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Let me put it this way.

What has anyone been doing that is so absolutely horrible that you need to turn to your fellow player and say "Stop playing your character" ?

Well, I've been playing organized since about 2001, which isn't long. However, in that time I think the only time that I've seen a major disturbance due to someone's actions is when a Cavalier killed a villager NPC (the NPC was fair game, due to actions the NPC was taking) then strung the NPC up on a gibbet and carved a threatening message to the rest of the (innocent) town into the gibbet itself.

I've never really thought that casting a spell with a certain type of descriptor was that large of an issue.

I know in our region, the VC has stated that evil spells are not permitted. I wanted to build a Necromancy Wizard (anti Conjuration/Evocation), and the ability to create undead aside there are quite a few different spells that can be used for damage or utility that have the [Evil] descriptor.

I could change my anti Evocation for something like Divination or Illusion, but that would actually destroy not only the conceptual backstory that I was imagining, but also certain utility that I had been planning on relying upon from those schools.

I know that most people wouldn't want to give up Conjuration and Evocation, which some would say are the most powerful damage dealing schools, but I don't enjoy playing so-called "cookie-cutter" builds. I thought the Necromancer who couldn't cast Magic Missile, Fireball, or Summon Monster would be an unique and flavorful addition to a party.

And as long as I'm (ex.) using negative energy to command one of the undead attacking us to destroy another, then allowing the group to finish them off, I don't believe that that is the same as (ex.) using negative energy to eviscerate an NPC who I'm irritated with. The means, while important, is not the end. They may share importance, but they're not equivalent to one another.