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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9224860" data-attributes="member: 6877472">There's a fun quote from Legend of the Five Rings along these lines.&nbsp; &quot;Choosing between evils is still choosing evil.&quot;I don't pretend that if I were an evil Necromancer, and I saved a kingdom by using an undead army, that my actions would be considered &quot;Good&quot;, even if the &quot;greater good&quot; was served.&nbsp; It's a slippery slope, to be sure- once you start down the path of compromise, you can no longer claim the moral high ground.However, if I were responsible about the use of my undead horde, I think I could make a strong case for being neutral.&nbsp; I mean, lots of famous historical figures in our own history made questionable choices.Is Harry Truman an evil monster for using the atomic bomb to end WW2?&nbsp; In the real world, there's a lot of nuance to that question.&nbsp; Even in D&amp;D, it is not for mortals to judge, but the Gods.&nbsp; And if all the Gods universally agree that raising the undead for any purpose is evil, that's one thing- but I don't think that's necessarily true.For example, in the Greyhawk setting, Wee Jas is a Goddess of, among other things, Death.&nbsp; Quote: &quot;she has no problem with undead being created - as long as they are not reanimated against their will, and their remains are procured in a lawful manner.&quot;And she's Lawful Neutral (though some will say she has LE tendencies).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 9224860, member: 6877472"] There's a fun quote from Legend of the Five Rings along these lines. "Choosing between evils is still choosing evil." I don't pretend that if I were an evil Necromancer, and I saved a kingdom by using an undead army, that my actions would be considered "Good", even if the "greater good" was served. It's a slippery slope, to be sure- once you start down the path of compromise, you can no longer claim the moral high ground. However, if I were responsible about the use of my undead horde, I think I could make a strong case for being neutral. I mean, lots of famous historical figures in our own history made questionable choices. Is Harry Truman an evil monster for using the atomic bomb to end WW2? In the real world, there's a lot of nuance to that question. Even in D&D, it is not for mortals to judge, but the Gods. And if all the Gods universally agree that raising the undead for any purpose is evil, that's one thing- but I don't think that's necessarily true. For example, in the Greyhawk setting, Wee Jas is a Goddess of, among other things, Death. Quote: "she has no problem with undead being created - as long as they are not reanimated against their will, and their remains are procured in a lawful manner." And she's Lawful Neutral (though some will say she has LE tendencies). [/QUOTE]

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