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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xanterith" data-source="post: 3186534" data-attributes="member: 47264">The possesor of the evil aura may not be evil, but the aura is.A good person can be possesed by a demon and radiate evil.  This doesn't change the the alignment of the person, but does indicate the PRESENCE of evil.  Presence is the key word, and that fact that evil can be measured in DnD.  Basically it means evil is here, and this is how much, but has absolutely no reading of how much or how little good is also there.In order for the spell to function, evil has to be there, or something that is trying to look like evil and fool the spell, but the purpose of the spell is to...detect evil.  Let's not overthink this too much.*There was something here, I retract it as it was stupid, or the rules are stupid, one of the 2.</blockquote>