Can good clerics use evil spells from scrolls?

[Infiniti2000]

So you feel that the word 'spells' appearing in a class feature can mean 'spells deriving from this class' or 'all spells cast by the character', with nothing to distinguish which is intended?

That seems awfully sloppy of them.

I've edited your quote to show which part of the question I would answer 'yes' to. The last part is an unsubstantiated qualification that you've added, which also explains your following sentence. Yes, if there's nothing to signify what spells are part of the given rule, then it could be considered sloppy.

Here's a question for you. I have a cleric with the Good domain. If I prepare all my first level slots as protection from evil, can I do any spontaneous casting?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Here's a question for you. I have a cleric with the Good domain. If I prepare all my first level slots as protection from evil, can I do any spontaneous casting?

Sure - only one of them is a Good domain spell, all the rest are Cleric spells.

-Hyp.

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

Not just evil... CE. Do you profess to know what code CE gods will disapprove of their followers breaking?

"the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules" - Barbossa

No, I do not profess any such understanding. But the PHB does.

 

[mvincent]

No, I do not profess any such understanding. But the PHB does.

Can you provide a quote for discussion purposes?

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

Can you provide a quote for discussion purposes?

Here you go...

Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells

A cleric can’t cast spells of an alignment opposed to his own or his deity’s (if he has one). Spells associated with particular alignments are indicated by the chaos, evil, good, and law descriptors in their spell descriptions.

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/cleric.htm

 

[Hypersmurf]

Here you go...

That's not a code the god will disapprove of them breaking... how can they break it, if they can't actually do it?

-Hyp.

 

[mvincent]

Here you go...

Ah... it seems like you missed the point of my earlier post then, and were speaking from a non sequitur when referencing it.

 

[werk]

...the cleric will also have "some 'splainin to do".

This is how I play it as well.

Sometimes the cop needs to shoot the hostage...but it makes a TON of paperwork.

 

[Bagpuss]

"A cleric can’t cast spells of an alignment opposed to his own or his deity’s (if he has one)."

Hmm so does than mean LN clerics of St. Cuthbert suddenly stopped being able to cast Evil spells once Dragon #358 came out?

 

[Infiniti2000]

Sometimes the cop needs to shoot the hostage...but it makes a TON of paperwork.

That's what they teach the soldiers on Soldier.