Chaotic Neutral Oracle and Spells with an Alignment


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I am currently designing a character for a game in my DM's homebrew universe that uses the 4E DnD Pantheon as its deities. At the moment I have already decided on an Oracle who is Chaotic Neutral, (havent decided on the character revelation yet). I know that Druids, Inquisitors and Clerics have alignment issues when it comes to spells (Chaotic Good Clerics cant cast Lawful or Evil), but Oracles do not seem to have this issue with them. So I want to just confirm my few rules questions about this.

1. Can a Chaotic Neutral character cast spells with the Lawful keyword, where a Druid or Cleric couldnt?
2. Can a Chaotic Neutral character cast spells with the Evil or Good Keyword? And would casting spells with these alignments theoretically alter the casters alignment


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Oracles are not limited by alignment on their choice of spells so you can cast any spell of your choosing.

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The only consequence is an alignment drift. And, honestly, as long as you use spells with the [Law] descriptor to kill town guards, spells with the [Evil] descriptor to rescue kittens, and spells with the [Good] descriptor to blow up orphanages, the net effect should be neutral.

I'm not sure what spell you would use to blow up orphanages full of town guards in order to rescue a kitten.


Lincoln Hills wrote:

The only consequence is an alignment drift. And, honestly, as long as you use spells with the [Law] descriptor to kill town guards, spells with the [Evil] descriptor to rescue kittens, and spells with the [Good] descriptor to blow up orphanages, the net effect should be neutral.

I'm not sure what spell you would use to blow up orphanages full of town guards in order to rescue a kitten.

I was about to say Holy Word/its counterparts because it kills neutral creatures, like 90%+ of town guards and almost all children, plus any abusive orphanage employees who drifted into evil...

and then I realized it would also kill the neutral kitten. Poor kitty!

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