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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6625804" data-attributes="member: 92511">Detect Evil/Good? Yes. Divine Sense? Yes. Detect Magic...maybe.Are these undead created by someone casting Animate Dead or Create Undead? If they were brought into being through necromanctic magic, then sure. They could detect...or probably more likely, the area they are in would detect as magical...focusing into auras of necromancy around their actual locations.But they needn't be created only that way in all cases in all worlds.That is reasonable. It is equally reasonable that there's just some wellspring/portal/rift to the negative energy plane, miles beneath the ground...or an evil deity/entity passed by during a new moon or there was a cosmic alignment or &quot;miasma&quot; from the nearby swamp or a &quot;death giant&quot; loogied on a cemetery just by chance...and skeletons and zombies popped up because of it.Are they fueled by some kind of energy? Yes. Typically/traditionally, in D&amp;D, that is negative energy plane [now meshed with the Shadowfell/Plane of Shadow].Necromantic Magic can be said to harness/direct that energy....is that negative energy, in itself, magic? Could be...could be not. DM's choice. Or they're just supernatural creatures that don't require food/don't have &quot;biology&quot; in the real world sense. You seem to have a very clear idea of what &quot;must be&quot; and &quot;what should be real&quot; in a fantasy game/world. Which is great...for your games/world in which you are the DM. I am also clear in my vision and consistent [as one can be in a fantasy world of magic] in my world/games.But it is hardly a universal truth that Detect Magic &quot;should/has to/must for reality or consistency&quot; detect elementals or undead.Were you the warlock PC in question? hahaha.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6625804, member: 92511"] Detect Evil/Good? Yes. Divine Sense? Yes. Detect Magic...maybe. Are these undead created by someone casting Animate Dead or Create Undead? If they were brought into being through necromanctic magic, then sure. They could detect...or probably more likely, the area they are in would detect as magical...focusing into auras of necromancy around their actual locations. But they needn't be created only that way in all cases in all worlds. That is reasonable. It is equally reasonable that there's just some wellspring/portal/rift to the negative energy plane, miles beneath the ground...or an evil deity/entity passed by during a new moon or there was a cosmic alignment or "miasma" from the nearby swamp or a "death giant" loogied on a cemetery just by chance...and skeletons and zombies popped up because of it. Are they fueled by some kind of energy? Yes. Typically/traditionally, in D&D, that is negative energy plane [now meshed with the Shadowfell/Plane of Shadow]. Necromantic Magic can be said to harness/direct that energy....is that negative energy, in itself, magic? Could be...could be not. DM's choice. Or they're just supernatural creatures that don't require food/don't have "biology" in the real world sense. You seem to have a very clear idea of what "must be" and "what should be real" in a fantasy game/world. Which is great...for your games/world in which you are the DM. I am also clear in my vision and consistent [as one can be in a fantasy world of magic] in my world/games. But it is hardly a universal truth that Detect Magic "should/has to/must for reality or consistency" detect elementals or undead. Were you the warlock PC in question? hahaha. [/QUOTE]

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