[DF] Why isn't Detects as Evil more of a disadvantage? - Page 9

b-dog · 08-12-2010, 02:11 PM

I am wondering why the feature Detects as Evil isn't a 10 point disadvantage. It seems to me that if a PC detects as evil then the people in the town will know that the PC is either an evil cleric, unholy warrior or a half-infernal. All of the other classes and races do not detect as anything out of the ordinary. A PC who detects as evil can not disguise himself to a cleric or wizard with the spell. I used to play D&D and having a PC with an evil alignment has a lot of problems because many towns people will be suspicious and will often have ways to detect evil. Ravenloft would never work if the monsters didn't have a way to obscure their alignment either because detecting evil was one of the first things to be done when trying to find out who the bad guy is. The vast majority of people are neutral or unaligned morally so a person who detects as evil is able to be singled out.

The same is true of a person who detects as good. That PC will have a hard time infiltrating a temple dedicated to a demon lord or other areas of evil. Evil monsters can sniff out guy who radiate good pretty easily.

08-12-2010, 02:11 PM	#1
b-dog Join Date: Nov 2006	[DF] Why isn't Detects as Evil more of a disadvantage? I am wondering why the feature Detects as Evil isn't a 10 point disadvantage. It seems to me that if a PC detects as evil then the people in the town will know that the PC is either an evil cleric, unholy warrior or a half-infernal. All of the other classes and races do not detect as anything out of the ordinary. A PC who detects as evil can not disguise himself to a cleric or wizard with the spell. I used to play D&D and having a PC with an evil alignment has a lot of problems because many towns people will be suspicious and will often have ways to detect evil. Ravenloft would never work if the monsters didn't have a way to obscure their alignment either because detecting evil was one of the first things to be done when trying to find out who the bad guy is. The vast majority of people are neutral or unaligned morally so a person who detects as evil is able to be singled out. The same is true of a person who detects as good. That PC will have a hard time infiltrating a temple dedicated to a demon lord or other areas of evil. Evil monsters can sniff out guy who radiate good pretty easily.