sirwmholder
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I know this sounds like a very simple question but I am looking for a more in depth explanation. The common answer is anything once living that is now animated through the use of negative energy. That sounds pretty straight forward... until you look at golems. A Flesh Golem is created through the casting of the 'animate dead' spell just as if it were a Skeleton or a Zombie. However, the Golem entry reads that an earth elemental's spirit is what animates it... negative energy is mostly seen as being evil in nature... which brings me to the problem at hand... which is the more evil act: creating a mindless minion, a skeleton, to do your bidding or stripping an earth elemental of all identify and using it's very life-force to power your creation?
I would hold that anything mindless would be neutral... like animals that do not have the capacity to distinguish our perceptions of morality or ethics. The concept of the Flesh Golem was no doubt inspired from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein... in which the monster sees himself as a monster and only wants to find purpose... read: neutral and needs guidance. What makes an animated skeleton so different?
Just random thoughts to enlighten your day,
Thank you for your time,
Wm. Holder
I would hold that anything mindless would be neutral... like animals that do not have the capacity to distinguish our perceptions of morality or ethics. The concept of the Flesh Golem was no doubt inspired from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein... in which the monster sees himself as a monster and only wants to find purpose... read: neutral and needs guidance. What makes an animated skeleton so different?
Just random thoughts to enlighten your day,
Thank you for your time,
Wm. Holder