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10 questions linked to/from Does the Darkness spell cast a shadow?
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Is the Darkness Spell visible? [duplicate]
Just to be very clear, this question is very much related to, but distinct from a previous question I asked a few years ago: Does Darkness cast a shadow? - I still am not quite satisfied with ...
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How to handle Sunlight Sensitivity (of Drow, etc.), especially for casters?
Sunlight Sensitivity looks pretty bad — Disadvantage to attack rolls and Perception checks whenever you, your target, or what you're trying to perceive are in direct sunlight. I hope I'm missing ...
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Does the Darkness spell block vision?
In discussing this question, I came to realize that the real question was whether Darkness blocks vision or merely creates "darkness". Per the wording of the spell: Magical darkness spreads from ...
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How does a shadow monk teleport into magical darkness if they don't have line of sight to a square inside of it?
There was a question similar to this question posted here, where the gist of the question was what use does a Shadow Monk have for casting Darkness if they can't see through it? My question is along ...
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Can a 3rd-level Faerie Fire spell be seen in magical darkness from the Darkness spell?
The relevant part of the description of the darkness spell reads: Magical darkness spreads from a point you choose within range to fill a 15-foot radius sphere for the duration. [...] nonmagical ...
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What happens to lasers entering an area of magical darkness?
This question is inspired by: Is future technology that is indistinguishable from magic considered a "Magical Effect"?. Darkness spells and magical effects block all (non-magical) light. A ...
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Does the spell Darkvision allow a PC to see through magical darkness?
Does the spell darkvision count as magical darkvision? If the BBEG cast darkness, and one of the PC's casts darkvision, are they able to see through the darkness spell?
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Eldritch Devil Sight and Darkness spell
Situation: Drow Warlock casts darkness. Moves out of the effect area then uses devil sight to see through the darkness to use ranged combat against enemies. Devil Sight description states "You ...
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Can a character with darkvision see into Hunger of Hadar? [duplicate]
Can a character with darkvision see into Hunger of Hadar? This assumes the character is not inside the spells area, and therefore not blinded. This has come up a few times on this stackexchange, but ...
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Can the darkness created by Summon Fey (Tricksy) be illuminated?
A tricksy fey from the spell Summon Fey can: fill a 5-foot cube within 5 feet of it with magical darkness, which lasts until the end of its next turn. However, unlike the spell Darkness, Summon Fey ...