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Why does Undead=Evil
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<blockquote data-quote="Scion" data-source="post: 1743824" data-attributes="member: 5777"><p>Positive and negative energy are not aligned. So what is the problem with useing one or the other as a power source to make something move?</p><p></p><p>The raw states that the spell is evil, but it does not say why. There is nothing in the srd that says anything about the soul, merely that you have to target a dead body. The material focus is a gem so going with the 'needing a spark from item XX to help focus the power' we can say that the gem itself is providing the evil necissary, or is working as a conduit for the energy needed (which is not evil), or any number of things. It just isnt said.</p><p></p><p>Why is it evil? who knows. Taboo shouldnt come into play on the good/evil axis, something being taboo does not necissarily make it evil. Many taboo's have come about because of safety concerns that have grown on the communities conscious. Effectively they are incredibly strong bonds of something that should not be done by being told not to do it, which would make them fall under the law/chaos spectrum. Of course in the real world it is very hard to see the difference between good/lawful and evil/chaotic, as there are many forces which try to say good = lawful = good and evil = chaotic = evil.</p><p></p><p>Also, disrespecting someone isnt Evil. It may not be Good, but that does not make it Evil. If someone does a bad job on, say, a craft and you tell them so this could be looked at as disrespect, especially if it was said by an understudy. This does not make the understudy evil.</p><p></p><p>An evil person can be disrespectful, but being disrespectful does not make you evil. (in a general sense of course)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Without the evil tag the spell would pretty much be right along the same lines of animate objects. With it there is a much lesser scope of use. It probably should not have the evil tag however, not without there actually being something evil involved. There are good undead after all, even if they sometimes come with a different name.</p><p></p><p>Negative energy =! Evil <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scion, post: 1743824, member: 5777"] Positive and negative energy are not aligned. So what is the problem with useing one or the other as a power source to make something move? The raw states that the spell is evil, but it does not say why. There is nothing in the srd that says anything about the soul, merely that you have to target a dead body. The material focus is a gem so going with the 'needing a spark from item XX to help focus the power' we can say that the gem itself is providing the evil necissary, or is working as a conduit for the energy needed (which is not evil), or any number of things. It just isnt said. Why is it evil? who knows. Taboo shouldnt come into play on the good/evil axis, something being taboo does not necissarily make it evil. Many taboo's have come about because of safety concerns that have grown on the communities conscious. Effectively they are incredibly strong bonds of something that should not be done by being told not to do it, which would make them fall under the law/chaos spectrum. Of course in the real world it is very hard to see the difference between good/lawful and evil/chaotic, as there are many forces which try to say good = lawful = good and evil = chaotic = evil. Also, disrespecting someone isnt Evil. It may not be Good, but that does not make it Evil. If someone does a bad job on, say, a craft and you tell them so this could be looked at as disrespect, especially if it was said by an understudy. This does not make the understudy evil. An evil person can be disrespectful, but being disrespectful does not make you evil. (in a general sense of course) Without the evil tag the spell would pretty much be right along the same lines of animate objects. With it there is a much lesser scope of use. It probably should not have the evil tag however, not without there actually being something evil involved. There are good undead after all, even if they sometimes come with a different name. Negative energy =! Evil ;) [/QUOTE]
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