Neutral Cleric and Alignment Spells

[seans23]

What happens if a neutral cleric casts blasphemy, dictum, holy word, or word of chaos?

Is he dazed (blasphemy)/deafened?

What if there's a karma bead in effect? Is he also weakened/slowed/blinded/stunned?

 

[Hypersmurf]

What happens if a neutral cleric casts blasphemy, dictum, holy word, or word of chaos?

Is he dazed (blasphemy)/deafened?

What if there's a karma bead in effect? Is he also weakened/slowed/blinded/stunned?

Yup, and yup.

-Hyp.

 

[Starglim]

He is deafened, etc. Depending on modifiers to his caster level as opposed to his hit dice (domain powers, Hierophant class abilities, LA, bead of karma, death knell) it might just be possible to kill himself by this tactic.

 

[Jack Simth]

However, they all allow spell resistance, and are 7th level spells, and are thus subject to a "simple" casting of the Cleric-8 Greater Spell Immunity. If you want that monstrosity running around your campaign.

 

[Infiniti2000]

However, they all allow spell resistance, and are 7th level spells, and are thus subject to a "simple" casting of the Cleric-8 Greater Spell Immunity. If you want that monstrosity running around your campaign.

Unfortunately, I don't think that's so clear. "A creature’s spell resistance never interferes with its own spells, items, or abilities." Doesn't this sentence override the spell immunity? You have unbeatable SR, but the SR doesn't interfere with your own spell.

Now, if you're correct instead, then it would be interesting tactic to hit an opponent (cleric) with greater spell immunity (heal, cure crit, cure serious, cure moderate, mass cure light). Go ahead, try to heal yourself.