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Originally Posted by Anthony
A fairly traditional version would be to turn the soulless into cinematic psychopaths -- smart, charismatic, and without conscience.
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Come to think of it, wasn't there something similar in
GURPS Horror?
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Originally Posted by RyanW
Maybe more interesting, how about the theological discussions about why God has been handicapping us? The soulless are basically the Tomorrow People. There are many angles to take with this, with souls as anything from shackles to keep us from challenging God, to training wheels until we were ready to take our proper place alongside him.
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Why are the soulless so adapted to the material world? Because they belong here... for someone whose identity is based around an immortal soul, material life is a tiny fraction of eternity. When you're cramming all of your existence into a century or so, you can run a lot hotter.