| Mr. Barroth |
Like the post says I am wondering if animated objects or objects that have been around long enough to form some level of sentience possess a "soul". I am going to be running a game based off of Pinocchio/Frankenstein/Astro Boy/others. I know this is a bit of a nebulous, philosophical question but it is important for what I want to run. I know tsukumogami exist, but it states that they form an amalgam with a kami so that's not really much of a confirmation. Wyrwood exist, do they count? What about Androids?
If an object that awakened prays to a god, does the god hear it? If a sentient object dies, does it go to the boneyard with the rest of the mortals or does it simply slip away into nothing? There may be some content that exists that I haven't dug up yet about this but I thought this might be a good place to ask. Once I thought of this question it started tearing me apart mentally. Also, what about animated plants? Animals? At what point does a thing have enough of a "soul" to be considered different? Are haunts a symptom of this sometimes? What about a robot whose AI evolves on its own?
Can they find a way to transfer their souls from their "objective" bodies into a new one, like with 'Magic Jar' or 'Soul Switch'? If they cannot what makes them unable to do so? The confines of their origin, divine intervention, or is the magic just not tailored to them? If I had an abacus who had a developed personality, a taste in music, a preference in room temperature, and a developed sense of morality, would he be enough to be considered as having a soul? I know this mostly up to me as a GM but I wanted to know what the official stance on this was and if I missed anything.
TLDR; Yo, does my animated toilet have a soul and should I feel guilty? Also where do they go when they die.