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CMV: Necromancy within D&D isn’t evil

So lots of people have on necromancy, and say that it is an inherently evil act, even to the point where in earlier editions using Animate Dead would literally corrupt your soul. But here I’m talking about 5e, so we aren’t selling our soul for power anymore here. Honestly, I think the hate on necromancy is a bit undeserved, and may just be related to our fear of death. So here’s my rundown of why I think that necromancy isn’t evil, but is more like a chaotic neutral.

1. The main argument against necromancy is that the gods say it’s evil. But that’s not all true; only a few say it’s evil. Heck, not even all the “good” gods say it’s evil and are more just like “yeah, it exists”. And then there’s the Platonic argument that since all the gods are equally powerful, they naturally should all have equal say in morality. Since they disagree over what is right or wrong, they clearly shouldn’t be our waypoint of accuracy for our morals.

2. Second most common argument is that it enslaves the soul when you make a zombie or skeleton. This is very, very inaccurate, as some ghosts use their body as a weapon with Animate Dead. Only soul-based magic can do that to a person, and THAT is evil magic.

3. Necromancy isn’t the only class of magic to have evil spells, and is arguably one of the less nefarious spell types. Conjuration, when used to conjure a demon, requires human sacrifice. Blood magic requires literally using the blood of your enemies. Illusion and enchantment are used to make people go crazy (or worse). Compared to these rather terrifying displays, necromancy’s Soul Bind is a bit less nefarious. Liches kind of suck, but thats a more advanced version of soul binding, using your own soul. 

4. If people weren’t scared of it, villains wouldn’t gravitate towards it like children to the candy aisle at Walmart. It isn’t the strongest form of magic, and it certainly it isn’t the most terrifying in its potential (see point 3). They just use it because people are scared of zombies. If it were more accepted, it might be used somewhat, but it would probably be used just for some grunts or cannon fodder in front of the actual threats from the conjuration/evocation spells. 

In my honest opinion, I think Enchantment is an evil school. It has a couple friendly spells, but mostly it’s used to hypnotize the enemy into attacking their own friends. That seems a lot more evil than desecrating a body that isn’t useful to anyone anymore.

So, anyone disagree? Anyone have new ideas that counter my arguments? If so, feel free to try and change my view.

Edit: thanks to the guy who reminded me of this. Healing spells are necromancy. They’re definitely not evil.
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If memory of DND is correct there is explicitly positive and negative energy. Which suggests there is some abstract arbiter if good and evil, or at least that these are actual things present in the DnD world and not simply labels humans apply to moral and immoral behavior.

I you can then make the argument that regardless of if the result is moral or immoral, a spell using negative energy is evil, because it is powered by this abstract evil energy.


Edit: DND also plays into standard tropes, like vampires are evil, then leaves it up to the DM and the players to add in variations. So calling necromancy evil because most necromancers are evil, but allowing a DM to make an exception for a god necromancer is in like with that standard practice.