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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 1350041" data-attributes="member: 141">Good point.  An evil caster probably wouldn't cast it on a good opponent, because the self-imposed limitations on a good being's conduct are (from evil's point of view) a weakness no BBEG would want to remove.  And, anyway, making one's enemy evil is unlikely to make them friendly to you.Conversely, a good caster might regard the spell as violating a creature's right to choose its nature; it might also undermine the justification for punishing a creature for its crimes (if now good, can it be punished for what it did when it was evil)?  For this reason good casters are not as likely to use this spell as one might think.  Casters who use charm and domination effects are less likely to regard this aspect of the spell as problematic.But even if a caster used this spell on, say, a demon, I doubt there would be an immediate change in an evil creature's reaction to the heroes.  If it was hostile before, it would still be hostile.  A reversed demon will now be kind, just, self-controlled, honorable, etc- but it will take a while for it to become aware of these new feelings and motivations, and to act on them.  In the middle of a combat there will be little indication that the spell worked.  Though little things might show through at once- the demon might chivalrously allow an opponent to pick up a fumbled weapon, for instance.And even if the caster can justify reversing an opponent's alignment, the (now-good) creature might think this is decidedly underhanded, and react with anger towards the caster.  Good qualities like loyalty and altruism would apply to its (evil) allies- it would take some time before the converted demon recognizes that it cannot function in its previous environment.The magic item it is based on can only function once.  I think that, considering its lack of flexibility and the bonus to the save, it is balanced with bestow greater curse.  It is weaker than BGC, and is lower level- that seems fair.  But maybe that means that BGC (which is also irreversable) is over-powered.  I don't know.</blockquote>

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