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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7631413" data-attributes="member: 996">Well, for one thing, it's how magical darkness has always worked.&nbsp; Given that 5e was intentionally evoking the classic game, if 5e's natural language write-up can be interpreted in a way consistent with the classic game, that'd be the reasonable interpretation to go with.&nbsp; But, also, given 5e was intentionally trying to empower the DM, if you like some other interpretation better, use that.Even looked at in a vacuum, it doesn't seem /that/ unclear:&nbsp; &quot;A creature with Darkvision can't see through this darkness, and nonmagical light can't illuminate it.&quot;&nbsp; It'd be odd if non-magical light could pass through it without illuminating it.&nbsp; (Though, I wouldn't /completely/ discount the possibility, that would be more like a 'sphere of blindness' than darkness - not actually incompatible with the way things were sometimes described in older depictions, the phrase &quot;cast darkness before their eyes&quot; to mean 'disappeared' for instance.)How would it even 'look' if it didn't block LoS?&nbsp; You can't see anything in it, but /can/ see things on the other side of it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7631413, member: 996"] Well, for one thing, it's how magical darkness has always worked. Given that 5e was intentionally evoking the classic game, if 5e's natural language write-up can be interpreted in a way consistent with the classic game, that'd be the reasonable interpretation to go with. But, also, given 5e was intentionally trying to empower the DM, if you like some other interpretation better, use that. Even looked at in a vacuum, it doesn't seem /that/ unclear: "A creature with Darkvision can't see through this darkness, and [b]nonmagical light can't illuminate it.[/b]" It'd be odd if non-magical light could pass through it without illuminating it. (Though, I wouldn't /completely/ discount the possibility, that would be more like a 'sphere of blindness' than darkness - not actually incompatible with the way things were sometimes described in older depictions, the phrase "cast darkness before their eyes" to mean 'disappeared' for instance.) How would it even 'look' if it didn't block LoS? You can't see anything in it, but /can/ see things on the other side of it? [/QUOTE]

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