@TheEdVerse weird question, can you explain how 'life force' works in the realms? Like, i dont THINK life force is a soul, or something… Dont know #forgottenrealms #5e #nonsuspicious
— PastorGall (@PastorGall) October 4, 2018
1) Mortals, including clergy (thanks to contradictory things gods have said or hinted) disagree on this, but Toril contains natural energies that are continually changing form (heat, kinetic, wind, current and tide, fire, and so on), and… https://t.co/15SPceGrCo
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 4, 2018
2) …that can be harnessed or captured in various ways (the Weave is one, and other systems of magic, too). All living things contain life energy (akin to “positive energy” in some editions of the game), and a soul is one built-in vessel…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 4, 2018
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…in many living beings for containing/focusing life energy. Living spells, magic items, and many magical effects store or contain this same energy, but when it’s part of a living thing, sages call it “life energy.” Thinking entities tend to…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 4, 2018
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…understand life energy, to the extent that they understand it at all, in terms of how they can handle it/experiences they’ve had with it/ways they know how to harness it.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 4, 2018