Inquisitors and Alignment-based spells


Rules Questions


I've just noticed that the inquisitor doesn't appear to have an alignment-based restriction in the same way that clerics do.

e.g. They don't have any restriction such as the below (that I'm aware of):

SRD:Cleric - Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells wrote:

A cleric can’t cast spells of an alignment opposed to her own or her deity’s (if she has one). Spells associated with particular alignments are indicated by the chaotic, evil, good, and lawful descriptors in their spell descriptions.

This seems to indicate that (for an example) an Evil inquisitor can select and cast 'Protection From Evil' as a spell, despite it having the 'Good' descriptor. Am I missing something? If true, this also makes the Inquisitor Infiltrator Archetype 'Forbidden Lore' ability pointless...

SRD: Infiltrator - Forbidden Lore wrote:


While other inquisitors learned to track unbelievers, an infiltrator learns how to cast their spells. An infiltrator can cast spells of an alignment opposed to her or her deity (ignoring the restriction in the Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells class ability).

This ability replaces track.

Is this right, or have I just missed a reference somewhere?


Quote:
Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells: An inquisitor can't cast spells of an alignment opposed to her own or her deity's (if she has one). Spells associated with particular alignments are indicated by the chaotic, evil, good and lawful descriptors in their spell descriptions.

Ya, you missed a reference.

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