GEHENNA: When the Shadowfell Feels too Cheerful

Welcome to Gehenna: It’s Like Hell, but With Worse Real Estate and More Bureaucracy”

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Show Notes – Episode Title: “Gehenna: Evil Slopes and Infernal Bureaucracy”

Summary: In this infernal episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, the hosts return from Gen Con only to plummet straight into the burning basalt slopes of Gehenna—a plane so depressing it makes the Shadowfell look like Disneyland. They dive into the lore of the plane’s inhospitable geography, wildly impractical city design, and the kinds of inhabitants that only a sadistic game designer could love. Along the way, we meet Nymicry (a city that wants to eat you), the Tower of Arcana (where bureaucracy is tattooed into your skin), and the city of Portent (built on a corpse, because why not).

The hosts explore the goddess of torture, debate whether the Rogue class needs therapy or just a rebrand, and try to answer the ultimate question: “Why would anyone go to Gehenna… on purpose?”

• 2014 Dungeon Master’s Guide (affiliate link)
• 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide (affiliate link)
• Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes (affiliate link)
• Forgotten Realms Wiki - Gehenna
• Ghengis Sean 

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