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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nute" data-source="post: 3362376" data-attributes="member: 10607">As I interpret the rules, and I think correctly:Joe Human, a fighter with an alignment of Chaotic Evil, will NOT show up on Detect Evil unless he is in the midst of committing an act of evil large enough to make a dent on the landscape (mass sacrifice, etc). Vlad Dookiespiker, a pit fiend who's seen the error of his ways and now acts in a Lawful Good manner, will ping a Detect Evil because he has the [Evil] subtype, despite his actions. Alignments describe how you act, subtypes describe what you ARE. Subtle spells such as Know Alignment come in handy for detecting evil people. ("Hey, this used chariot salesman is Lawful Evil! He's going to try and stick me with a horrible interest rate!") Detect (X) spells, as I understand it, are more used for things that tend to radiate (X). A priest of an evil god radiates an Evil aura (as per class description) because he's channeling Evil power to do his schtick. A +1 holy longsword radiates good, because of the Holy property.</blockquote>