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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3164193" data-attributes="member: 1656">The Glyph, I think, can be fooled - the ring is a 'similar magical effect'.The others, though, aren't attempts to discern alignment.You're wearing the Ring.&nbsp; The Paladin attempts to Detect Evil, and comes up blank.&nbsp; He Smites Evil on you, and you take a stack of extra damage.&nbsp; &quot;Huh,&quot; he says.&nbsp; &quot;I wasn't really expecting that to work.&quot;Smite Evil doesn't attempt to determine whether or not you're evil; it simply is an effect that works on evil creatures, and not on non-evil creatures.&nbsp; Much like a magnet doesn't attempt to determine whether a metal object is ferrous or not; you can paint your knife up like copper so well that nobody can tell the difference, but it'll still stick to the magnet.Unholy Blight, to me, reads like an evil magnet, not an evil detector.&nbsp; Glyph of Warding reads like an evil detector - it's not a blast of anti-evil energy, but rather it's a blast of anti-everyone energy that is only triggered when it determines someone to be evil.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 3164193, member: 1656"] The Glyph, I think, can be fooled - the ring is a 'similar magical effect'. The others, though, aren't attempts to discern alignment. You're wearing the Ring. The Paladin attempts to Detect Evil, and comes up blank. He Smites Evil on you, and you take a stack of extra damage. "Huh," he says. "I wasn't really expecting that to work." Smite Evil doesn't attempt to determine whether or not you're evil; it simply is an effect that works on evil creatures, and not on non-evil creatures. Much like a magnet doesn't attempt to determine whether a metal object is ferrous or not; you can paint your knife up like copper so well that nobody can tell the difference, but it'll still stick to the magnet. Unholy Blight, to me, reads like an evil magnet, not an evil detector. Glyph of Warding reads like an evil detector - it's not a blast of anti-evil energy, but rather it's a blast of anti-everyone energy that is only triggered when it determines someone to be evil. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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