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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sigurd" data-source="post: 1557050" data-attributes="member: 19412">This is a huge problem in the gameMorality can be so subjective. The ability to conclusively measure someone as evil effects social organisation in dreadful ways. In the extreme this ability can completely destroy a setting.eg. Army and 3 paladins control a city. Paladins circulate through town, mark all evil creatures & kill them. Town has no evil in it also loses much of its plot elements.I play that a Paladin's sense works only on creatures that his\her god has marked as evil. Many small time evils might be outwayed by other elements of a person's life & thus make them appear neutral or unreadable. Motive, and other intangibles can also play a role in the god's judgment. Undead & the enemies of the deity are much more easily discerned. For the most part, greater attention by the deity increases this sensitivity. A paladin in completely unexplored lands might receive little sense from this ability without the benefit of local prayer and worship. Conversely, an creature ritually brought before a deity's alter in a major church might be an open book.S</blockquote>