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<blockquote data-quote="DreamChaser" data-source="post: 1944020" data-attributes="member: 1190">Interesting how you provide the candle as an example of shadowy illumination but fail to note that on the list of &quot;light sources&quot; the darkness spell is not listed.&nbsp; By your reasoning, it should be (because it is like a really big candle) but it is not.There is also a terminology issue because the Daylight spell says &quot;dim illumination&quot; but the chart says shadowy illumination.&nbsp; Light says &quot;dim light&quot; rather than shadowy.&nbsp; According to the standard, when text and table contradict, the text is right.Which means that shadow illumination and dim illumination are not the same thing.Which means that darkness does not work like a candle.Which means that there is nothing to indicate that darkness can make things brighter.And in terms of the descriptors: since neither light nor darkness are defined in the SRD, we are forced to go with what we know.&nbsp; Every spell with the light descriptor produces light Light and darkness counter each other.Thus, a spell with the dark descriptor must produce darkness.&nbsp; Thus darkness cannot make things brighter.And as MerakSpielman pointed out, light cast during high noon will not produce a dimmer area, so darkness cast in the dark will not produce a brighter area.DC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DreamChaser, post: 1944020, member: 1190"] Interesting how you provide the candle as an example of shadowy illumination but fail to note that on the list of "light sources" the darkness spell is not listed. By your reasoning, it should be (because it is like a really big candle) but it is not. There is also a terminology issue because the Daylight spell says "dim illumination" but the chart says shadowy illumination. Light says "dim light" rather than shadowy. According to the standard, when text and table contradict, the text is right. Which means that shadow illumination and dim illumination are not the same thing. Which means that darkness does not work like a candle. Which means that there is nothing to indicate that darkness can make things brighter. And in terms of the descriptors: since neither light nor darkness are defined in the SRD, we are forced to go with what we know. Every spell with the light descriptor produces light Light and darkness counter each other. Thus, a spell with the dark descriptor must produce darkness. Thus darkness cannot make things brighter. And as MerakSpielman pointed out, light cast during high noon will not produce a dimmer area, so darkness cast in the dark will not produce a brighter area. DC [/QUOTE]

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