How to Flesh Out Your Afterlife - Questions to Ask to Help Develop the Concepts of Afterlife in your Homebrew World

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Today we talk about the afterlife. Listen to episode 109 of our show to learn about death in D&D if you want more on this topic.

Here are some questions to help you flesh out the topic of the afterlife in you

1. Is there an afterlife?
2. How many types are there? With many different gods who rule over many different domains, you need to know how many afterlifes are there?
3. Are there any negative ones?
4. What is it like in any of those afterlifes? You need some sort of description of the experience a soul would have in that afterlife.
5. What interactions do souls have with their deity and with other souls?
6. What determines whether they end up in one afterlife versus another? Is it a pick and choose, or do actions determine the eternal resting place of a soul.
7. Is there a chance you end up where you don’t want to be?
8. Is it permanent? Once you’re in one type of afterlife, can you change to a different afterlife, even if you don’t want to?
9. Has anyone returned to life from the afterlife? If so, what do they remember?
10. Do people know or understand the afterlife?

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