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<blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 3669417" data-attributes="member: 8439">Thanks, now I don't have to type that part myself.&nbsp; <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&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> The reason [evil] spells have the [evil] subtype is that they use the power of Evil. Not because they were invented by evil gods or because they are particularly mean, but because you are tapping into a real force of spiritual evil to do your bidding. Just like a [fire] spell doesn't have that descriptor if it just looks like fire or because the end result is similar to having been burned... it's a [fire] spell because it uses the elemental force of fire.So why is it an evil act to call upon the force of Evil to do your bidding, chanelling pure elemental evil through your own body? We really need to ask? It's not like this is an unknown trope in fantasy literature and the tales and legends that lay the groundwork for it. &quot;Foolish mortal calls on the powers of darkness for all the right reasons and loses his soul / is tainted forever / becomes a tool of that he opposes...&quot; And they didn't always get a nice bracketed &quot;evil&quot; sign to tell them what they were getting into.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kahuna Burger, post: 3669417, member: 8439"] Thanks, now I don't have to type that part myself. ;) The reason [evil] spells have the [evil] subtype is that they use the power of Evil. Not because they were invented by evil gods or because they are particularly mean, but because you are tapping into a real force of spiritual evil to do your bidding. Just like a [fire] spell doesn't have that descriptor if it just looks like fire or because the end result is similar to having been burned... it's a [fire] spell because it uses the elemental force of fire. So why is it an evil act to call upon the force of Evil to do your bidding, chanelling pure elemental evil through your own body? We really need to ask? It's not like this is an unknown trope in fantasy literature and the tales and legends that lay the groundwork for it. "Foolish mortal calls on the powers of darkness for all the right reasons and loses his soul / is tainted forever / becomes a tool of that he opposes..." And they didn't always get a nice bracketed "evil" sign to tell them what they were getting into. :p [/QUOTE]

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