Masking Alignment [Archive] - Wizards Community

Masking Alignment [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Rudysseus
01-27-06, 06:32 PM I have a character that is Lawful Evil, but is a DM-sanctioned "mole" in the group, who is helping the good guys along to accomplish their mission. There is a paladin in the group that likes to use his detect evil to keep tabs on who is standing around him.

I need to find some method (available to a level 8 character) to keep my alignment as hidden as I can, whether by a spell, item, etc. :schemes:
JulesCARV
01-27-06, 07:24 PM Well... what class are you? If you're a cleric or a bard (I guess you aren't a bard if you're lawful, though), undetectable alignment should do the trick. That requires a 1st (bard) or 2nd (cleric) level spell every day, though.

Or you could carry around a thin sheet of lead and hold it in front of yourself whenever the paladin's about to detect you. :shifty:

One alternative might be to make up some reason why you detect as evil, even though you "aren't." "The wizard had armed all of his archers with evil-aligned arrows. They killed the hound archon, Azemel, that was leading us in that battle, though he fought with amazing valor and strength. I was wounded, and only spared because no one thought I was a serious enough target, yet I took three arrows. I recovered, but fragments and splinters of those vile arrowheads remain embedded in my flesh to this day, and ever since, those who could see good and evil have mistaken me for evil. Go ahead! Try detecting my alignment! I bet it will come up as evil!"

Of course, telling tall tales might be a bit too chaotic for you. Not sure.
Lionhearted
01-27-06, 08:44 PM are you an evil cleric? or a demon? if not...
what's the freaking problem? the paladin can only sense supernatural evil. not if you are evil. sigh, read detect evil again. there is some very handful tricks to keep your cover due

there is a changling feat that allows you to display false surface thought (persona immersion)

a good bluff score is a must! as is a good sense motive

read the alignments carefully, its not a ladder its more like a 8 point road with neutral in the middle.

(that means CN isnt more evil than N, your not closer to evil as CN)
the three tree's is etirely different. so you cant say that a neutral character is less good than a good one. just more self interested, and less zealous

if your paladin get whiny, convince the Dm to convert into ravenloft. bye bye paladin ^^

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Rudysseus 01-27-06, 06:32 PM	I have a character that is Lawful Evil, but is a DM-sanctioned "mole" in the group, who is helping the good guys along to accomplish their mission. There is a paladin in the group that likes to use his detect evil to keep tabs on who is standing around him. I need to find some method (available to a level 8 character) to keep my alignment as hidden as I can, whether by a spell, item, etc. :schemes:
JulesCARV 01-27-06, 07:24 PM	Well... what class are you? If you're a cleric or a bard (I guess you aren't a bard if you're lawful, though), undetectable alignment should do the trick. That requires a 1st (bard) or 2nd (cleric) level spell every day, though. Or you could carry around a thin sheet of lead and hold it in front of yourself whenever the paladin's about to detect you. :shifty: One alternative might be to make up some reason why you detect as evil, even though you "aren't." "The wizard had armed all of his archers with evil-aligned arrows. They killed the hound archon, Azemel, that was leading us in that battle, though he fought with amazing valor and strength. I was wounded, and only spared because no one thought I was a serious enough target, yet I took three arrows. I recovered, but fragments and splinters of those vile arrowheads remain embedded in my flesh to this day, and ever since, those who could see good and evil have mistaken me for evil. Go ahead! Try detecting my alignment! I bet it will come up as evil!" Of course, telling tall tales might be a bit too chaotic for you. Not sure.
Lionhearted 01-27-06, 08:44 PM	are you an evil cleric? or a demon? if not... what's the freaking problem? the paladin can only sense supernatural evil. not if you are evil. sigh, read detect evil again. there is some very handful tricks to keep your cover due there is a changling feat that allows you to display false surface thought (persona immersion) a good bluff score is a must! as is a good sense motive read the alignments carefully, its not a ladder its more like a 8 point road with neutral in the middle. (that means CN isnt more evil than N, your not closer to evil as CN) the three tree's is etirely different. so you cant say that a neutral character is less good than a good one. just more self interested, and less zealous if your paladin get whiny, convince the Dm to convert into ravenloft. bye bye paladin ^^