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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 8174579" data-attributes="member: 6677017">A few years ago there was some discussion on the forum that suggested an alternate interpretation for how darkness works. Rather than making an opaque area, it actually just created a dark region of illumination that worked like natural darkness (other than that darkvision doesn't work on it). Ie, if you are inside it you could see things outside of it that aren't in darkness, and if you are outside it you can see well-lit things on the other side. Kind of like super-shade, or the area between widely spaced street lamps.That makes it useful to hide in and attack outside of, and might potentially better explain why drow have it. It also makes sense of it in relationship to other spells. For example, there is a 3rd level warlock spell (I forgot it's name) that specifically makes an area of inky blackness and is more direct about its nature. Also, 2nd level darkness is mostly inferior to 1st level fog cloud. The alternate interpretation gives it a niche as kind of an area of invisibility with the downside being that its presence is obvious unless it's at a distance and/or already dark in the environment.I'm strongly considering using that interpretation myself.</blockquote>