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Casting an evil spell is not an alignment infraction in and of itself, as long as it doesn't violate any codes, tenents of faith, or other such issues.
Committing an evil act outside of casting the spell, such as using an evil spell to torture an innocent NPC for information or the like is an alignment infraction. Using infernal healing to heal party members is not an evil act.
I can't possibly define what every evil act could be. That is why I rely on GM discretion. But simply casting an evil descriptor spell is not an evil act in and of itself.
I rarely talk on these messageboards (but often read them) but this is a time which I just have to put in my two cents.
Casting a evil spell is not a alignment infraction? What is the point of having a alignment system in place? Evil and Good form the basis for moral actions in most FRPG's. We roleplay our characters moral actions based on this system. If my good cleric or wizard draws forth a drop of devils blood and a dose of unholy water to infernally annoint and heal a companion this is a gross violation of the good alignment axis. To annoint in its simplest term means to smear or rub the substance onto something, while another definition includes it in a rite or ritual which would be exactly what spellcasting is.
If you want to make it legal for a wizard to buy a wand of infernal healing and be the party healer just say so. But dont ruin the game by saying that for a good character to cast Infernal Healing is not an alignment infraction is just silly. It is indeed and evil act and a good character that does so should be warned by GM that her action of useing evil to do good are moving her toward the neutral center of the good/evil axis. At the most it should not be allowed for good player use is PFS.
Infernal Healing is one small example. Good Summoners, Wizards, and Clerics should find summoning evil outsiders equally appalling. But that is just my opinion, Summon Monster does not have the evil desciriptor.