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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What is being good except having self-imposed restrictions to avoid doing something evil? This spell seems perfect. There will rarely be a time where a good aligned character could justify using it in an overpowered way. If it were inverted then you would see evil characters using it all the time. It's a self-imposed balance. You have a very powerful tool, but you must avoid using unless absolutely necessary.

[–] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ah, but there is an evil equivalent, Blasphemy. It affects non-evil creatures instead of non-good creatures, and as such has no self-balancing properties. There are even equivalents for Law and Chaos, which are... worryingly abstract.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Hmm, yeah. That doesn't seem like a great idea to give to people...