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Souls and Spirits - are they necessary in order to exist?
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<blockquote data-quote="O-Castitatis-Lilium" data-source="post: 9254936" data-attributes="member: 7044618"><p>The soul is what it's called inside of a person and usually what it's called once dead and it moves on peacefully. A Spirit is what it's called when it hasn't moved on and is left behind because of something that wasn't done, anger, vengeance-seeking, or even because they died so quick they don't realize they are dead. You kind of need a soul in order to be, well you as a person. Sure the brain runs things, the mind thinks things, the soul is what you are as a person; at least that's how I view it. To me, you are effectively gone if any of those stops working, but we are getting in very sensitive territory with that statement, so I'm just going to end that there lol.</p><p></p><p>Personally in a game like DnD, I would say that considering that the Gods exist and take a somewhat active role in the world and people, then it's safe to assume that the soul goes to who they worship when they die and therefore it's needed to stay alive. I would have honestly ruled that he was gone and they needed to either use a wish to get him back, or in worst case scenario, go and find where his soul is to retrieve it and return it to his body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="O-Castitatis-Lilium, post: 9254936, member: 7044618"] The soul is what it's called inside of a person and usually what it's called once dead and it moves on peacefully. A Spirit is what it's called when it hasn't moved on and is left behind because of something that wasn't done, anger, vengeance-seeking, or even because they died so quick they don't realize they are dead. You kind of need a soul in order to be, well you as a person. Sure the brain runs things, the mind thinks things, the soul is what you are as a person; at least that's how I view it. To me, you are effectively gone if any of those stops working, but we are getting in very sensitive territory with that statement, so I'm just going to end that there lol. Personally in a game like DnD, I would say that considering that the Gods exist and take a somewhat active role in the world and people, then it's safe to assume that the soul goes to who they worship when they die and therefore it's needed to stay alive. I would have honestly ruled that he was gone and they needed to either use a wish to get him back, or in worst case scenario, go and find where his soul is to retrieve it and return it to his body. [/QUOTE]
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