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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 1749216" data-attributes="member: 2209">Alignment Descriptor =/ morality of actionThe alignment descriptor does not indicate the morality of an action in D&D.They can coincide but it need not be so under the RAW.For example, a wizard of any alignment can summon anything on the summon monster lists regardless of the alignment descriptors and command them to fight anybody they choose to designate as a target, and the summoned thing cannot refuse.An evil wizard can summon an angel and have it attack paladins and innocent orphans. The spell will detect as good, even though it is an immoral action. I think few people will say that this is an inherently good act just because it has the good descriptor in the spell and summoned creature.The evil descriptor for creating undead indicates that the spell will detect as evil with a detect evil spell, and a few other minor effects regarding evil spells.All undead detect as evil under detect evil as written, regardless of their actual alignment.So the evil descriptor means that animating corpse with animate dead detects as evil, while using animate object does not.The morality of the actions are a separate matter.</blockquote>