<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=189056.msg10075381#msg10075381">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 04-06-2014, 02:47:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">*laughs*<br/><br/>Do you realize you now made your char a hypocrite? Negative energy <em>is</em> evil incarnate also!</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>You are incorrect. Inflict Wounds (http://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/SRD:Inflict_Light_Wounds), a spell that literally channels negative energy into the world, is not an Evil spell. There is nothing inherently evil about negative energy, according to D&D. Good clerics are entirely free to prepare the spell and cast it all day long without any fear for their alignment (though after that, depending on who they cast it on could potentially be hazardous). There is nothing evilbad about negative energy.<br/><br/>And the reason that arcanists don't have a strict "no opposing alignment" on spells is because if they change alignment, their spellcasting is unaffected. Clerics and paladins lose their class abilities if they change their alignment (Paladin anything instead of LG, Cleric anything more than one step from their deity).<br/><br/>As far as the succubus goes, you don't have to worry about her as long as she's shapechanged. I'm not planning to be a dick or metagame to "find out"--I'd prefer my character remain clueless as long as possible so he has more time to accept her. I'm purposefully not taking anything that allows him to detect creatures or alignments in order to facilitate this. Plus he's not a spellcaster (despite also being a cleric, his Wis is too low to cast spells); he doesn't know the difference between spells, spell-like abilities, and supernaturals. All he knows is that people sometimes wave their hands, sometimes they don't, and freaky shit happens. He's focused on hitting decently once every few rounds granting allies benefits, and being super-sticky so enemies need to target him instead of ignoring him and attacking the squishies who are actually doing the brunt of the heavy lifting as far as the fight goes while he tanks the hits.