But... ALL darkness is opaque according to the rules. All darkness, mundane and magical, create areas that are heavily obscured, and heavily obscured areas are defined as being opaque. So why would magical darkness create an opaque sphere, but mundane darkness would not also create an opaque area?
For me opaque depends if illuminated by light. Anyone unable to see in normal or magical Darkness basically suffer the same consequences in the dark if there's no light, it will be opaque, you won't even see your hand close to your eyes.
I rule differently when normal Darkness is illuminated by light you can see. This way you can see the moon and the stars as well as campfire in the distance for example.
Yes, as I have stated previously, if magical Darkness blocks Line of Sight it is because the source of the magical Darkness causes it to block Line of Sight, not because the Darkness is magical. Either the effect will create an area of black silhouettes or it is going to create a shape (probably a sphere) that is opaque. The silhouettes or any filled shapes created by the effect will block Line of Sight. You have to look at the description of the effect to see if the Darkness created would block Line of Sight. Darkness, for example says that it fills the sphere. In that case, it is an opaque sphere because RAW, Darkness is opaque. How do you see through an opaque sphere?
But... ALL darkness is opaque according to the rules. All darkness, mundane and magical, create areas that are heavily obscured, and heavily obscured areas are defined as being opaque. So why would magical darkness create an opaque sphere, but mundane darkness would not also create an opaque area?
Mundane darkness does create an opaque area. However, the context of it being opaque is only in terms of observing what is present in that area. That is a bit of an obtuse statement but essentially, a valid interpretation is that the opaque area only means that any thing in that area is opaque and an empty space is still completely see through (you wouldn't be able to see any details about a floor or wall in that area because you are Blinded when trying to observe them. Most magical darkness sources fill the space in some way so you can now make the argument that the space is no longer empty and it fully blocks line of sight unless you can see through the effect.
Sure, but the Darkness spell only fills the space with...well...Darkness. So if Darkness itself is not opaque, how would a space filled with it be?
Darkness is, per the Vision and Light rules, opaque and will block Line of Sight if it fills the space. Darkness, by default, does not fill the space and only the things in that space are opaque. Darkness fills a sphere which may in turn fill a space completely or partially.
For me opaque depends if illuminated by light. Anyone unable to see in normal or magical Darkness basically suffer the same consequences in the dark if there's no light, it will be opaque, you won't even see your hand close to your eyes.
I rule differently when normal Darkness is illuminated by light you can see. This way you can see the moon and the stars as well as campfire in the distance for example.
But otherwise Heavily Obscured areas created by most magical Darkness, heavy fog, Darkness, Hallow, Hunger of Hadar, dense foliage, Fog Cloud etc is opaque and block vision Line of Sight can't see throught.
Darkness is, per the Vision and Light rules, opaque and will block Line of Sight if it fills the space. Darkness, by default, does not fill the space and only the things in that space are opaque. Darkness fills a sphere which may in turn fill a space completely or partially.
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