Results 1 to 6 of 6
Thread: Do Cerilian Elves Have Souls?
Threaded View
-
08-14-2003, 05:17 PM #1
One of the things about original D&D was that it borrowed from Tolkien`s
take on elves in that they did not have an immortal soul. (He got a lot of
his stuff on elves from various mythological sources, but attributing this
matter to JRRT is much simpler for our purposes here.) Game mechanically
this had relatively few effects other than the difficulty with which elves
were raised from the dead and their longevity--which made things like aging
effects from creating magic items, casting certain spells or the occasional
undead pretty harmless to them.
In 3e, of course, elves are not nearly as long lived as they were in
previous editions, and the majority of the aging effects have been excised
(along with the anti-aging ones.) For BR purposes, however, we have elves
that are immortal, not just long-lived. They are more in keeping with
Tolkien`s elves . They do not worship the gods for various reasons, some
of which may have to do with the nature of their own spiritual make
up. Elves certainly can die, but do they have an immortal soul that goes
on to some BR equivalent of the D&D planar cosmology to reach an ultimate
heaven-like existence? What do you guys think?
Gary
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Bookmarks