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Technically, every power of every class in Eora is fueled by their soul, and if a god sapped the strength of your soul it would be the equivalent to a level drain. It has nothing to do with knowledge. This lore was indeed laid down in the beginning of Pillars of Eternity's original kickstarter campaign. I'm not saying it makes the writing good, or 100% realistic, but it makes sense based on the setting and its lore. I'm not sure I buy that for, say, your skill point allocation or basic combat training. Those shouldn't just vanish unless something more fundamental happened, like your entire form is reconstituted and soul re-attached to the new body. On the other hand, it should give your character a powerful motivation to track down the root cause and get his or her experiences back. Or at least to think that is what they are trying to do. Maybe later on you will meet your true form, and find out you were soul-cloned?

I believe that inXile used CrowdOx to enable PayPal for their Wasteland 3 campaign on Fig. I think there's an extra fee to Obsidian for allowing PayPal though, so I'd expect them to make that option available toward the end of their campaign.

How about like in ToEE? 5 slots for recruitable characters + 2 for a hirelings and/or guest characters

Monk + Wizard = Spam

An issue with having "realistic" armor is that this is a game with elves and dwarves creating presumably exquisite armor in their own unique styles. A little variation from the historical norm for cultural reasons wouldn't hurt.

Multi-classing is overrated.

Trainable pets -- have them wander around nearby searching for hidden stuff or bark a warning, &c.

Donald Trump is Proof that we are Living in a Computer Simulation

You've heard the theory that our universe is actually a computer simulation being run by an advanced race? Well I think I've finally figured out what they are trying to simulate. It's our distant ancestors trying to answer the question: "what would have happened if Donald Trump had won the 2016 presidential election?" Heh.

Still, he does have a much higher rating than The Last Airbender (2010).

Since Obsidian is going with Fig for PoE2, maybe this should be "The Crowdfunding Thread"?

That's a worm, not a bacteria. Not even close.

Eww...

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