Thoughts On The Mechanics Of Souls In 5E?

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So while the game has no rules explaining souls, there are lore features and occasional spell mechanics mentioning souls. From these we can take a few mostly clear notes. If a character’s

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Just going down your list of examples, since I’m lazy. For context I played and ran a decent bit of 3.5 (3 years playing, then 5 years running), switched to 5e when it came out and mostly ran it,

Most go to Kelemvor’s city on the Fugue Plane, have a little waiting period where devils try to bargain for their souls, hang out in the alignment-appropriate district of the city, and then get

Thinking about the mechanics of a potentially Devil-pacted Illithid sent me down this mad rabbit hole logic chain, but by the end it left me curious about the mechanics of their souls in general,

Don’t fret. Most classes still function the same as they did in D&D 5e.The paladin still smites.The rogue still sneak attacks (a bit better than before, actually). And the cleric still

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In my settings the soul is a known thing; magicians know it exists and it can be immensely powerful if used in magic. Some magicians have learned how to do this, usually by

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Conclusion – Guide to the Sun Soul Monk in D&D 5e. The Sun Soul Monk is one of the more interesting Monk subclasses in D&D 5e. When you think of blasters, Monks

Hey guys so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on this front. I’m running a campaign where the player characters are starting out dead meaning of the players are going

That being said, there are clear rules in class abilities, spells, and other mechanics that clearly define who they affect. In these cases, they statically define who they cover. Allies

Now that WotC is ready to launch into a new ruleset with the upcoming Player’s Handbook, here’s a look at five of the best adventures from 5E (2014). D&D 5E adventures,

How does D&D 5e (or even D&D in general) handle souls, and what would be a characteristics of a character who technically doesn’t possess one? There are several

I also find the idea of „Dark Souls meets D&D“ intriguing. However, I think you may be going about it too literally. I have a few thoughts based on reading your ideas and based on thinking

The Vancian magic system used in 5e is well-known, but it’s definitely not suitable for a DARK SOULS™ game. So that’s gone entirely. In its place is a flexible new system drawn directly from the video game, to eviscerate your foes and

Need help developing mechanic for a Dark Souls RPG system! I’m trying to develop my own pirated/homebrew d20 system for one of my favorite video games: Dark Souls. A grim dark

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The Astral Plane is the realm of thought and dream, where visitors travel as disembodied souls to reach the planes of the divine and demonic. from the Monster Manual.

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In D&D 5E what creatures have, or don’t have, souls? There is nothing official that I can find in any of the published books, so here are my thoughts on this subject. As a house rule, I propose that most creatures have

Let’s consider the Nine Hells as an exemplar and object lesson in how the Outer Planes make use of mortal souls. Asmodeus is the original architect of Hell’s soul engines,

In DnD 5e, animate dead’s moral implications are campaign specific. In previous additions, such as 3.5e, it was specifically evil from a game mechanic stand point. Previously alignment and

You initially learn the surface thoughts of the creature–what is most on its mind in that moment. As an action, you can either shift your attention to another creature’s thoughts or attempt to

Keeper of Souls (Level 17) The Grave Cleric’s capstone feature, Keeper of Souls, is a handy way of passively healing your party. When an enemy you can see dies within 60

Ring of mind shielding, or something similar, granted you’re not trapping technically but the ring can hold a soul when the creature dies. EDIT: If you want to try some creativity you could try

Look at the design intent of the mechanic (probably look up multiple analyses of the game design if dark souls) and compare it to the design intent in 5e. Figure out why Fromsoft did what they

All living creatures appear to have a soul. According to the Dungeon Master’s Guide p.24, „Bringing Back the Dead“: When a creature dies, its soul departs its body, leaves

Basically the posts I found were of people struggling to make this work with the limited soul mechanics we know from the game, and often had them saying that they just outright changed

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commercial success of early Souls games such as Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls, which are renowned for their punishing gameplay difﬁculty , complex level design, and

I’ve been thinking through some of the soul mechanics presented in the module and had some thoughts that I think will at least help me flesh out MY world Let me know what you think: The

The biggest game mechanic would be resurrection spells which require a soul to function but there are other more specific features which affect the playable races too. That

The lore, including in the 5e DMG (pg. 48), says that someone on the Ethereal Plane can pass through solid objects from the Material Plane, but living beings are an exception to this. Other

I played the OG Demons Soul’s when it came out, and it wasn’t even the best looking game of it’s time when the likes of GTA4 and MGS4 were already around for about a year, and I had a

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