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<blockquote data-quote="Azalnubizar" data-source="post: 2974809" data-attributes="member: 17511"><p>well, for one thing I am not overly fond of the alignment-system used in D&D.</p><p>We - as a group - agreed, that we will try to use it anyway... do have our problems with it in regular intervalls...</p><p></p><p>now - as I do understand it, I do agree with the previous opinions, that you can't just kill anybody who is evil, since this would be a quite large percentage of all the people.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore - how would you feel living in a society where your personal thoughts could lead to your execution?</p><p></p><p>About the casting of spells... well... the problem seems to be the paladin's special ability (spell-like ability). He'd have to look at the target for 18 seconds... and he would need to concentrate... this might be noticed but can mostly be done without noticing.</p><p></p><p>Even if it is noticed, it isn't prove yet that the person is casting a spell at you.</p><p>But I think it is a good idea to have others use their own concept on them - first have them checked by a few good paladins... see how they react.</p><p>Later mix in a few evil guys...</p><p></p><p>Therefore I think we can agree that except for Evil-dominated goverments you cannot prosecute people with evil auras. The act of checking ones Aura might be taken as offence but will mostly not be recogniced as such.</p><p></p><p>Last - as also mentioned previously - I would give them a bit more to gnaw at and to not allways trust their "detect evil" abilities. I think, one of the best spells for this is the second level wizard spell called "misdirection". With this spell he can easily make himself appear as good. With another use of misdirection you can a good man appear as evil... if your group really trusts so much in their detect evil ability... some evil mind could probably try and manipulate them pretty easily with this spell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Azalnubizar, post: 2974809, member: 17511"] well, for one thing I am not overly fond of the alignment-system used in D&D. We - as a group - agreed, that we will try to use it anyway... do have our problems with it in regular intervalls... now - as I do understand it, I do agree with the previous opinions, that you can't just kill anybody who is evil, since this would be a quite large percentage of all the people. Furthermore - how would you feel living in a society where your personal thoughts could lead to your execution? About the casting of spells... well... the problem seems to be the paladin's special ability (spell-like ability). He'd have to look at the target for 18 seconds... and he would need to concentrate... this might be noticed but can mostly be done without noticing. Even if it is noticed, it isn't prove yet that the person is casting a spell at you. But I think it is a good idea to have others use their own concept on them - first have them checked by a few good paladins... see how they react. Later mix in a few evil guys... Therefore I think we can agree that except for Evil-dominated goverments you cannot prosecute people with evil auras. The act of checking ones Aura might be taken as offence but will mostly not be recogniced as such. Last - as also mentioned previously - I would give them a bit more to gnaw at and to not allways trust their "detect evil" abilities. I think, one of the best spells for this is the second level wizard spell called "misdirection". With this spell he can easily make himself appear as good. With another use of misdirection you can a good man appear as evil... if your group really trusts so much in their detect evil ability... some evil mind could probably try and manipulate them pretty easily with this spell. [/QUOTE]
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