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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8573262" data-attributes="member: 6877472">I don't think Animate Dead should be evil.&nbsp; I do think that most people will be disturbed that you're turning the corpse of Great-Uncle Sid into slave labor.&nbsp; Many societies will be disturbed buy this- but not all societies.&nbsp; Maybe it's a necessary evil, like the nation of Karnnath in Eberron, who, during the Last War, were so unable to withstand an army of robots that they turned to Necromancy.&nbsp; Maybe death is seen as a part of life, and the dead are proud to serve from beyond the grave.I used to play a Priest of the Death God who would perform a special ritual before he animated any dead corpse, where I would ask the soul if they would be willing to aid me in my travels.&nbsp; Some accepted.&nbsp; Some didn't.&nbsp; Those that did I treated as my loyal retainers, and I saw no evil in my actions.When 3.5 suddenly said, no, no matter what the ultimate goal, using Animate Dead is EVIL, I felt a great disturbance in the Force.&nbsp; So if I command a skeleton to rescue a child from a fire, I'm serving the purpose of evil?(then the great Descriptor War began, which Vaalingrade alluded to, where I could counteract my evil deeds by summoning Celestial Dogs and send them to attack innocent bystanders- we don't talk of this time, for it was very silly).There is a cosmic Good and a cosmic Evil.&nbsp; It may be that Animate Dead really does serve Cosmic Evil.&nbsp; But I'm inclined to say Animate Dead is a tool, like any other.&nbsp; If you misuse it, heck yes, it's bad.&nbsp; But if you use it responsibly, maybe not so much?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8573262, member: 6877472"] I don't think Animate Dead should be evil. I do think that most people will be disturbed that you're turning the corpse of Great-Uncle Sid into slave labor. Many societies will be disturbed buy this- but not all societies. Maybe it's a necessary evil, like the nation of Karnnath in Eberron, who, during the Last War, were so unable to withstand an army of robots that they turned to Necromancy. Maybe death is seen as a part of life, and the dead are proud to serve from beyond the grave. I used to play a Priest of the Death God who would perform a special ritual before he animated any dead corpse, where I would ask the soul if they would be willing to aid me in my travels. Some accepted. Some didn't. Those that did I treated as my loyal retainers, and I saw no evil in my actions. When 3.5 suddenly said, no, no matter what the ultimate goal, using Animate Dead is EVIL, I felt a great disturbance in the Force. So if I command a skeleton to rescue a child from a fire, I'm serving the purpose of evil? (then the great Descriptor War began, which Vaalingrade alluded to, where I could counteract my evil deeds by summoning Celestial Dogs and send them to attack innocent bystanders- we don't talk of this time, for it was very silly). There is a cosmic Good and a cosmic Evil. It may be that Animate Dead really does serve Cosmic Evil. But I'm inclined to say Animate Dead is a tool, like any other. If you misuse it, heck yes, it's bad. But if you use it responsibly, maybe not so much? [/QUOTE]

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