Quote Originally Posted by Kojiro View Post
we have absolutely no proof at all that OotS uses anything from either of those books, including alignment.
Deathless (although they might have been Eberron-style rather than BoED style).

Eye of Fear & Flame (BoVD).

Yes, the books have flaws- but they're still the main sources for the general definitions of Evil acts (and good ones).

And which "magical evil-torture spells" are you thinking of? BoED is pretty clear that torture is evil in itself.