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Message: <blockquote data-quote="merwins" data-source="post: 7871844" data-attributes="member: 6829883">Applying logic, physics and other real-world concepts to a fantasy environment is completely natural.But you sorta have to choose and set your boundaries. At some point, it's "Shut up: MAGIC!" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I personally could not reconcile a shadow being interpreted as a function of light within my campaign. There were too many impacts on the game I wasn't willing to adjudicate.Say a creature of shadow moves from a lit area to a dark area. Does it become invisible?For my purposes, no. If you have DV or DS, you'll see that shadow creature plain as you would in a lit area. Individual perception matters; the environmental doesn't grant the shadow any additional abilities.Once I labeled shadow as "different" it got much simpler, and more internally consistent, which is generally important for players.And I do agree, "conventional" shadows are created through an interplay of light and physicality of objects. But once they're created, as a GM, I allow the magical nature of the world to exert it's influence over that shadow to various degrees. In some situations, it may even have the ability to detach itself from it's source and move about on it's own or manifest physically.</blockquote>

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