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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6272504" data-attributes="member: 5143">I think that there were a number of reasons mentioned throughout the editions.&nbsp; Mostly in 2e, I believe, though I think there was some stuff in 3.5e.For the most part it always said &quot;Negative energy is the energy of death and wants death.&nbsp; Animating a creature using this energy is the equivalent of creating a creature of pure evil on purpose.&nbsp; It may listen to what you say since you magically control it, but it WANTS to commit evil.&nbsp; It IS evil.&nbsp; Which means the world is filled with more evil than it was before and you did it.&quot;Plus, a couple of books have referred to using either the soul of the person or part of the soul of a person to animate their corpse.&nbsp; Though I believe the 3.5e books that talked about this specifically said animating a zombie didn't use their soul.&nbsp; Their soul was safe in the afterlife.&nbsp; It was still evil because the reason above(although incorporeal undead actually used the soul of the victim).Though most of these explanations were in splat books and weren't very detailed.&nbsp; I think it was kind of left up in the air since people don't really like moral debates so they didn't want to start one by writing about it and because it is easier to leave it up to the DM to come up with his own reasons why exactly it is evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 6272504, member: 5143"] I think that there were a number of reasons mentioned throughout the editions. Mostly in 2e, I believe, though I think there was some stuff in 3.5e. For the most part it always said "Negative energy is the energy of death and wants death. Animating a creature using this energy is the equivalent of creating a creature of pure evil on purpose. It may listen to what you say since you magically control it, but it WANTS to commit evil. It IS evil. Which means the world is filled with more evil than it was before and you did it." Plus, a couple of books have referred to using either the soul of the person or part of the soul of a person to animate their corpse. Though I believe the 3.5e books that talked about this specifically said animating a zombie didn't use their soul. Their soul was safe in the afterlife. It was still evil because the reason above(although incorporeal undead actually used the soul of the victim). Though most of these explanations were in splat books and weren't very detailed. I think it was kind of left up in the air since people don't really like moral debates so they didn't want to start one by writing about it and because it is easier to leave it up to the DM to come up with his own reasons why exactly it is evil. [/QUOTE]

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