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How do you rationalize the extremely alien ethics and morality of the Outer Planes?
Take Arborea, for example, the Outer Plane that embodies CG. Both 2e Planes of Chaos and the 5e Dungeon Master's Guide have this to say about it:
>Arborea is a place of violent moods and deep affections, of whim backed by steel, and of passions that blaze brightly until they burn out. Its good-natured inhabitants are dedicated to fighting evil, but their reckless emotions sometimes break free with devastating consequences. Rage is as common and as honored as joy in Arborea.
In Arborea, if someone insults you, you can fly into a rage with "whim backed by steel" and then murder the other person with "devastating consequences," and you will be honored for it. This is the epitome of the CG alignment, apparently.
What of Bytopia? Diligence and fairness are made out to be the pinnacle of LG/NG... but so are capitalism and industry. Always LG/NG.
The Beastlands? Respect for nature in all its forms (animals, plants, storms) is the essence of NG/CG. Neither the animals nor the animal lords who live here are good-aligned. Never mind that hardly all druids are NG/CG.
Ysgard? Valorous warfare for no point other than the joy of battle is always CG/CN. Chaotic, sure, but slightly good? I doubt it.
Pandemonium? Mental illness is the height of CN/CE... so I suppose that means everyone gets dragged towards CN/CE the more serious their mental conditions are.
Carceri? Imprisonment is an inherently NE/CE act, apparently. Maybe "cruel imprisonment" would be appropriately evil-aligned, but why is imprisonment on the chaotic side? Even the lawful-only Mercykillers use this as a prison!
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>>47098366
D&D writers are not very bright, fresh headlines from 1974.
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>>47098366
>How do you rationalize the extremely alien ethics and morality of the Outer Planes?
They're fucking alien.
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>>47098366
Why is Tenshi the worst 2hu?
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>>47098428
The Outer Planes are shaped by the collective belief of all thinking creatures. This means that all the creatures of the multiverse can generally agree that giving in to extreme emotions and bashing someone's head in because they infuriated you adheres to the platonic ideal of CG (Arborea), and that capitalism and industry are two of the foremost principles of LG/NG (Bytopia).
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>>47098589
>The Outer Planes are shaped by the collective belief of all thinking creatures.
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>>47098366
Goddamn I hate your fucking animoo pictures.
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>>47100029
>Welcome to 4chan, faggot
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>>47098366
Arboreal says rage, not murder. Namely you may get the crap kicked out of you, or experience an unpleasant curse from the Seelie court but you probably won't die. That said most of the Outer Planes inhabitants are harder to kill than most Primes so their definition of "nonlethal" may not be what you expect.
Bytopia is all about overcoming obstacles. One layer is about communities, the other is focused on the individual. It's basically a giant game of Minecraft.
The Beastlands are nature in its purest form, it's good more in an uncorrupted sense then in an actually altruistic sense. Though it does attract good petitioners.
Asgard is war for a righteous cause. It's good tendencies become apparent when you compare it to its opposite number Acheron, which is war for no cause. It's where the great heroes go to hone their skills for the end of days when evil will be banished for good.
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>>47101215
Pandemonium is madness, but that's only part of its meaning. It's more futility and failure rather than pure insanity. The wind cannot be stopped, anything you build will be destroyed and the only constant is the shrill voices carried on the wind inciting you to violence.
Carceri is Chaotic because it is unlawful imprisonment. You can be stuck there for no reason at all. it's like a Planar version of the movie Brazil.
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>>47101044
Very few threads here on /tg/ spam touhous in every thread, constantly, like you do, asshole. This isn't fucking /a/.
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>>47101407
Lighten up sempai
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