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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerakSpielman" data-source="post: 1404355" data-attributes="member: 7464">On earth, there is considerable debate among different religions on whether evil or sin exists at all. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I wonder, in a D&D world, if the different religions disagree with each other about what, exactly, the results of Detect Evil really mean.  There will be rules and laws about whether information gained by divination is admissable in court. These rules could vary from kingdom to kingdom. After all, why are lie detecters not admissable in court? Because there is a possiblity for error. Possiblity for error exists with divinations, especially considering the number of spells and items that can give false results. A misdirection spell here and there, and innocent people can be "guilty" of being evil. If such a person were happened upon and instantly executed by a passing paladinbot, it would result in instantaneous loss of paladinhood. Sorry, you killed a helpless innocent.  Also, how far can you trust the people in charge of casting the divinations? Who watches the watchmen, as it were? Are they above the law, considered incorruptable? An Amulet of Nondetection will go a long way towards hiding corruption within their ranks, and all you really have is their word on what the results of their divinations were. What if they're lying? Do you have people with divinations watching them? What about those people? There's just no way of assuring that such a system is working.</blockquote>

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