[quote=@Raijinslayer]
[@Zarkun]Basically, since holy and divine stands for a level of order that isn't found in death/undeath. So yeah, they probably tend to either overcome each other or cancel each other out, depending on the intensity and amount of energy.
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Well, James is a Paladin, a vessel for Holy magic and power gifted to men by the Gods of good. Of course, Nolan doesn't believe in the latter as a God Slayer, but technicalities. Anyways, I would imagine his holy magic would be strong enough to resist the relatively unconcentrated necrotic energy. A more direct attack could prove problematic though.