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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreamChaser" data-source="post: 1943748" data-attributes="member: 1190">The darkness spell cannot make something brighter.  In order to do that, it would need to have the "Light" descriptor which it does not.  The spell is poorly worded, but the essence of the spell is that it creates an area in which "shadowy" is as bright as it can get.  In addition, the magical nature of the darkness makes it able to affect even those with extraordinary senses.If cast in a area darker than the shadows created by the spell, it would not seem to have any effect, except for those creatures that are normally able to see in such conditions.  For example, a dwarf deep in the underdark would be able to see for 60 feet normally but if someone cast a darkness spell in his area, his vision would be limited as described by the spell.  A human, stumbling through without any ability to see, would not notice any change.DCps.  this entire debate only exists because there isn't a verb (or verb derivative, like illumination) for what darkness and shadows do.  In the real world, shadow is merely the absence of light, not a thing at all, so it cannot do anything.  In a magical world, this is not the case.  I suppose we could say that the spell "causes an object to radiate shadowy umbration out to a 20-foot radius."</blockquote>