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<blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 3669257" data-attributes="member: 7177">I think the &quot;Detect Good/Evil/Law/Chaos&quot; could have an enormous impact on how societies function. With such spells, you can reasonably select those who have the greater good in mind from those who are only interested for selfish reasons, and those who will work well within a hierarchical structure versus those who will only make trouble. And yet, many settings do not seem to do much with these spells.One of the best examples of using such magic I have seen is in the &quot;Blue Rose&quot; setting - which isn't D&amp;D, but it works somewhat similar in that regard. In one of its kingdoms, anyone can become a noble of the land as long as he passes certain tests of knowledge and ability. However, the final test is to touch an artifact, the titular Blue Rose. If you are Good, it will glow, and you become a noble with all the responsibility and privileges this implies. If it dims, you fail - and you only ever get this one chance.Of course, sometimes this doesn't work out when a noble becomes corrupt later in life. Nonetheless, overall this test has resulted in a rather just and free society with a high standard of living, and I find this a far better way of using alignment detection magic than the tired old &quot;Let's kill everyone who isn't like us!&quot; which I have seen seriously suggested as a use for the &quot;Detect Evil&quot; spell.Do you have any examples or suggestions how such spells could be used within a society?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jürgen Hubert, post: 3669257, member: 7177"] I think the "Detect Good/Evil/Law/Chaos" could have an enormous impact on how societies function. With such spells, you can reasonably select those who have the greater good in mind from those who are only interested for selfish reasons, and those who will work well within a hierarchical structure versus those who will only make trouble. And yet, many settings do not seem to do much with these spells. One of the best examples of using such magic I have seen is in the "Blue Rose" setting - which isn't D&D, but it works somewhat similar in that regard. In one of its kingdoms, anyone can become a noble of the land as long as he passes certain tests of knowledge and ability. However, the final test is to touch an artifact, the titular Blue Rose. If you are Good, it will glow, and you become a noble with all the responsibility and privileges this implies. If it dims, you fail - and you only ever get this one chance. Of course, sometimes this doesn't work out when a noble becomes corrupt later in life. Nonetheless, overall this test has resulted in a rather just and free society with a high standard of living, and I find this a far better way of using alignment detection magic than the tired old "Let's kill everyone who isn't like us!" which I have seen seriously suggested as a use for the "Detect Evil" spell. Do you have any examples or suggestions how such spells could be used within a society? [/QUOTE]

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