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<blockquote data-quote="Koren" data-source="post: 6873050" data-attributes="member: 6802236">A warlock in one of my games has the devil's sight combo with darkness, and wanted to pick up HoH.&nbsp; After reading the spell as written (but before I saw the JC tweet), I was going to rule that as a Cthulhu-lock, he could see through it, but risk madness if he did so, as the things in the void were Not Meant to be Seen by Mortal Eyes(TM).&nbsp; After reading the ruling, I'm still tempted to rule this way, as I think it will make the game more interesting.&nbsp; I think it's key in his ruling that the spell description does not use the term &quot;magical darkness&quot; or even &quot;darkness&quot;, but here, at least for me, rules as fun wins out over both written and intended.&nbsp; Does it make the warlock slightly more powerful given that he can cast this and gain the same benefits as darkness/devils sight while doing good AE damage and debuff to those affected?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; But that one time when he goes crazy and potentially turns on his allies for a few rounds will be talked about for years after.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Koren, post: 6873050, member: 6802236"] A warlock in one of my games has the devil's sight combo with darkness, and wanted to pick up HoH. After reading the spell as written (but before I saw the JC tweet), I was going to rule that as a Cthulhu-lock, he could see through it, but risk madness if he did so, as the things in the void were Not Meant to be Seen by Mortal Eyes(TM). After reading the ruling, I'm still tempted to rule this way, as I think it will make the game more interesting. I think it's key in his ruling that the spell description does not use the term "magical darkness" or even "darkness", but here, at least for me, rules as fun wins out over both written and intended. Does it make the warlock slightly more powerful given that he can cast this and gain the same benefits as darkness/devils sight while doing good AE damage and debuff to those affected? Sure. But that one time when he goes crazy and potentially turns on his allies for a few rounds will be talked about for years after. [/QUOTE]

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