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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7262095" data-attributes="member: 6801845">In my campaign I've actually thought about this a bit, the short answer is &quot;it depends&quot;.Most undead are simply magical entities with no souls, even powerful undead such as vampires. Liches are a weird case - they have a soul but it does not animate them, the soul is stored in their phylactery.In other cases people that die have their souls go to the Shadowfell (all souls go through the Shadowfell on their way to their final resting place).&nbsp; If the soul doesn't get to their destination (Valhalla, Helheim or wherever) their soul slowly &quot;evaporates&quot;* until there is merely a spell created by the imprint of the soul.&nbsp; Thus ghosts that are &quot;fresh&quot; may have a remnant of a soul, but the older they are the less soul they have.On the other hand creatures such as vampires are just improved versions of zombies.&nbsp; The person died and their soul went elsewhere.However, sometimes a soul can get &quot;stuck&quot;, and are never able to get to their final resting place because their body is animated.&nbsp; This is why necromancy is considered EVIL.&nbsp; It also means that occasionally certain undead may have special powers or be susceptible to other influences.*I think I stole this idea from Supernatural when Bobby died</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7262095, member: 6801845"] In my campaign I've actually thought about this a bit, the short answer is "it depends". Most undead are simply magical entities with no souls, even powerful undead such as vampires. Liches are a weird case - they have a soul but it does not animate them, the soul is stored in their phylactery. In other cases people that die have their souls go to the Shadowfell (all souls go through the Shadowfell on their way to their final resting place). If the soul doesn't get to their destination (Valhalla, Helheim or wherever) their soul slowly "evaporates"* until there is merely a spell created by the imprint of the soul. Thus ghosts that are "fresh" may have a remnant of a soul, but the older they are the less soul they have. On the other hand creatures such as vampires are just improved versions of zombies. The person died and their soul went elsewhere. However, sometimes a soul can get "stuck", and are never able to get to their final resting place because their body is animated. This is why necromancy is considered EVIL. It also means that occasionally certain undead may have special powers or be susceptible to other influences. [I]*I think I stole this idea from Supernatural when Bobby died[/I] [/QUOTE]

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