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<blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1725492" data-attributes="member: 3146"><p>In fact, you'll note that misdirection has a chance of not working. Undetectable alignment doesn't. On the other hand, misdirection is somewhat more powerful. Smart characters in the D&amp;D world know that evil people attempting to be sneaky can easily disguise their alignments. Therefore, if they're suspicious enough to use detect evil, they're often suspicious enough to use Detect Magic. And the only other low-level, long duration abjuration spells are Endure Elements, Protection From Arrows, and Shield Other. All of those spells would only be expected upon certain kinds of people at certain times (on an ordinary spring day, there's little call for protection from elements) so a character with Undetectable Alignment up is not likely to get by a character who has any reason to be suspicious or cautious of him in particular. If it's simply a cleric at the gate of the city, looking for evil auras or a paladin who takes a quick look at the bar to see if he notes any unusually strong evil auras (faint auras being so common as to generally not be worth investigating) then Undetectable Alignment will work. However, it won't stand up to more serious scrutiny.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Elder-Basilisk, post: 1725492, member: 3146"] In fact, you'll note that misdirection has a chance of not working. Undetectable alignment doesn't. On the other hand, misdirection is somewhat more powerful. Smart characters in the D&D world know that evil people attempting to be sneaky can easily disguise their alignments. Therefore, if they're suspicious enough to use detect evil, they're often suspicious enough to use Detect Magic. And the only other low-level, long duration abjuration spells are Endure Elements, Protection From Arrows, and Shield Other. All of those spells would only be expected upon certain kinds of people at certain times (on an ordinary spring day, there's little call for protection from elements) so a character with Undetectable Alignment up is not likely to get by a character who has any reason to be suspicious or cautious of him in particular. If it's simply a cleric at the gate of the city, looking for evil auras or a paladin who takes a quick look at the bar to see if he notes any unusually strong evil auras (faint auras being so common as to generally not be worth investigating) then Undetectable Alignment will work. However, it won't stand up to more serious scrutiny. [/QUOTE]

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