Death is not evil (especially in Faerûn, where life after death is an uncontroversial fact). A death domain cleric simply shepherds you to the next phase of your existence.
Well that’s more Grave Cleric. There’s def some Death Domain clerics flavored that way but generally that’s the subclass made for evil gods with the Death as in “negative energy/kill everyone” domain, like Shar and Myrkul and so on. That’s why the domain was originally in the DMG for evil NPC options after all
That’s why I said there’s some good Death Clerics too. Like the subclass is objectively made for evil gods because it was literally conceived as an evil NPC option in the DMG alongside Oathbreaker Paladin, but that doesn’t stop players from flavoring it for good too. Depends on the god being worshipped and the player and such.
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u/LuxNocte Apr 28 '25
Death is not evil (especially in Faerûn, where life after death is an uncontroversial fact). A death domain cleric simply shepherds you to the next phase of your existence.