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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 149781" data-attributes="member: 177">Not necessarily.&nbsp; The fact that there is an absolute definition does not say that mortals know or understand that definition.&nbsp; Mortals can debate and argue about it and have wars over it, just so long as the gods don't actually speak up clearly on the matter.&nbsp; &quot;But,&quot; you say, &quot;what about the alignment related spells? They're a dead giveaway!&quot;My answer is - Not necessarily.&nbsp; If the alignment related spells deal in long term averages, they won't reveal anything about particular acts, or even any particular short string of them.&nbsp; A person who has been good for most of their life, and commits one evil act won't necessarily register as evil.&nbsp; Or, if they detect aligned intent, rather than the karma scorecard, you are again in gray-hazy areas of moral conundrum juicyness <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 149781, member: 177"] Not necessarily. The fact that there is an absolute definition does not say that mortals know or understand that definition. Mortals can debate and argue about it and have wars over it, just so long as the gods don't actually speak up clearly on the matter. "But," you say, "what about the alignment related spells? They're a dead giveaway!" My answer is - Not necessarily. If the alignment related spells deal in long term averages, they won't reveal anything about particular acts, or even any particular short string of them. A person who has been good for most of their life, and commits one evil act won't necessarily register as evil. Or, if they detect aligned intent, rather than the karma scorecard, you are again in gray-hazy areas of moral conundrum juicyness :) [/QUOTE]

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