The Oblivious One wrote:Ray of Enfeeblement
Enervation
Contagion
Control Undead
Destruction
Finger of Death
Wail of the Banshee
Energy Drain
Horrid Wilting
Avasculate
Vampiric Feast Forget that one- obviously evil
Curses (i.e. impending blades)
Even Fear?
Ray of Enfeeblement, you sap the strength of a single target. I do not think a Lawful Good character would have much of an issue with this spell, especially if it is used in self defence.
Enervation, it supresses the life force of the target for few hours. Again, a spell that could to be used in self defence to weaken dangerous foes.
Contagion, this is an evil spell. You spread diseases that often kill slowly.
Control Undead, for a temporary duration you may take control over the dead and control them. The undead are the polar opposite of living things, often without wills of their own, so the use of the spell depends on how the undead are controlled. If you turn undead against undead, there is nothing wrong with it. In theory you could command undead to stand still as they get put down.
Destruction, this is a cleric spell, so it does not appear on the Lawful Good sorcerer list. Anyhow, the effect is instant, so the subject is likely to die before their nerve systems even registers the pain.
Finger of Death, the effect of this spell is instantaneous so it is rather similar to the Destruction spell. But again, it really falls down on how it is used. If it is cast on an orphan, then yes, clearly evil. If it is cast on a orc trying to slaughter the orphan mentioned before, clearly not evil.
Wail of the Banshee, you could consider it as Finger of Death on an area of effect spell. It is likely to slay the orphan in the above example, so it should be reserved for situations where the caster is surrounded and has no other choice.
Energy Drain, it is just stronger Enervation, so refer to the previously mentioned spell.
Horrid Wilting, you could consider this spell as instantenous extreme dehydration. It leaves behind corpses that are basically mummified, victims of some kind of horrid wilting. But because the effect is instantenous it once again depends on how it is used.
Avasculate, you cause any living creature struck by the ray of this spell to violently purge blood or other vital fluids through its skin. This spell doesn't kill the kill the target, it just causes more and more suffering. This is an obvious evil spell only used by the foulest of individuals. But because the publisher wanted a PG-13 game, the actual spell description was cleaned up, and because the HP pools of mobs and bosses are bloated to the extreme on this server, it has become a very popular spell. I would not use this spell with any goodly aligned character, not even on a neutral one. But role-playing standards come with variance on this server.
Vampiric Feast, forget that one- obviously evil. (Yeah.)
Curses (i.e. impending blades), depends on the curse. But most curses are comparable to enervation and energy drain.
Even Fear, a group of orcs approaches a village to raid, you strike them with fear spell and the group of orcs disperses in panic. It depends on how it is used.
Raising hordes of undead, yeah, it is not really 'kosher' for an arcanist of the Lawful Good alignment. Even if used as the last resort, what if the caster dies and the created hordes of undead remain? Just refer to Fields of the Dead.
