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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7890214" data-attributes="member: 6802951">IIRC, animating a body does not trap the soul of the being that used to occupy it, except for very specific, unusual undead which would have specific rules.The reason animating dead is evil is that basic undead are fairly mindless, but they are of Evil alignment. They will default to killing living beings unless carefully restricted.Many settings also have beliefs that the negative energy used to create and animate most undead has unpleasant effects on the world itself. This is the reason the elves of Eberron despise most undead and view that sort of necromancy as evil.&nbsp;The Aerenal Deathless aren't your standard undead: they are sustained by positive energy from an manifest zone on the island and the beliefs of their ancestors. You can't create them with an Animate dead spell. They are also free-willed and capable of having non-evil alignments.The Blood of Vol are the ones that regard raising undead as being acceptable: they specifically believe that the souls passes on and the body is just a shell. Note that even though most of its believers are not Evil, in 3e terms, a cleric of the BoV would default to channelling negative energy and&nbsp; have an evil aura, even if not Evil themselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 7890214, member: 6802951"] IIRC, animating a body does not trap the soul of the being that used to occupy it, except for very specific, unusual undead which would have specific rules. The reason animating dead is evil is that basic undead are fairly mindless, but they are of Evil alignment. They will default to killing living beings unless carefully restricted. Many settings also have beliefs that the negative energy used to create and animate most undead has unpleasant effects on the world itself. This is the reason the elves of Eberron despise most undead and view that sort of necromancy as evil. The Aerenal Deathless aren't your standard undead: they are sustained by positive energy from an manifest zone on the island and the beliefs of their ancestors. You can't create them with an Animate dead spell. They are also free-willed and capable of having non-evil alignments. The Blood of Vol are the ones that regard raising undead as being acceptable: they specifically believe that the souls passes on and the body is just a shell. Note that even though most of its believers are not Evil, in 3e terms, a cleric of the BoV would default to channelling negative energy and have an evil aura, even if not Evil themselves. [/QUOTE]

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