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<blockquote data-quote="Tilla the Hun (work)" data-source="post: 1196480" data-attributes="member: 14214">This is exactly correct.Detect Evil allows the players to determine the alignment of the creature/spell/object they are detecting on.&nbsp; That alignment has no more and no less meaning than the alignment of the players themselves.&nbsp; It's a guide to what behavior to expect from that character.If I had a Paladin that detected evil, found it, attacked it and slew it - I'd dock him into an ex-Paladin for it.&nbsp; What proof did he have that the creature had done something worthy of being killed for??&nbsp; A neutral evil innkeeper doesn't deserve to die just because he tends to charge 5sp more for out of towners than locals!A lawful evil creature would obey the laws of the kingdom - and twist them to suit himself or profit from them - does he deserve to die?In most communities, a paladin doing such things would immediately be labeled a murderer (perhaps a vigilante murderer) and be hunted down.That detect evil doesn't give them the proof they need to render justice - it just tells them who bears watching or investigating.&nbsp; It's a sign for a Paladin to closely inspect such a person, to follow them and know what they do.&nbsp; In other words - detect alignment allows you to know WHY someone does something - but until you know WHAT they've done, you can't persecute them or prosecute them without being at least somewhat chaotic - and that's not what a Paladin is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tilla the Hun (work), post: 1196480, member: 14214"] This is exactly correct. Detect Evil allows the players to determine the alignment of the creature/spell/object they are detecting on. That alignment has no more and no less meaning than the alignment of the players themselves. It's a guide to what behavior to expect from that character. If I had a Paladin that detected evil, found it, attacked it and slew it - I'd dock him into an ex-Paladin for it. What proof did he have that the creature had done something worthy of being killed for?? A neutral evil innkeeper doesn't deserve to die just because he tends to charge 5sp more for out of towners than locals! A lawful evil creature would obey the laws of the kingdom - and twist them to suit himself or profit from them - does he deserve to die? In most communities, a paladin doing such things would immediately be labeled a murderer (perhaps a vigilante murderer) and be hunted down. That detect evil doesn't give them the proof they need to render justice - it just tells them who bears watching or investigating. It's a sign for a Paladin to closely inspect such a person, to follow them and know what they do. In other words - detect alignment allows you to know WHY someone does something - but until you know WHAT they've done, you can't persecute them or prosecute them without being at least somewhat chaotic - and that's not what a Paladin is. [/QUOTE]

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