Quote Originally Posted by Theodoxus View Post
Think of Turn Undead as a low wattage burst, much like a florescent light. Lots of scary light, not much heat. Rebuke Undead's the same, only using a different energy type. Cure spells are high wattage zaps, lots of heat, not much light.
Clever. But what about Destroy/Command? That's basically a high wattage Turn/Rebuke Undead attempt. And Command doesn't affect living creatures at all, despite being a big ol' burst of negative energy.