Template talk:Outer Planes

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Nine Hells

5th Edition seems to prioritize the name "Nine Hells" for the lawful evil Outer Plane. I searched some books on the D&D Beyond app for "Baator" and "Nine Hells" and found the latter was far more frequent:

Player's Handbook: "Baator" once ("The Nine Hells (of Baator)" in the table of outer planes in Appendix C), "Nine Hells" five times
Monster Manual: "Baator" twice in the section on devils, "Nine Hells" over 40 times in multiple sections
Dungeon Master's Guide: "Baator" twice, "Nine Hells" over 30 times
Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus (mostly set in the first layer of the Nine Hells, unsurprisingly): "Baator" 0, "Nine Hells" passim

The last seems particularly strong evidence to me that Wizards considers "Baator" to be legacy, largely obsolete terminology. For this reason I'm changing "Baator" to "Nine Hells of Baator" in the template. Hairy Dude (talk) 22:54, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]