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Why is animate dead considered inherently evil?
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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8571742" data-attributes="member: 6788736"><p>No. Its <em>inconsistent </em>with that statement.</p><p></p><p>You're literally quoting text that inherently ties <strong>casting a spell</strong> (animate dead) with an alignment (not a <strong>Good </strong>act).</p><p></p><p></p><p>In that case, <strong>they're not a Good PC</strong>.</p><p></p><p>A Good PC can also choose for their PC to rape, enslave, murder and torture people.</p><p></p><p><strong>They're not a Good PC.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It says ONLY Evil PCs cast them regularly. That's a prohibition.</p><p></p><p>If I have a Law that states 'Only women can enter the Female restrooms' then that Law prohibits any other gender from entry.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If a Druid wears metal armor, it's entirely up to the DM what happens.</p><p></p><p>Being cast out of the Druid order, being prohibited from casting spells, dying on the spot. Whatever.</p><p></p><p>The prohibition (on wearing metal armor) doesn't include a specific punishment if the prohibition is violated, <em>but that doesn't mean the prohibition does not exist.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So it's up to the DM to determine what the consequences for breaking the prohibition is.</p><p></p><p>In this case, I would (after stern words from the DM) alter the PCs alignment to 'Evil' and tell them that thier use of 'dark, unholy and black magic' has stained their soul.</p><p></p><p>Or I'd boot them from the game. Either works.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The rules don't provide a prohibition on the DM doing so. Ergo, the DM can do what the DW wants, up to (and including) refusing to DM that player, or having rocks fall on his PCs head.</p><p></p><p>Thats because the Rules <strong>do </strong>contain a prohibition on Good (or Neutral) aligned PCs from frequently casting animate dead, and this player (against that prohibition) has choosen to violate that rule.</p><p></p><p>From then onwards, its' up to the DM how to handle that problem player.</p><p></p><p>It's no different to an ostensibly 'LG' PC who starts raping and murdering NPCs frequently and on a whim.</p><p></p><p><strong>That character is <u>not </u>LG.</strong></p><p></p><p>If you agree that character is not LG, are you suggesting the DM lacks the power to alter the alignment of that PC, or to otherwise sanction or intervene here?</p><p></p><p>And if not, do the special effects of a Unicorns lair for Good aligned people, work on a serial killing rapist, simply because they have LG written on their character sheet in your games?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 8571742, member: 6788736"] No. Its [I]inconsistent [/I]with that statement. You're literally quoting text that inherently ties [B]casting a spell[/B] (animate dead) with an alignment (not a [B]Good [/B]act). In that case, [B]they're not a Good PC[/B]. A Good PC can also choose for their PC to rape, enslave, murder and torture people. [B]They're not a Good PC.[/B] It says ONLY Evil PCs cast them regularly. That's a prohibition. If I have a Law that states 'Only women can enter the Female restrooms' then that Law prohibits any other gender from entry. If a Druid wears metal armor, it's entirely up to the DM what happens. Being cast out of the Druid order, being prohibited from casting spells, dying on the spot. Whatever. The prohibition (on wearing metal armor) doesn't include a specific punishment if the prohibition is violated, [I]but that doesn't mean the prohibition does not exist.[/I] So it's up to the DM to determine what the consequences for breaking the prohibition is. In this case, I would (after stern words from the DM) alter the PCs alignment to 'Evil' and tell them that thier use of 'dark, unholy and black magic' has stained their soul. Or I'd boot them from the game. Either works. The rules don't provide a prohibition on the DM doing so. Ergo, the DM can do what the DW wants, up to (and including) refusing to DM that player, or having rocks fall on his PCs head. Thats because the Rules [B]do [/B]contain a prohibition on Good (or Neutral) aligned PCs from frequently casting animate dead, and this player (against that prohibition) has choosen to violate that rule. From then onwards, its' up to the DM how to handle that problem player. It's no different to an ostensibly 'LG' PC who starts raping and murdering NPCs frequently and on a whim. [B]That character is [U]not [/U]LG.[/B] If you agree that character is not LG, are you suggesting the DM lacks the power to alter the alignment of that PC, or to otherwise sanction or intervene here? And if not, do the special effects of a Unicorns lair for Good aligned people, work on a serial killing rapist, simply because they have LG written on their character sheet in your games? [/QUOTE]
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