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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deadguy" data-source="post: 420416" data-attributes="member: 2480">Yes, the definition of 'darkness' is left fairly vague. I guess that this is to allow the DM some wiggle room when deciding how appropriate it is for the Shade to have access to his powers. Reading it in its entirety, it gives me the impression that the definition of darkness is 'whenever he's not directly in the light'. So a Shade standing in a room which is lit only by afternoon sunlight streaming through the solitary window is fine to use his powers unless he stands in the shaft of light itself. Whereas if there are several windows, providing a general light level to the room, he might only be okay where the balcony above casts a deep shadow against the back wall of the room. I find that thinking like that seems to work okay. (Or maybe it's a legacy of playing the Vampire game, where it can be really important to think about where that sunlight falls! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )As for your question about walking out into the daylight, the rules specifically state that the powers of the Shade work only in darkness. So if you remove the condition then the power fails.</blockquote>