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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pensivetoast" data-source="post: 6749953" data-attributes="member: 6703601">So, questions about the spell Darkness  So, if I understand this right, Darkness gives you the blinded condition. Since you are blinded, you have disadvantage on attacks. However, if you attack someone also in darkness (they are blinded), they can’t see you and you have advantage, so the net gain is... nothing?  If you’re in Darkness, from what I can tell, you can somehow move as normal, find hostiles and friends, pick a lock, disarm a trap, do acrobatics, play tiddlywinks and are not hindered in any way except by auto-failing any ability checks that relate to sight... So it doesn’t really conceal you, archers can still target you, as can spell casters? And if you are in the darkness and the archer is not, you can’t see them so they have advantage on the attack? This seems a little backwards to me.   What if neither party is in the Darkness, but it is between them? IE: Group at each end of a hallway with Darkness in the middle.  In a related note, the Drow 5th level racial ability means he can blind himself once per day?  How does Darkness interact with Light and light effects? I know a lvl2 light spell is cancelled. What happens if it’s above lvl2? What if I shoot a Fireball into the Darkness? Or a Lightning Bolt? Both are spells that create light, so an argument could be made either way that it counts as magical light. If an arrow with light cast on it goes through the Darkness, is the light canceled while in Darkness (and comes back on when out of the Darkness), or is it gone completely?  Finally, Darkness can be cast on an object like a pebble. Darkness can go around corners, and can be blocked by items. So, from my understanding, it behaves pretty much the same way as actual light. So, if I cast Darkness on a pebble, put the pebble into a Bullseye lantern (or something similar), would I then have a directable cone of Darkness?</blockquote>

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