Rules question: Profane bonuses and Detect Evil and forbiddance


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So I am running a game and most of my party has been with a succubus and given a profane bonus. The succubus is friendly to the group and hasn’t drained them. My question is for spells like detect evil, forbiddance and the like will they register as evil? And would holy weapons do damage to them as if they are evil? They are mostly good as a party and even the Paladin has had the bonus granted. He only took it for the group telepathic ability Becuase he constantly kept finding himself blind.
Any RAW I would like but in the absence of that and interpretation is most welcome. We are dealing with a succubus that isn’t evil.


Raigeki wrote:

So I am running a game and most of my party has been with a succubus and given a profane bonus. The succubus is friendly to the group and hasn’t drained them. My question is for spells like detect evil, forbiddance and the like will they register as evil? And would holy weapons do damage to them as if they are evil? They are mostly good as a party and even the Paladin has had the bonus granted. He only took it for the group telepathic ability Becuase he constantly kept finding himself blind.

Any RAW I would like but in the absence of that and interpretation is most welcome. We are dealing with a succubus that isn’t evil.

1.) You're actually in the wrong subforum

2.) Unless stated explicitly by an ability/condition, whether or not you radiate an evil/good aura has to do with whether or not you're an outsider, (though I believe some classes also radiate an aura like paladin and cleric - check your core rule book to be sure).

Conclusion: No, they probably don't.


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And level is also a factor -- Non-clerics/paladins below a certain level do not register for Detect Evil regardless of alignment, for example. See the table for this spell in the core rules.

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