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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9276087" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>My point was just that his soul was the thing that was at stake. And this is easy enough to know just from watching movies. The whole vampires cast no reflection because they have no soul thing you can learn from watching something like Fright Night. Though the lore obviously varies. Personally I always like the idea that Dracula made a pact with the devil and so his soul belongs to Satan. I haven't watched Buffy so I don't know what that show would teach you. In Strahd's case, I could be incorrect, but for some reason I thought he still had a soul. but the point is you can get an idea of what a soul is just from watching a variety of movies. And if you come to Ravenloft armed with that knowledge, you won't be confused if the people who inhabit it have souls</p><p></p><p>I haven't ever watched Buffy so I can't comment on how well that relates to this discussion</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No I am not. That wasn't my point at all. I am just responding to your point that people are letting their own view of what a soul is color their reaction to the soulless concept in the module. My point was I could care less about his view on souls. That wasn't the issue for me. So it isn't affecting how I respond to his concept. But I do think his authorial intent matters in terms of describing the concept in CoC. I am not saying don't listen to the man's clarifications or attempt to understand what he was intending. I am saying I am not bothered by whatever his personal view of souls are and if that view is expressed in CoC. This isn't the issue of rme. The issue was the concept doesn't work for me in the module . I just think it is terrible idea.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, I am not concerned about the author's personal beliefs. My point was in life, I not have a particularly strong conclusion about the nature of souls. But in the Ravenloft setting, I think this idea that Barovians don't have them, feels incredibly off. It just doesn't work for me. I just find this idea that only certain people in Barovia have souls to be incredibly stupid as a setting concept and not at all in line with the original setting. That is just my opinion of course. If you think it works brilliantly then that is perfectly fair. I just am not personally a fan of this at all</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9276087, member: 85555"] My point was just that his soul was the thing that was at stake. And this is easy enough to know just from watching movies. The whole vampires cast no reflection because they have no soul thing you can learn from watching something like Fright Night. Though the lore obviously varies. Personally I always like the idea that Dracula made a pact with the devil and so his soul belongs to Satan. I haven't watched Buffy so I don't know what that show would teach you. In Strahd's case, I could be incorrect, but for some reason I thought he still had a soul. but the point is you can get an idea of what a soul is just from watching a variety of movies. And if you come to Ravenloft armed with that knowledge, you won't be confused if the people who inhabit it have souls I haven't ever watched Buffy so I can't comment on how well that relates to this discussion No I am not. That wasn't my point at all. I am just responding to your point that people are letting their own view of what a soul is color their reaction to the soulless concept in the module. My point was I could care less about his view on souls. That wasn't the issue for me. So it isn't affecting how I respond to his concept. But I do think his authorial intent matters in terms of describing the concept in CoC. I am not saying don't listen to the man's clarifications or attempt to understand what he was intending. I am saying I am not bothered by whatever his personal view of souls are and if that view is expressed in CoC. This isn't the issue of rme. The issue was the concept doesn't work for me in the module . I just think it is terrible idea. Again, I am not concerned about the author's personal beliefs. My point was in life, I not have a particularly strong conclusion about the nature of souls. But in the Ravenloft setting, I think this idea that Barovians don't have them, feels incredibly off. It just doesn't work for me. I just find this idea that only certain people in Barovia have souls to be incredibly stupid as a setting concept and not at all in line with the original setting. That is just my opinion of course. If you think it works brilliantly then that is perfectly fair. I just am not personally a fan of this at all [/QUOTE]
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