Darkness and invisible Fire

[phiwum]

Originally Posted by TippetsTX

While I can understand the logic of that conclusion, I'm not sure I can accept it as the author's intent. It would certainly make the spell much more powerful (situationaly, of course) than it's IQ level and cost would imply.

If it was my job to add some clarity to things like this (which it isn't, but I've already started typing so I may as well finish the thought), I would rule that DARKNESS has no effect on Creation spells. Or that it just cannot extinguish magical fire.

I think I'll go along with it temporarily extinguishing even magical fires. I don't think it makes the spell particularly powerful. It has a good use when fighting fire-using foes, but it's the kind of clever usage that I really like with spells that otherwise don't come up much.