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<blockquote data-quote="dreaded_beast" data-source="post: 840433" data-attributes="member: 11185">in my opinion, i do not believe that summoning demons itself is an evil act, although the spell itself radiates as being &quot;evil&quot;.if say an evil spellcaster continually summoned up celestials and did business with them or constantly casted &quot;good&quot; spells, would that spellcaster be in danger of becoming &quot;good&quot;?if summoning fiends is evil, because the spell has the &quot;evil&quot; descriptor, than any spell that has the &quot;evil&quot; descriptor is considered to be an &quot;evil&quot; act. if this is true, than any spell that has the &quot;good&quot; descriptor and is considered to be a &quot;good&quot; act.take protection from evil. this spell is considered &quot;good&quot; because of the descriptor. now, in my opinion, evil spellcasters would probably cast this sepll quite a few times, since they probably have to protect themselves from evil baddies as much as anyone else.now, if the belief that casting &quot;evil&quot; spells make someone turn closer to evil, then it should hold true that the evil spellcaster casting &quot;good&quot; spells would start turning closer to &quot;good&quot;.if that was the case, then too many castings of certain spells would be an evil characters quick way to redemption. hmm, i don't want to be evil anymore, let me cast protection from evil a bunch of times so i can become good. this sounds silly to me, so that is why i don't think that casting spells with the &quot;evil&quot; or &quot;good&quot; descriptor makes it an evil or good act, just the type of spell it is.another example is if a &quot;good&quot; character is wielding an unholy sword. i believe that wielding an unholy sword does not make a character evil since the rules do not state that. the rules do state that a good character wielding an unholy sword suffers a -1 negative level but not a change in alignment. you need a special magical item to change your alignment. the unholy sword will radiate evil under the detect evil spell, but beyond the -1 negative level, there is no rule that says using it is an evil act and will start changing your alignment to evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dreaded_beast, post: 840433, member: 11185"] in my opinion, i do not believe that summoning demons itself is an evil act, although the spell itself radiates as being "evil". if say an evil spellcaster continually summoned up celestials and did business with them or constantly casted "good" spells, would that spellcaster be in danger of becoming "good"? if summoning fiends is evil, because the spell has the "evil" descriptor, than any spell that has the "evil" descriptor is considered to be an "evil" act. if this is true, than any spell that has the "good" descriptor and is considered to be a "good" act. take protection from evil. this spell is considered "good" because of the descriptor. now, in my opinion, evil spellcasters would probably cast this sepll quite a few times, since they probably have to protect themselves from evil baddies as much as anyone else. now, if the belief that casting "evil" spells make someone turn closer to evil, then it should hold true that the evil spellcaster casting "good" spells would start turning closer to "good". if that was the case, then too many castings of certain spells would be an evil characters quick way to redemption. hmm, i don't want to be evil anymore, let me cast protection from evil a bunch of times so i can become good. this sounds silly to me, so that is why i don't think that casting spells with the "evil" or "good" descriptor makes it an evil or good act, just the type of spell it is. another example is if a "good" character is wielding an unholy sword. i believe that wielding an unholy sword does not make a character evil since the rules do not state that. the rules do state that a good character wielding an unholy sword suffers a -1 negative level but not a change in alignment. you need a special magical item to change your alignment. the unholy sword will radiate evil under the detect evil spell, but beyond the -1 negative level, there is no rule that says using it is an evil act and will start changing your alignment to evil. [/QUOTE]

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