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<blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 3136313" data-attributes="member: 4910">Granted, but to be fair we're talking about a cursed magic item here.&nbsp; You don't need to back up your new alignment, because the helm does that for you (&quot;Alteration in alignment is mental as well as moral, and the individual changed by the magic thoroughly enjoys his new outlook&quot;).Likewise, the change can be reversed by equally magical means, though admittadly it's in the rather harsh form of a wish or miracle.&nbsp;Er, not as such, no.&nbsp; The paladin does have to slowly become evil to become a blackguard.&nbsp; He has to have that evil alignment before he can become one.&nbsp; The instant conversion thing doesn't have to do with &quot;Shazam! I'm evil now!&quot; but rather &quot;Shazam! I can trade in those ex-paladin levels I couldn't use the abilities of anyway, on account of being evil and all, for blackguard levels on the spot.&nbsp; Hooray!&quot;&nbsp;The conversion charts for Blackguards have nothing to do with it, honestly.&nbsp; The only two real fast-track ways to change your alignment are both magical in nature: the helm, which does it against your will, and a cleric of your target alignment casting the Atonement spell for you.&nbsp; For the Atonement to work, you'd have to be willing, and afterwards, you'd have to act the part, same as any other member of that alignment would.So the warlord in our example would choose to be good, but until he's sufficiently backed it up he's still considered evil for all intents and purposes.&nbsp; The burden of his misdeeds means a Holy Smite will still knock him silly until he's actually worked to make amends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sejs, post: 3136313, member: 4910"] Granted, but to be fair we're talking about a cursed magic item here. You don't need to back up your new alignment, because the helm does that for you ("Alteration in alignment is mental as well as moral, and the individual changed by the magic thoroughly enjoys his new outlook"). Likewise, the change can be reversed by equally magical means, though admittadly it's in the rather harsh form of a wish or miracle. Er, not as such, no. The paladin does have to slowly become evil to become a blackguard. He has to have that evil alignment before he can become one. The instant conversion thing doesn't have to do with "Shazam! I'm evil now!" but rather "Shazam! I can trade in those ex-paladin levels I couldn't use the abilities of anyway, on account of being evil and all, for blackguard levels on the spot. Hooray!" The conversion charts for Blackguards have nothing to do with it, honestly. The only two real fast-track ways to change your alignment are both magical in nature: the helm, which does it against your will, and a cleric of your target alignment casting the Atonement spell for you. For the Atonement to work, you'd have to be willing, and afterwards, you'd have to act the part, same as any other member of that alignment would. So the warlord in our example would choose to be good, but until he's sufficiently backed it up he's still considered evil for all intents and purposes. The burden of his misdeeds means a Holy Smite will still knock him silly until he's actually worked to make amends. [/QUOTE]

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