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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starglim" data-source="post: 1611095" data-attributes="member: 17011">(checks behind him for the person knowledgeable about the rules who might have spoken up earlier)I certainly didn't mean to imply that you'd made any error, just that the alignments that were assigned to chugs and sandestins struck me as singularly appropriate.I'll have a try at it. A gate spell cast to summon a lawful outsider is a Lawful spell, and likewise for a chaotic outsider is a Chaotic spell, as you said.A wizard is not restricted by his alignment in casting spells. A wizard of any alignment could summon both a lawful and a chaotic creature without penalty. There could be special effects of casting spells of certain descriptors, such as a lingering aura of law or chaos, and a wizard's alignment might well shift over time if he favours spells of a certain alignment, but the text under gate regarding alignment is mostly for the benefit of clerics.A cure spell doesn't have an alignment descriptor, so an evil cleric can cast it. For that matter, an undead cleric can cast a cure spell, even though it would harm him if cast on himself. However, clerics (not wizards) can't cast spells with an actual alignment descriptor stated in the spell's stat block or description that is opposite to their own or to their deity's.</blockquote>