General comment on the plane :
It is Hell, where sympathy withers and malice blooms.
It is home to devils.
It is the plane where the rule of law reveals evil's heart.
The Nine Hells of Baator best satisfy the imagination of travelers, the greed of treasure-seekers, and the battle-fury of paladins. It is the ultimate plane of law and evil, the epitome of premeditated, crafted cruelty. The baatezu (devils) of the Nine H ells all obey a higher law than themselves, but all that really means is that they chafe and rebel in their own caste. Most undertake any plot or action, no matter how foul, to advance themselves. At the very top of the hierarchy are the archdevils.
Baator competes with any other lower plane for its sheer diversity of vileness. The devils are more cunning, more subtle, and more dangerous than other fiends?or so say the baatezu. A demon revels in slavering, insane, evil power, but a devil always has an agenda, a plan of attack, and a carefully conceived plot for retribution if necessary.
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