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Harald387 · 12-02-2019, 08:40 AM

The best analogy I've seen for the Darkness spell is to imagine three people: one is in a well-lit room looking out a window; one is in the neighboring house, in an equally well-lit room, looking out their window; the third is in the dark yard between them, outside the light cast from both windows, on a cloudy, moonless night.

The person in the yard can clearly see both watchers in the windows: they're well-lit. Each of the watchers can clearly see each other, for that matter.

But the person in the yard can't see someone a couple of feet away (it's too dark), and the people standing at the windows can't see anyone in the yard.

That's how Darkness works.

12-02-2019, 08:40 AM	#28
Harald387 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, ON, CA	Re: Darkness, visibility and to hit penalties The best analogy I've seen for the Darkness spell is to imagine three people: one is in a well-lit room looking out a window; one is in the neighboring house, in an equally well-lit room, looking out their window; the third is in the dark yard between them, outside the light cast from both windows, on a cloudy, moonless night. The person in the yard can clearly see both watchers in the windows: they're well-lit. Each of the watchers can clearly see each other, for that matter. But the person in the yard can't see someone a couple of feet away (it's too dark), and the people standing at the windows can't see anyone in the yard. That's how Darkness works. __________________ M2: Everything is true. GP: Even false things? M2: Even false things are true. GP: How can that be? M2: I don't know man, I didn't do it.