Detect *Alignment* Questions


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Hi :D. I have a few questions on the Detect Chaos/Evil/Good/Lawful spells for a game I'm in (not the DM, but we pool our rules knowledge together).

Most of all I wanna confirm when "normal" creatures not under a specific category start to register based on hit dice. The sources I've found say:

(Aura: HD)
None: 0-4
Faint: 5-10
Moderate: 11-25
Strong: 26-50
Overwhelming: 51+

I'd imagine this is right, but at least one source I found said the first print stated None: 0-5 and Faint: 5-10, an editing mistake. I've read it was corrected on common sense, but the above doesn't match the pattern of every other tier that goes "Up to some multiple of 5, the next starting 1 level higher". I like it stopping at 4, I think that's a good low-power range, but I'd like to be sure before we hit the 1 level it affects, so is there an official clarification or errata or similar anywhere to cite?

Also Detect Evil says "Creatures with actively evil intents count as evil creatures for the purpose of this spell". Do the other spells sense good, lawful or chaotic intents, or is evil a "stronger" alignment for noticing?


All the other detect alignment spells reference detect evil for how they function, so a creature with good/lawful/chaotic intents would count as such a creature with the appropriate spell type.

As for the levels at which things are detected, I don't know where you found the disparate information but just use the spell on the prd here.

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