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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8568956" data-attributes="member: 2209">Skeletons and zombies have had a dichotomy throughout D&amp;D.Skeletons and zombies in 1e-3.0 were neutral. In 3.5 to 5e they are evil.The animated dead spells generally make them mindless undead robots which would generally indicate neutral if they did nothing but what they are commanded to do. If all they are commanded to do is manual labor to create hospitals then most would not say evil.However they are also often depicted as wandering monsters who attack people on sight with no indication of a command to do so. This would tend to indicate that uncontrolled mindless undead naturally move to cause harm to people. Also animate dead is not the only way a skeleton or zombie can be created. You can argue that mindless assault and murder machines are not evil because they are mindless, but the default act to actively cause harm for no reason can generally fall under D&amp;D evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8568956, member: 2209"] Skeletons and zombies have had a dichotomy throughout D&D. Skeletons and zombies in 1e-3.0 were neutral. In 3.5 to 5e they are evil. The animated dead spells generally make them mindless undead robots which would generally indicate neutral if they did nothing but what they are commanded to do. If all they are commanded to do is manual labor to create hospitals then most would not say evil. However they are also often depicted as wandering monsters who attack people on sight with no indication of a command to do so. This would tend to indicate that uncontrolled mindless undead naturally move to cause harm to people. Also animate dead is not the only way a skeleton or zombie can be created. You can argue that mindless assault and murder machines are not evil because they are mindless, but the default act to actively cause harm for no reason can generally fall under D&D evil. [/QUOTE]

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