l woudln't have posted it if I wasn't interested in seeing it used! Would love an in campaign answer to it sometime too!
As for other creatures having souls, I think the solid answer is, "who knows!?!" but the most likely answer is yes. Obviously the Ssethric creatures all have souls, as well as all human-kin and dwarves. Generally, as long as you aren't an arcanely created bioweapon (i.e. Elorii) intelligent living creatures appear to have souls. Intelligent is the key thing, as you can't sacrifice thousands of squirrels for ultimate power. Same with getting arcane energy from their blood, so there seems to be a connection between the two (though I would suspect there is arcane energy in Elorii blood as well)
Gnomie wrote:
I like this, and with the additions from trying to see Neroth and undeath memory...
So, here's how I see it. We have an Undead Nerothian Cleric who is pilfering gullibles to fund his experiments of trying to see Neroth and locating the exact moment when death becomes undeath and what memories are retained. AND steal another's soul. It's got layers of complexity!
Permission to use?
toodeep wrote:
I have long wondered with soul stealing being possible (or maybe just the pilfering of a dwarven soul shard or two), wouldn't it make sense to learn if you can burn someone else's soul to power your gaining of Neroth's blessing? You would have the blessing, and your soul! It seems like something an enterprising young Nerothian heretic (because messing with the blessing would certainly be heresy) could experiment with. Too bad the real experts on this kind of thing are Beltinians, and they would send you to the cauldron for recycling before you could finish the question...