Shattered Kingdoms

I believe holy word damage is dependent on variance in aura (i.e., light vs. dark hurts more than grey vs. dark or light). Does the power of the dispel effect vary also according to those criteria?

I would think not.

But then again... who knows????

From what I've seen about dispel magic, it is dependent on the magic resistance and/or willpower of the caster of the spell. It's most noticeable with rifts I find. A rift made by a GM with a spell ward up and high resistance is noticeably harder then say a naked necromancer who is "good" at making rifts. I don't think aura has a thing to do with it, but I wouldn't discount the possibility of it being a minor factor.

jhorleb is referring specifically to the dispel effect of the holy word spell, the_me.

I would be rather surprised to learn that alignment plays a role in the dispel roll of HW, but as Turon said, who knows . . .

Holy word dispelling of rifts, YES.