Enchanted Realms Rulebook
Nature of Things
Something to remember about Enchanted Realms is that it is different from Earth science. One might think about Plato’s Allegory of the Cave as a base concept of the nature of things. With a bit of shintoism mixed in, the creation of a thing is similar to the Plato’s Forms. This is not overly mind-blowing, as fantasy gaming has often used the concept of things having a truename. This idea is similar. No one has ever seen a perfect circle nor a perfectly straight line, yet we all know what they are. During the creation process of materials, equipment, tools, whatever, the final product becomes connected to the perfect Form of that object.
Okay. So what? This is a game book not a textbook on ancient philosophy. True, but this idea of perfect Forms of the true object, combined with the shinto idea that kami spirits (神) inhabit and control all matter, means when an object is created it gains power and properties from both a spiritual and a meta-physical sense. This should not be confused with magic but rather that objects, equipment, gear and so on, have a unique way of connecting with a person’s lifesong. Inanimate objects themselves do not have a lifesong, but their true identities become a factor of how they interact with living beings.