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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 6491313" data-attributes="member: 13009">Warforged are not just dudes.They are complex living constructs.Constructed for a war now over, given the rights of personage but denied the ability to make more of themselves, facing racism, they are veterans who constantly struggle with finding a purpose besides killing other creatures, they desperately want to find themselves and some take on personalities of other human or demi-human individuals.They live in a world where a good number of people view them as nothing more than a talking magic item, without a soul, that can be bought and sold, torn apart and rebuilt, that their existence is the same as a lighting train or skyship.There are protests about them finding jobs, because they can work twice as long for half the pay since they don't need much sleep or rest and have no need to spend money on food.There is a resistance group forming, led by a violent and bloodthirsty leader who wishes to start another war but this time a war between warforged and the races made of flesh.To know that you might have killed your companions grandparents in a war that lasted 100 years, that you will might live a long time but wont ever be able to create another of your kind.Do you have a soul?  This thought occurs to them, you were not made by the gods, but if you pray to them they answer your prayers, healing magic works on you including bringing back from destruction, so you must have a soul right...maybe?  Where does something that wasn't made by the gods go when they die?  Struggles with existence and faith are common.So yeah in a way they are a lot like humans, with issues and problems, but they have a few only other warforged understand.</blockquote>

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