Paladins dectect evil - move or standart action??

[divby0]

hello everyone,

If a paladin uses detect evil it says he can use detect evil as the spell as a move action. Does that mean detect evil is "only" a move action?

Or is "casting" detect evil a move action and the spell is as described in the spell a standart action?

thank you!

[Ughbash]

If he uses his detect evil wiht the cone effect to check if anythign in that cone is evil then it is a standard action.

He can INSTEAD check a single person in which case it is a move action.

[divby0]

Thanks! That makes sense, now I understand how to read it.