<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=310924.msg15098286#msg15098286">Quote from: Roman100 on 29-09-2019, 18:29:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I feel like I have pushed as far as I can on this matter and will only be treating it as a IC issue from now on.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>No, this is not the way handle the situation at all considering I asked folks consider everyone have past together one another and have formed a adventuring band together. You do not form adventuring bands with people you do not trust. As adventuring is<em>deadly</em>business. Some fates worser than death can show up. By saying 'only treat it as IC problem' gives me image your escaping entirely responsibility for your own character OOC wise.<br/><br/>Now, you say because spells and undead are evil it means universally all good aligned people revile them. That's dead wrong. There are elf liches (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Srinshee) (baerlorns) which are devoted guardians to elven people and are good aligned (some became undead as means to guard a sacred site, be watchful guardian of clan or be immortal mentor who taught secrets of the past). As well there can be vampires and other undead who despite undead state are neutral or even good. They are exceptions true, but still break mold and thus 'always evil' is broken as a code.<br/><br/>There are evil undead and there is vile undead rituals like create reverants by Lolth church to create sentient enslaved undead with all memories, emotions and feelings and soul intact but is soul bound to flesh puppet for sake of revenge. They are able turn father against son with such undead abomination (despite race used for ritual).<br/><br/>But in general the alignment system I as GM do not take literally; Evil alignment does not equal to bad person. Alignment is moral compass how person prioritize things and how they carry them out. Example a chaotic evil father can be abusive incest causing or other hand can be extremely loving father who murder fucks anyone who harms/touches his children or his wife. Both share same alignment but other is 'bad father' and other is 'good father'.<br/><br/>In regards magic there is Mystra who controls absolutely all magic and she is LN entity in present form. She has power shut down any caster across Faerun and she could put stop to all evil spells never occurring, but she does not. Why is that? Since primordial foundation of the world magic, despite what kind, is not evil nor good. It's more tied to how magic is used determines the nature of the caster itself than spells.<br/><br/>Now reason why animate dead spell has evil description is because it draws power for negative energy plane and that plane is evil aligned (and reason why evil clerics can channel it and neutral people need choose between good/evil and thus indicate their main leaning in regards attitude or aspect of deity). Same way summon monster has no fixed alignment and it depends what sort creature you summon. Good people can use evil spells for good purposes, it does not make them feel good and some may grow jaded doing so. But their soul/alignment is not endangered unless they abuse the given spells (despite what aligned or kind spells they use; magic missile can turn neutral wizard evil if they use it to make shooting practice on local orphans).<br/><br/>In short; do not assume someone's behavior indicates alignment or that alignment comes with instruction manual how you behave. Same goes to spells used by casters. Evil clerics can cast cure spells without turning good despite positive energy is good aligned.