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Is it possible to have a good necromancer?
Magic is as evil as its user. So yes, you can have a good necromancer, but how are you going to get the corpses for it?
Plenty of bandits in the world.
One could argue that the level of disrespect for the dead inherent in necromancy makes it irreconcilably evil regardless of intention.
Depends on the culture involved. Sure that might be true for the traditional human society but what about drow? Or dragonborn? Perhaps to them the dead are just objects with the souls having moved on. Or another niche group of humans. Even if you do something considered Taboo if you have good intentions you still are good aligned even if you are considered problematic
This brought up something interesting to me if you homebrew away from the D&D ruleset on lifespans and look at ‘immortal’ races in classic fantasy, like the elves in Tolkien’s works.
So say your elves are similar to Tolkein elves, they don’t age or sicken like the mortal races. The only way they die is if they’re killed by violence. What would that do to a culture’s view of death? Would they even have an afterlife or would this world be the only realm of existence to them?
Would they see an elf’s death as unnatural and ‘evil’ and thus celebrate necromancy as a way to restore what ‘should’ be? Would they see necromancers as cosmic gardeners ensuring that life is protected?
PS Tolkein fans: I’m sure I’ve got a really shallow interpretation of his elves and there’s loads more to say there but I’m afraid I don’t have the knowledge to go deeper. Just thought the concept was interesting. Please don’t come after meeeee.
What about a society built on the expectation that the dead will serve the living? The body is seen as just a vessel for the soul, and upon death all people are reanimated and set to work doing menial tasks and freeing up others to work less and relax more. Utopia built on a foundation of necronauts, maintaining an army of tireless, fearless workers that perform all the basic tasks of civilized life.
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Bill Watterson is an insightful dude…
Calvin’s dad is a radical anti capitalist.
Calvin’s dad is secretly Theodor W. Adorno
The Silver Swan, built by John Joseph Merlin and James Cox, 1773.
Source: Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams (BBC)
oh wow, the “water” is an illusion created by spinning glass rods.
wooooooooooah
Always reblog the clockwork swan
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Me, as a DM, when I actually plan for a roleplaying session
me criticizing fantasy settings in 2007: lmao none of this geography makes sense. and look at these names. this one has four apostrophes in it
me criticizing fantasy settings in 2017: has no one…has no one considered the matter of fishing rights