Regarding Souls--<br/><br/>I am in the process of coming up with a soul-system.<br/><br/>One idea I had was to allow the characters to use souls in lieu of experience to create magic items as experience. In a number of the Forgotten Realms Avatar novels--and their tie-ins the Gods of the Realms could create magical items using divine/soul energy instantly.<br/><br/>Also, there will be a way to use souls to gain skill boosts, character levels, spell-like abilities, followers, increase the size of your character's domains.<br/><br/>Artifacts and powerful magic items the characters may gain through questing will have a rating in soul energy.<br/><br/>My first question is have any of you heard of any similar systems that might serve as a springboard for this one?