Casting spells and alignment

[Telperion]

My question is simple: can a character with an alignment of Evil cast a spell with the descriptor [good]?

 

[Hypersmurf]

My question is simple: can a character with an alignment of Evil cast a spell with the descriptor [good]?

Clerics can't; wizards etc can.

-Hyp.

 

[Telperion]

Thanks.

 

[Nightfall]

Yep, Wizards don't worry about good or evil. Clerics however do. Thus you might see a evil wizard casting a good spell IF they can get away with it. (IE they aren't trying to cast a divine spell.)

 

[Uriel]

Just to clear things up a bit for myself. If a Cleric (Evil) casts summon monster, he can't get a Good creature as a possible option, correct?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Just to clear things up a bit for myself. If a Cleric (Evil) casts summon monster, he can't get a Good creature as a possible option, correct?

Summon Monster, when used to summon a good creature, is a spell with the [Good] descriptor.

An evil cleric, or a cleric of an evil deity, cannot cast a spell with the [Good] descriptor.

So you're correct; an evil cleric cannot Summon a Celestial Badger, but an evil wizard can.

-Hyp.

 

[AuraSeer]

A related question: can a multiclass cleric use his other class to cast forbidden spells? For instance, can a NG Clr/Wiz cast protection from good as an arcane spell?

 

[Hypersmurf]

A related question: can a multiclass cleric use his other class to cast forbidden spells? For instance, can a NG Clr/Wiz cast protection from good as an arcane spell?

Based on the Specialist Wizard ruling precedent, I'd say yes.

-Hyp.

 

[Staffan]

A related question: can a multiclass cleric use his other class to cast forbidden spells? For instance, can a NG Clr/Wiz cast protection from good as an arcane spell?

Yes. Whether he'd be able to cast any cleric spells afterward is a different issue (and up to the DM).

 

[Diirk]

Its the whole divine vs arcane thing. Druids can't cast spells of opposing alignments either, so I'd tend to assume the plethora of prestige/alternate base classes would have the same sort of restrictions depending on their caster type