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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 6719709" data-attributes="member: 6777696">I mean, it works like seeing past any other area of darkness. If I look down a dark hallway at a lit area at the other end, and something is in my way, I might not know what that thing is, but I might be able to tell that something is blocking my view. Sort of like an eclipse. It's not really even that hard to model.As for casting it on a tree in a bright field? Yeah, if we run it that way, the tree would still block your view, effectively creating a shadow. That makes sense to me. Why are you casting Darkness in a bright field? If you want to create an opaque visual obstruction, why not cast fog cloud?I'm not saying that the Darkness=black hole model is wrong. It makes sense, it fits within the rules text as written and it's easy to adjudicate. But there's not a whole lot in the rules that say Darkness can't just be "turning off the lights." It's magic, so it doesn't have to worry about the physical properties of light, so long as it can be applied consistently.</blockquote>