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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 1742289" data-attributes="member: 545">I think this post hits the nail on the head.D&D uses a default metaphysics where there exists an objective Good and Evil, and some magic happens to be Evil.  If have a different or more open-minded metaphysics, some of these descriptors seem arbitrary.  If you want to campaign in a morally gray or amoral universe, it is not a failing of the RAW that you need to houserule some things.My personal opinion is that it is believed that the necromantic magic binds a piece of the spirit or soul of the owner into the corpse to animate the corpse.  The corpse is too intimately tied to the soul for it to be any other way.  If you are familiar with "real life" (historical or modern) holistic magical theory, this a natural and obvious line of thought.  (Whether it is true and correct depends on your metaphysics.)</blockquote>