So, I'm planning on playing a cleric of Tsukiyo in an upcoming WotR game, and was wondering how good aligned deities interact with domain spells that have, or should have, the evil descriptor.
Specifically, the 5th level darkness domain has Summon Monster V as it's domain spell, but only summons 1d3 shadows, which are CE. Since they aren't outsiders, the spell itself doesn't gain the evil descriptor, but since create spawn isn't an abilty blocked by the summon spells, you could potentially create an army of shadows that become free-willed after the summon duration runs out.
That screams EVIL to me.
Tsukiyo also offers the Night subdomain, which has Nightmare as it's 6th level replacment spell, and it has the evil descriptor.
So my question is, should good aligned deities have different spells in their domain lists, like Pharasma and the souls subdomain, or are we stuck with unusable domain spells due to not being able to cast opposite descriptor spells?
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Granted, I've never been a fan for [Alignment Descriptor] spells, as I feel the result/intention/ect of the spell should determine what alignment that casting the spell should be. For example, summoning undead to protect the town from a horde of rampaging orcs should be a good or neutral act, so take my advice for what you will.
I wouldn't think it unreasonable to take the fact that it's a domain spell, to overwrite the fact that it's an [alignment descriptor] spell. The alignment effects of the spell would be the same as any other spell, based on the intent/outcome/whatever of the casting.
And as for summon monster, I know it's not RAW, but I think that it'd be reasonable to extend the "cannot summon other creatures" to "create spawn" considering that the spell was written assuming there would be no creatures with that ability.
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On the run at work, but for the moment:
Tholomyes' take on it is on the mark. This is also a GREAT opportunity for thematic reskinning. For example, Tsukiyo's "nightmares" might be something very different from vanilla nightmares, even if they have the same mechanics(save for alignment-oriented stuff). Likewise, LG insane romantic Tsukiyo's "nightmares" would be very different from CG shy alien Black Butterfly's "nightmares".
There's a lot of fun waiting to be had there. :)
(Tsukiyo's an awesome god btw :D )