The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting created by Obsidian Entertainment used in their cRPG Pillars of Eternity series, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode I'm describing as "soft lore", which means that we are using lore from other areas (particularly areas of the soul, reincarnation, and whatnot) to ask "what gives fighters/rogues/barbarians the special powers they have?" Because, here's the thing, all those classes of character in Eora are doing near-superhuman feats, and that *must* mean magic is involved somehow; but we aren't privy to a lot of definitely explanations. So, using lore we DO have, I engage in a more speculative discussion on applying the rules of the world to those classes to ascertain how it us they might work, behind the scenes. I hope you enjoy today's talk. [email protected] @worldofeora