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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 1838797" data-attributes="member: 5890">Except on a strict reading, using detect chaos:1. It can detect chaotic creatures, so it detects a chaotic undead creature2. You look down the table for aura strengths, and theres a listing for "undead". It's stronger than the aura for a chaotic creature, so we use that aura strength instead.So the only actual point of difference is that detect evil will detect a non-evil undead creature.edit:Actually that extends to detect evil in general.The spell detects, in the second round, the number of evil auras (creatures, objects or spells).It seems like it's perfectly logical to deduce that a non-evil undead DOES NOT GET PAST THIS LINE OF THE CLASSIFICATION. It has no evil aura. It doesn't qualify as an evil creature, an evil object or an evil spell, nor is it specifically listed as generating an evil aura. Clerics of evil deities still do - because they are specifically listed in their description as generating an evil aura.Then - you get to the section where you determine the strength of the evil aura, and the table says that undead have an aura of this strength, which overrides the entry of 'evil creature'.I'll agree that hyp's reading is possible, but it's by no means the only one possible.</blockquote>