Eberron - The dawn of the warforged (recruitment closed)

[TillForPie]

"The Treaty of Thronehold gave warforged their freedom, but only after great debate. House Cannith and Thrane argued ardently that warforged were not living creatures because they do not possess souls. Their evidence for this was that warforged cannot become undead by any known method, not even ghosts or shadows. They are immune to energy drain, and no one knows of a warforged soul in Dolurrh, the Realm of the Dead. Breland argued that because warforged can be raised and resurrected, they must have souls. Of course, House Cannith and Thrane countered that no warforged brought back from death told tales of any kind of afterlife. ... Today, many people continue to think of warforged as creatures without souls, and citizens of Thrane often refer to warforged as "the soulless."

"While no particular bond exists between kalashtar and the warforged, kalashtar are fascinated by the construct race, especially the question of their souls. The mystics of the kalashtar are certain that House Cannith does not have the power to create souls, yet it is clear that the warforged possess unique souls."
Races of Eberron

The question of their having souls, especially in-setting, seems to be an open one. If they do have souls those souls don't behave in entirely the same way as the souls of other living creatures. In a world where others are likely to refer to it as soulless I think it's fine (and maybe even likely) for Mosier's character to identify in that way.

 

[Shayuri]

It's totally fine, I agree. I hadn't read the part where there was an argument about whether or not they have souls either. That does add spice!

 

[Mosier]

To be fair, warforged have souls, of a sort. They can be raised from the dead and are vulnerable to effects that target souls.

No one's sure where those souls come from though, or what their ultimate nature is.

I think Warforged probably do have souls. Zeta is just convinced they don't.

Zeta is not very fun at parties.

 

[EvilPlatypus]

Lol. I look forward to the ingame banter

 

[EvilPlatypus]

Mosier, you can just post your char in the character thread.

Mosier and Voda, just jump in in the story thread, obviously you're the two warforged that split off, should you have any appropriate lore skills you can try and roll 'em.

 

[TillForPie]

Voda, I think Muncher has 2 HP more than he should. It's 8 per d10 hit die (8 * 4 = 32) plus 4 from your CON per level (4 * 4 = 16) so your HP should be 48.

 

[Voda Vosa]

Voda, I think Muncher has 2 HP more than he should. It's 8 per d10 hit die (8 * 4 = 32) plus 4 from your CON per level (4 * 4 = 16) so your HP should be 48.

No max hp for first level then?

 

[TillForPie]

Hadn't considered that - I figured we were getting more than the average amount anyhow. If that's the case it's my guy and the two I helped with that have the wrong HP values.

 

[EvilPlatypus]

No max HP for 1st level, just higher then average for each lvl.

I just realised the party isn't that well-endowed when it comes to lore-skills, i'll move on a bit

 

[TillForPie]

No max HP for 1st level, just higher then average for each lvl.

Then everyone else is a few HP higher than they should be. :3