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Thread: Creating true darkness
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2024-02-25, 04:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Creating true darkness
Is there a way to create complete darkness in D&D?
Not like the "shadowy illumination" that Darkness spells produce, but full on 50% you cant see anything darkness?
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2024-02-25, 05:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
I believe the spell Blacklight (SpC) fits the bill.
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2024-02-25, 06:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
The no light cantrip, from the BoVD.
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2024-02-25, 06:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
Magic of Incarnum has the Shadow Mantle soulmeld, which if bound to the shoulders chakra creates a modestly-sized sphere of magical darkness (plus blindsight that extends to its limit). It's seemingly meant to be actual total-concealment darkness, as the ability says "you are completely aware of all creatures within the radius of darkness, but you are invisible to them unless they have some way of piercing magical darkness."
9th-level totemists are the simplest way to get this bind, but it's also possible to do entirely with feats.Creator of the LA-assignment thread.
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2024-02-25, 06:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
The control light power, from the XPH.
One could also use a solid black illusion and hope everyone fails their saves.Last edited by MaxiDuRaritry; 2024-02-25 at 06:41 PM.
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2024-02-25, 07:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
Shade template gives Control Light (Sp)
Great Wyrm Shadow Dragon got Create Shadows (Su) 3/day, for 1 hour, in 100-yard radius, all sources of natural or magical light are negated
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2024-02-25, 07:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
With the proper setup, prestidigitation. If someone is wearing spectacles or goggles, or they're looking through a telescope or periscope, just change the color of the lenses from clear to an opaque color of your choice. Also, windows.
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2024-02-25, 09:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
before the update to 3.5 the "darkness" spell did that. it worked exactly like the light spell only it created magical darkness that even darkvision couldnt see in.
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2024-02-25, 11:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
The usual options have already been mentioned. I second Blacklight.
A few additional options are:
Control Darkness (CoR), which let's you boost magical darkness up to complete darkness rather than just shadowy illumination
Creeping Darkness (CA) short lived total darkness + silence movable AOEI am rel.
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2024-02-25, 11:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
Last edited by MaxiDuRaritry; 2024-02-25 at 11:12 PM.
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2024-02-26, 12:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
The spell Assassin's Darkness from Complete Scoundrel gives absolute darkness while giving you the ability to see through it yourself. Though, getting an assassin only 4th level spell can be pretty difficult.
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2024-02-26, 12:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness
Use the ring of the darkhidden (invisible to darkvision) and no light for a really cheap ring of invisibility.
Last edited by MaxiDuRaritry; 2024-02-26 at 12:39 AM.
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2024-02-26, 11:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Creating true darkness