Curses, Alignment, and Death

[AuraSeer]

If a magical effect changes your alignment or personality, does it stay in effect while you're dead?

Say we have a LG character who picks up the wrong magic item, and gets cursed with an alignment change. He's now permanently CN, even if he later drops the item. Shortly after the change, he manages to get himself killed. When his allies get around to casting a raise, and his soul has to decide whether to come back, what is the soul's alignment?

If he's (temporarily) back to his original, lawful, duty-bound self, I figure he'll want to come back and finish the fight against evil. But if the change remains in effect, he won't feel obligated to return, and is liable to opt to remain dead. It's very much a roleplaying question, but a magical personality change would have a big effect on how I RP the decision.

 

[Hypersmurf]

The Raise Dead spell specifically notes that curses remain in effect, if that helps.

-Hyp.

 

[Cheiromancer]

So his soul would be LG, and would have to contemplate becoming CN again? I doubt a paladin would do it.

 

[frankthedm]

So his soul would be LG, and would have to contemplate becoming CN again? I doubt a paladin would do it.

Uhm what reason is his soul is not CN? If he dies after being turned CN, he goes to the CN afterlife destination. It sucks, but that would be how it goes.