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<blockquote data-quote="chilibean" data-source="post: 26520" data-attributes="member: 2220"><p>The thread on deeper darkness and daylight got me wondering about exactly how darkness works.</p><p></p><p>{For reference the following was cut&pasted from the SRD darkness spell description:}</p><p>This spell causes an object to radiate darkness out to a 20-foot radius. </p><p></p><p>If the spell is cast on a small object that is then placed inside or under a lightproof covering, the spell?s effects are blocked until the covering is removed.</p><p>{end cut&paste}</p><p></p><p>This makes it sound like the darkness is tangible, just like light is in the real world. It radiates and is blocked by light proof coverings. That means it's not just the absense of light, the darkness is actually tangible.</p><p></p><p>Could you make a cone shaped area of darkness by only partially covering the object? Would the darkness be able to be reflected (envisioning a Bulls-Eye Lantern of Darkness)? Or maybe something that was reflective to light may not be reflective to darkness, so could a darkness mirror exist?</p><p></p><p>If you cast darkness on a rock, then put the rock next to a door, is the room on the other side now magically dark? If not, what about a curtain? How thick of a curtain? Only a light proof curtain? Is a person light proof? Would a person create a "shadow" of light while standing in the darkness, or does it curve around obstacles (and thus fill up a sphere) better than light does? If it can wrap around a person, can it spill though a crack under a door (or a keyhole)? Or it is just limited to being contained in "containers" and other than that its always at full radius?</p><p></p><p>So I guess you could you cast darkness on a rock, put it in a bottle, close the bottle and throw it at a target so the bottle would break and the target would be covered in darkness when the rock was free of it's light proof covering?</p><p></p><p>Since dropping an object is a free action, smart demons would probably keep a rock with darkness on it in their closed hand when expecting combat to drop it the moment an opponent closes with them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chilibean, post: 26520, member: 2220"] The thread on deeper darkness and daylight got me wondering about exactly how darkness works. {For reference the following was cut&pasted from the SRD darkness spell description:} This spell causes an object to radiate darkness out to a 20-foot radius. If the spell is cast on a small object that is then placed inside or under a lightproof covering, the spell?s effects are blocked until the covering is removed. {end cut&paste} This makes it sound like the darkness is tangible, just like light is in the real world. It radiates and is blocked by light proof coverings. That means it's not just the absense of light, the darkness is actually tangible. Could you make a cone shaped area of darkness by only partially covering the object? Would the darkness be able to be reflected (envisioning a Bulls-Eye Lantern of Darkness)? Or maybe something that was reflective to light may not be reflective to darkness, so could a darkness mirror exist? If you cast darkness on a rock, then put the rock next to a door, is the room on the other side now magically dark? If not, what about a curtain? How thick of a curtain? Only a light proof curtain? Is a person light proof? Would a person create a "shadow" of light while standing in the darkness, or does it curve around obstacles (and thus fill up a sphere) better than light does? If it can wrap around a person, can it spill though a crack under a door (or a keyhole)? Or it is just limited to being contained in "containers" and other than that its always at full radius? So I guess you could you cast darkness on a rock, put it in a bottle, close the bottle and throw it at a target so the bottle would break and the target would be covered in darkness when the rock was free of it's light proof covering? Since dropping an object is a free action, smart demons would probably keep a rock with darkness on it in their closed hand when expecting combat to drop it the moment an opponent closes with them. [/QUOTE]
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