Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Souls and Spirits - are they necessary in order to exist?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9255115" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Sure. Because being dead is pretty much the least interesting result the game can produce. Living with complications is more interesting.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That if they die, there is no form of raise or resurrection that will work seems the most basic thing. Other magic that interacts with the spirit/soul may have limited or altered functionality. If a necromancer finds out the character is in this state, for example, that could be interesting. Maybe planar travel will no longer work the same way for this character, etc...</p><p></p><p>I like the invisibility to undead thing, but might modify it somewhat - some undead have working eyes. But there are other spiritual entities who might not perceive the character as well. </p><p></p><p>On a case-by-case basis I might want to consider the character's relationship with their deity or other magics, to see if there's cool stuff to be done there, that might need to be discussed with the player. Like... your god forces you to be a Grave Domain cleric until you get this fixed, or whatever....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9255115, member: 177"] Sure. Because being dead is pretty much the least interesting result the game can produce. Living with complications is more interesting. That if they die, there is no form of raise or resurrection that will work seems the most basic thing. Other magic that interacts with the spirit/soul may have limited or altered functionality. If a necromancer finds out the character is in this state, for example, that could be interesting. Maybe planar travel will no longer work the same way for this character, etc... I like the invisibility to undead thing, but might modify it somewhat - some undead have working eyes. But there are other spiritual entities who might not perceive the character as well. On a case-by-case basis I might want to consider the character's relationship with their deity or other magics, to see if there's cool stuff to be done there, that might need to be discussed with the player. Like... your god forces you to be a Grave Domain cleric until you get this fixed, or whatever.... [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Souls and Spirits - are they necessary in order to exist?
Top