tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post832294815183252252..comments2024-03-25T19:47:36.154-07:00Comments on Goblin Punch: Heaven, Hell, and the Souls BetwixtArnold Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-81772205755497671472021-06-09T00:09:50.167-07:002021-06-09T00:09:50.167-07:00So what's the difference between severing the ...So what's the difference between severing the animal and the red soul? Because "losing emotion and instinct" and "losing personality" seem kinda the same.TheShribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650780209187921011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-76872206970212633922020-11-03T14:55:03.487-08:002020-11-03T14:55:03.487-08:00Did a lil something inspired by your conception of...Did a lil something inspired by your conception of the soul: https://archonsmarchon.blogspot.com/2020/11/your-soul-has-cancer.htmlsemiurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613841869525544649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-24925584040702176632017-11-09T00:41:14.255-08:002017-11-09T00:41:14.255-08:00So the magically inept blue-skinned ladies that la...So the magically inept blue-skinned ladies that lack qualia and are conceived with a special magic item... Lack a blue soul?Kile D. Asmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05027315212002280840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-27805519998188662802017-07-27T07:56:41.867-07:002017-07-27T07:56:41.867-07:00Does that mean the Four Winds (and all the others)...Does that mean the Four Winds (and all the others) lack a Mineral soul?Spwackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247063374457045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-30964831704687457472017-07-17T12:54:29.082-07:002017-07-17T12:54:29.082-07:00I love this, but think i'll condense it into j...I love this, but think i'll condense it into just 6 souls to line up with the 6 stats of D&D.<br />Spirit's kind of nebulous so I think I'll fold it in with memory to create the Intelligence soul.<br />I'll also put the Charisma soul at the end of the list because it psychology is at the far end of Munroes' scientific spectrum (https://xkcd.com/435/) from physics and chemistry.<br /><br />That leaves me with this:<br /><br />Mineral - Con<br /><br />Veg - Str<br /><br />Animal - Dex<br /><br />Mental faculty - Int<br /><br />Reasoning - Wis<br /><br />Individuality - ChaTPmanWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415910295872695542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-19017329168859832902017-07-17T12:40:19.449-07:002017-07-17T12:40:19.449-07:00Which soul would cover unconscious body functions ...Which soul would cover unconscious body functions like breathing- vegetable or animal?TPmanWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415910295872695542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-79493809090433466522017-04-21T00:38:38.155-07:002017-04-21T00:38:38.155-07:00Yes, yes, and yes.
The whole reason I want to com...Yes, yes, and yes.<br /><br />The whole reason I want to complicate souls is to make them more exploitable. The more understandable the soul-concept, the easier it is for players to exploit.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-68657473473737069852017-04-12T19:57:26.289-07:002017-04-12T19:57:26.289-07:00"The first three are the lower souls. They s..."The first three are the lower souls. They stay with the body when you die. The last four souls are the upper souls. They "<br />You are missing a bit.<br />Amazing as usual.jbeltmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264520619277158883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-91396198950759981902017-04-04T09:04:16.211-07:002017-04-04T09:04:16.211-07:00And on that note, could you have more than one of ...And on that note, could you have more than one of a soul? Either as an effect of magic or as a "natural" spiritual disorder. (Whether you must replace one of the seven with a duplicate of another or if you can have like nine souls if you can just fit them in.)Old Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06648431931967689768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-31641305484463863492017-04-04T03:17:23.834-07:002017-04-04T03:17:23.834-07:00Could you concievably chop off parts of different ...Could you concievably chop off parts of different souls and stitch them together? Make soul golems? Carefully replace the ruler's white soul with one that you agree with? <br />Old Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06648431931967689768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-15744872980871184312017-04-03T20:30:19.045-07:002017-04-03T20:30:19.045-07:00>their connection to the divine is of the highe...>their connection to the divine is of the highest importance<br />well, yeah, but I also don't want my flesh sloughing off (vegetable), or to lose my particle individuality (mineral) while I am adventuring.Pilgrim Processionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246889904411128383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-27868771062735884562017-04-03T19:37:54.024-07:002017-04-03T19:37:54.024-07:00Remove the mineral soul, and your chemical bonds s...Remove the mineral soul, and your chemical bonds start breaking down. Immune to transformations, but you rapidly lose cohesion in a matter of minutes. Like turning a firehose on an overcooked porkchop.<br /><br />If you lose your animal soul, you lose all emotions and instincts.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-22746271914318664362017-04-03T19:34:24.720-07:002017-04-03T19:34:24.720-07:00Exactly! You can cut out the vegetable soul, whic...Exactly! You can cut out the vegetable soul, which is great because then you're immune to all poisons and diseases, but then you'll die in 1d6 hours because all of your cellular functions have stopped. (No RNA is being transcribed, effectively.)Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-79195499426590359872017-04-03T19:32:33.831-07:002017-04-03T19:32:33.831-07:00Any Christian will tell you that their connection ...Any Christian will tell you that their connection to the divine is of the highest importance.<br /><br />Oh yeah, that's also the part of the soul that interacts with magic. So no spellcasting.<br /><br />On the plus side, if you get ride of it, you get a whopping +4 to save vs. magic.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-39213210984606441922017-04-03T15:41:28.187-07:002017-04-03T15:41:28.187-07:00Also if you sever a certain soul, you could probab...Also if you sever a certain soul, you could probably replace it with a spell like a Spellborn Homunculus (http://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2015/11/two-spells-and-class-spellborn-homunculi.html). Or, if you are me and like the magic words system, replace the soul with a magic word.<br />Also, what happens when the vegetable, animal, or mineral soul is severed? I imagine it hurts a physical stat, Con/Dex/Str respectively.Pilgrim Processionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246889904411128383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-8420671773021031662017-04-03T11:05:17.153-07:002017-04-03T11:05:17.153-07:00And clearly you'll need various rituals or som...And clearly you'll need various rituals or something like the intercision (from the Golden Compass) to sever various portions of the soul; either as an attack, or a ritual to make a better person, who can say?Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602507802530401335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-47737383748866914132017-04-01T13:46:31.802-07:002017-04-01T13:46:31.802-07:00Interesting that you (or the hesayan church) say t...Interesting that you (or the hesayan church) say that the blue soul is the most important, because when you lose that you lose essentially nothing as long as you aren't a cleric.Pilgrim Processionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246889904411128383noreply@blogger.com