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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 908001" data-attributes="member: 1656">Darkness and Daylight are both Target: Object Touched.Counter or Dispel means that if you target the same object with the opposing spell, the other spell either never comes into effect (counter) or evaporates (dispel).If you cast Daylight on one object, and Darkness on another, however, they do not counter or dispel each other.  Rather, they both radiate their specific effect.If the two objects are brought within, say, thirty feet of each other, then some of the area of the two spells overlaps.  Within this region, normal lighting conditions prevail.Now, here is where the point of contention arises.  Some people will suggest that within that area of overlap, a second spell of either type - say, a second Daylight - will operate as normal.  The other two spells suppress each other, and it is as if neither exists at all.I subscribe to the other interpretation - that both spells still exist within the overlapping area, and a second Daylight spell brought into the area is also suppressed by the Darkness spell.  It doesn't matter how many Daylight spells you have... one Darkness spell makes an area unDaylightable until it's dispelled or its duration expires.  However, a single Daylight will allow your sunrod to light the overlapping area normally.-Hyp.</blockquote>