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<blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 2767191" data-attributes="member: 13703">I know that we've had paladin thread after paladin thread lately but I have another question about them.&nbsp; When paladins use their detect evil spell-like ability is the person that they are detecting on able to notice that they are being checked.&nbsp; The description for spell-like abilities in the core rulebooks states that no verbal, somatic or material components are needed, nor is a focus item.&nbsp; It is just done mentally.I have a paladin in my group at the moment who went around to the entire crew of the ship detecting evil.&nbsp; While no-one was actually evil I could see that this could be a problem later on in the game if he keeps doing it to anyone and everyone.From what I can see in the core rules as written though for him to use the ability just requires him to basically look at a general area for 1 round (or 6 seconds) to see if there is any evil in the area.&nbsp; If that is the case then I imagine that it would be very easy for him to do without anyone noticing.&nbsp; In the example that I gave above I ruled that he was able to try and detect evil without anyone wondering what he was doing.While detecting that someone is evil is very different to actually proving that they have done something wrong I can still see that it may cause problems in the future.So does anyone have any thoughts on the issue?Olaf the Stout</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olaf the Stout, post: 2767191, member: 13703"] I know that we've had paladin thread after paladin thread lately but I have another question about them. When paladins use their detect evil spell-like ability is the person that they are detecting on able to notice that they are being checked. The description for spell-like abilities in the core rulebooks states that no verbal, somatic or material components are needed, nor is a focus item. It is just done mentally. I have a paladin in my group at the moment who went around to the entire crew of the ship detecting evil. While no-one was actually evil I could see that this could be a problem later on in the game if he keeps doing it to anyone and everyone. From what I can see in the core rules as written though for him to use the ability just requires him to basically look at a general area for 1 round (or 6 seconds) to see if there is any evil in the area. If that is the case then I imagine that it would be very easy for him to do without anyone noticing. In the example that I gave above I ruled that he was able to try and detect evil without anyone wondering what he was doing. While detecting that someone is evil is very different to actually proving that they have done something wrong I can still see that it may cause problems in the future. So does anyone have any thoughts on the issue? Olaf the Stout [/QUOTE]

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