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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1571326" data-attributes="member: 3424">Er, no.  The "(Sp)" after "Detect Evil" in the description of the paladin's class abilities means that it is a spell-like ability.  The spell is referenced so that you know how it works, but you don't actually need any components to use it.  Again, not canon, but the following is from <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040420a" target="_blank">Rules of the Game: All About Spell-like Abilities (Part Two)</a>:As with anything, this falls under Rule 0.  However, given that Detect Evil covers a 60-foot radius cone-shaped emanation, you could theoretically pack around 100 medium-sized creatures into that area (more if you squeeze).  That means a paladin only needs to give each individual 0.06 seconds worth of attention to determine the strength of his aura in round 3.  Of course, as a DM, you have the prerogative to rule that despite what the rules say, Detect Evil doesn't allow a person to determine the exact strength of every aura when confronted with a large number of auras, or that a humanoid brain is not capable of processing such a large amount of information, anyway.</blockquote>