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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ARandomGod" data-source="post: 2176050" data-attributes="member: 17296">This is exactly what I was thinking. Evil characters really generally fear evil more than good characters do, it makes MORE sense for them to memorize and cast it. I'd even allow clerics to do so, assuming that they're being protected from an evil that's not directly their god (being protected from the god's other clerics by a PoE spell seems appropriately evil to me).But evil people traffic with evil much, much more, and are more likely to need protections from that evil. Good. Pah. Good is a nothing alignment. Just apologize insincerely and believably, then stab them in the back after they've forgiven you. You don't need protection from THOSE idiots. It's the evil bastards like yourself you have to watch out for.Drow. Case in point. If a drow were to memorize a protection from spell, (s)he'd be an idiot to memorize anything BUT protection from evil.I think that the intentions are more important than the spell itself. As long as you aren't casting the spell to save any orphans or something. Unless, of course, you had important things to do with/to those orphans later. Or, once again case in point with the Drow, unless you were trying to prevent OTHER evil people from getting an advantage through their tortorous sacrifice. Stopping someone elses evil is not necessarily a good act, depending on intentions. It *could* just be chaotic or an evil power struggle.I dunno... I suppose there could be the occasional reason to cast PfG as a good act. But that's just got to be more rare. Good people don't often go around trying to kill other good people. If that were happening, and you were trying to protect yourself  it wouldn't be evil to cast the spell... but you would of cousre be somewhat obliged to not kill the good 'opponent' either. Perhaps he's been controlled/lied to in some way? PfE on the other hand, evil people/critters need more protection from evil than any other type!</blockquote>

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