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Can a night hag or succubus use Etherealness on the Outer Planes?
I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I haven't seen any official rulings.
1) The reason I ask is that in Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus page 109 in the description for the night hag Red Ruth in the Nine Hells, it says:
This seems to contradict the write-ups for the Etherealness action, which states: "Etherealness. The hag magically enters the Ethereal Plane from the Material Plane, or vice versa. To do so, the hag must have a heartstone in her possession."
2) Moreover, on page 131 it states of erinyes encountered at one point in the Nine Hells:
This seems to contradict the default great wheel cosmology of 5e, which describes the Ethereal Plane on page 48: "The Ethereal Plane is a misty, fog-bound dimension. Its "shores," called the Border Ethereal, overlap the Material Plane and the Inner Planes, so that every location on those planes has a corresponding location on the Ethereal Plane."
Any rules clarification on this? Are these bits from Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus a rules oversight? Or are they the rules operating according to the designers' intent?
I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I haven't seen any official rulings.
1) The reason I ask is that in Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus page 109 in the description for the night hag Red Ruth in the Nine Hells, it says:
If the characters attack or threaten Red Ruth during this negotiation, she simply slips away into the Ethereal Plane and doesn't return until they leave.
This seems to contradict the write-ups for the Etherealness action, which states: "Etherealness. The hag magically enters the Ethereal Plane from the Material Plane, or vice versa. To do so, the hag must have a heartstone in her possession."
2) Moreover, on page 131 it states of erinyes encountered at one point in the Nine Hells:
Deck patrols are bolstered by erinyes using truesight to search for ethereal and invisible enemies, making it unlikely that stowaways will stay hidden for long.
This seems to contradict the default great wheel cosmology of 5e, which describes the Ethereal Plane on page 48: "The Ethereal Plane is a misty, fog-bound dimension. Its "shores," called the Border Ethereal, overlap the Material Plane and the Inner Planes, so that every location on those planes has a corresponding location on the Ethereal Plane."
Any rules clarification on this? Are these bits from Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus a rules oversight? Or are they the rules operating according to the designers' intent?