Timeline for Is the Darkness Spell visible? [duplicate]
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| Jul 29 at 4:23 | comment | added | srcs | @Esoce Spells do exactly what they say they do, and nothing they don't. It says it creates darkness, and darkness isn't opaque. | |
| Mar 24, 2019 at 10:58 | comment | added | PJRZ | "It's magic" does not deny common sense in cases where there is no explicit "the magic works like this" rule. If the rules of some magic effect do not say otherwise then assume basic realism is in effect: a light object is still light, an opaque object is opaque, a heavy object is heavy and so on. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 18:22 | comment | added | Escoce | this isn't science. It's magic. Science wouldn't even allow this to happen period. so using a scientific sensibility doesn't make sense. The three properties are just different, and I am sorry that you can't see that. You are trying to logic the question, but it's not logic. It's magic. The three questions are different. If it was science you could use inference, but since it's magic you can't. I am getting even more frustrated here. Probably just going to leave again like I have in the past. Do whatever you want. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 17:43 | comment | added | NotArch | I think we're starting to boarder on answers in comments here. There are some really good comments that would likely benefit the duplicate link "Does the darkness spell block vision" as answers. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 17:26 | comment | added | PJRZ | Agree with @Rubiksmoose. All 3 points in above comment seem different ways of asking the same thing. At risk of sounding scientific (which I know doesn't always apply with magic), but: If something blocks light (and there is a light source) then it will stand out as something present blocking the light, the same as any solid opaque object. That's what opaque means! Reversed: If it doesn't block light then you would see through it as per an invisible object (or transparent if it scatters a small amount of light). | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 17:10 | comment | added | Rubiksmoose | @Escoce I'll give this one more shot: can you explain the difference between 2 and 3 for me? I'm sorry, but I'm just not getting it. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 17:05 | history | edited | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 4.0 | deleted 60 characters in body |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 17:02 | comment | added | Escoce | @ruse no neither of the three questions ask that at all. And yes I am getting frustrated (as happens sometimes) by community tyranny (and no I don't mean it to mean as strong as that may imply, but it's still the correct term). The three questions are quite distinct and opacity doesn't seem to apply to any of them. They are literally three different questions asking about 3 different properties of the Darkness spell. 1) does it block light shining through it, 2) does it block vision though it (similar but still distinct), 3) can you see the Darkness itself as an object from the outside. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 15:07 | comment | added | Ruse | @Escoce I apologise for the frustration, I'll try to better explain why I believe your question is a duplicate (and why I'm starting to believe the other two questions are also duplicates of each other). All three questions are different ways of asking "is it opaque?" If the darkness is opaque, then it must be visible, block vision, and cast a shadow. If light passes through the darkness, then the darkness is not visible, it doesn't block vision and doesn't cast a shadow. Answering any of the three questions automatically answers the other two. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 14:34 | comment | added | Rubiksmoose | @Escoce you seem to be assuming that Does the Darkness spell block vision? is only asking about from inside the area of darkness, but, as Naut has said, that does not appear to be the case. Neither the question or the answers seem to assume that. And, without that assumption the question, still exactly seems to ask and answer this one. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 14:29 | comment | added | NotArch | Then this is a dupe. It's asking the same thing (whether or not it blocks vision). It sounds like this is more of a different answer to that question (you think it may not) and should be submitted as such if that's your belief. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 14:10 | comment | added | Escoce | No, the meat of the question is the last block of text, everything above it references what the question is not | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 14:07 | comment | added | NotArch | I'm not sure if the change really makes a difference, but you've kept all of the meat of the question which doesn't seem like it's changed that much. Are you simply asking "What does darkness look like?" That seems to bypass being a duplicate, but it also seems to be a question without a problem and descriptions may be opinion-based. If the problem you're trying to solve with the answer (so it's not an X-Y question) is can you see through it, then those are answered by the duplicates. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 13:49 | comment | added | Escoce | Changed question completely | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 13:48 | history | edited | Escoce | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Changed the question entirely to assure it's is indeed distinct |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 12:31 | comment | added | NotArch | While the title of the first duplicate "Does the darkness spell block vision out of the area", the body of the question absolutely covers this one with the question about acting as a barrier to vision. I'm not seeing how this isn't a duplicate other than that question needing an update to it's title to match the body question (and the answers.) | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 12:19 | comment | added | Rubiksmoose | @Escoce please refrain from passive aggressive notes about duplication in your answer thanks. Being clear about what your question does and does not ask benefits everyone, but most notably you, because it makes sure you get the exact answer you want without confusion. I have edited to remove. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 12:17 | history | edited | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 4.0 | deleted 126 characters in body |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 12:10 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Mar 21, 2019 at 11:57 | history | edited | Escoce | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Added explanation why this question does not duplicate the other two referenced questions |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 11:50 | comment | added | Escoce | It is not asking the same question. One asks, does the light shine through and illuminate things behind it, the second one asks if I am inside, can I see what's outside. This one is can I see through it and see what's illuminated on the other side of the darkness spell. I am sorry, it's not a duplicate at all to either of the other two questions. Unduplicate please. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 2:35 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Mar 21, 2019 at 2:16 | history | edited | V2Blast♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 | edited tags; deleted 5 characters in body |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 23:05 | history | closed | Ruse Rykara Rubiksmoose dnd-5e Users with the dnd-5e badge or a synonym can single-handedly close dnd-5e questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed. | Duplicate of Does the Darkness spell cast a shadow?, Does the Darkness spell block vision? | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 22:59 | answer | added | Allan Mills | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 22:58 | comment | added | Ruse | How is this question different from the other one? As far as I can tell it is the exact same question but with different examples. If you are not satisfied with the answers to the other question, you should a bounty on the other question. | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 22:50 | history | asked | Escoce | CC BY-SA 4.0 |