Protection From Alignment


Rules Questions


I know there are multiple threads on this spell and one of them is about the question that I have, but noone really proved their point (or side if you will).
I have been under the impression that Protection from alignment was a single spell when it came to wizard/sorcerer knowing the spell. But recently someone pointed out that the different alignments were seperate spells... I have been swayed to their way of thinking now but I still have doubts about what the RAW is.
So my question is quite simple:
Is "protection from alignment" a single spell, or is it multiple spells each with a different alignment?


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I don't see any reason to believe they are all one spell. They are each listed separately, with separate names, unlike Resist Energy, or Blindness/Deafness or Clairaudience/Clairvoyance.


Which is why I believe as you do. But those that claim it is the same spell by RAW say that when you pick spells you do so from the spell list (where they are indeed listed as one).


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On the spell list they are on the same line for economy of space, but on the pfsrd if you click the link for each one it goes to a separate page. I assume the full spells are listed separately in the rulebook as well.

Most damning, the various spells are even on different spell lists. And they have different domains. Protection from Good is on the Antipaladin spell list, whereas Protection from Evil is on the Paladin spell list.

They are definitely different spells, they were just grouped together to save space on the spell list.

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