn't very devout would go to Hell.
In cases where it isn't clear cut, Pharasma has courts that decide it. The planes and deities send representatives to argue their respective cases. The stickiest cases, often involving infernal contracts, are tried before Pharasma herself.
After that, their eventual fate depends on the domain or plane where they ended up.
Cheers!
Landon
Yup. One of the interesting things about Golarion, and D&D worlds in general, is that they lack the Judeo-Christian model of good and evil, cosmologically speaking. If you follow Asmodeus with all your heart and soul, which probably means you're evil, though not necessarily, you don't get punished by being sent to the nine hells. It's your reward. You want to be there.
If you aren't a real devote follower, you end up with what fits you best. In the case of evil, it means you are at the bottom of a of a pile of
A) Nazis from Hell.
B) Beings of utter hate and despair that want to consign you to oblivion, which may not be that bad relatively speaking. At least oblivion doesn't hurt.
C) A endless expanse of being filled with rage, lust, and ambition. Think High School, but no staff and more sex and drugs.
To me, this actually helps explain the villains that seem to pop up everywhere. In Golarion, it pays to be really evil. Wishy-washyness just means that you end up with a crappy afterlife. If you're going to be evil. Go big, or become a lemure.