If a warlock with Devil's Sight invocation casts Darkness around themselves/another creature, how will the advantage/disadvantage from the Blinded condition work?
Casting on self: 1. Warlock has normal attacks, every creature has disadvantage on attacks against him. 2. Warlock has advantage on attacks, every creature has disadvantage on attacks against him.
Casting on an enemy: 1. Warlock has normal attacks on the creature, the creature and every other creature attacking it has disadvantage on the attack rolls. 2. Warlock has advantage on attack rolls against that creature, it and everyone else have a disadvantage.
1: An creature that attacks a target that it cannot see, even if the target cannot see the attacker, then the attack is made with disadvantage.
2: If a Attacker can see a target, and that target cannot see the attacker, then the attacker has advantage.
The Darkness spell makes all creatures within its area of effect blind. <Only those with Devil's sight, Blind Sight, or True Sight can see within its area of effect.
Casting on Self would be number 2. But only IF the target cannot see the Warlock.
Casting on Enemies: Every attack made against that enemy would be with disadvantage; except for the attacks made by the Warlock since it can see through the darkness. Those attacks by the Warlock would be made with advantage since the enemy that the spell is cast on would not see those attacks coming.
But remember that other creatures with Devil's Sight, Blind Sight, or True Sight can see through the spells effect; just be sure to doublecheck the range of those particular types of vision.
If a warlock with Devil's Sight invocation casts Darkness around themselves/another creature, how will the advantage/disadvantage from the Blinded condition work?
Casting on self: 1. Warlock has normal attacks, every creature has disadvantage on attacks against him. 2. Warlock has advantage on attacks, every creature has disadvantage on attacks against him.
Casting on an enemy: 1. Warlock has normal attacks on the creature, the creature and every other creature attacking it has disadvantage on the attack rolls. 2. Warlock has advantage on attack rolls against that creature, it and everyone else have a disadvantage.
Something else?
Darkness is cast on an object or location, not a creature. Whether an enemy is also in the area of darkness is mostly irrelevant here unless they also have Devil's Sight.
With Devil's Sight, your vision within Darkness is unhindered. When you attack a creature that cannot see you, your attack is made with advantage. When you are attacked by a creature that cannot see you, their attack is made at disadvantage.
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You don't know what fear is until you've witnessed a drunk bird divebombing you while carrying a screaming Kobold throwing fire anywhere and everywhere.
1) If you can not see your opponent then you have disadvantage on attacks against that opponent.
2) If the opponent can not see you then you have advantage on attacks against that opponent.
So with darkness ...
If you can't see them then you have disadvantage - if they can't see you then you have advantage - if BOTH apply then there is neither advantage nor disadvantage. This is the most common result with darkness and without devils sight/blindsight or truesight. Darkness doesn't change the to hit roll when normal sight or darkvision is involved since advantage and disadvantage cancel.
If one of the creatures has devils sight then they can see through magical darkness. In this case, the creature with devils sight has advantage to hit the opponent since the opponent can not see them (case 2) while the opponent has disadvantage to hit the creature since the opponent can't see the creature (case 1).
In your example, the warlock has advantage on their attack rolls and the opponent has disadvantage to hit the warlock.
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If a warlock with Devil's Sight invocation casts Darkness around themselves/another creature, how will the advantage/disadvantage from the Blinded condition work?
Casting on self:
1. Warlock has normal attacks, every creature has disadvantage on attacks against him.
2. Warlock has advantage on attacks, every creature has disadvantage on attacks against him.
Casting on an enemy:
1. Warlock has normal attacks on the creature, the creature and every other creature attacking it has disadvantage on the attack rolls.
2. Warlock has advantage on attack rolls against that creature, it and everyone else have a disadvantage.
Something else?
Varielky
Basic rule of thumb is:
1: An creature that attacks a target that it cannot see,
even if the target cannot see the attacker, then the attack is made with disadvantage.2: If a Attacker can see a target, and that target cannot see the attacker, then the attacker has advantage.
The Darkness spell makes all creatures within its area of effect blind. <Only those with Devil's sight, Blind Sight, or True Sight can see within its area of effect.
Casting on Self would be number 2. But only IF the target cannot see the Warlock.
Casting on Enemies: Every attack made against that enemy would be with disadvantage; except for the attacks made by the Warlock since it can see through the darkness. Those attacks by the Warlock would be made with advantage since the enemy that the spell is cast on would not see those attacks coming.
But remember that other creatures with Devil's Sight, Blind Sight, or True Sight can see through the spells effect; just be sure to doublecheck the range of those particular types of vision.
Darkness is cast on an object or location, not a creature. Whether an enemy is also in the area of darkness is mostly irrelevant here unless they also have Devil's Sight.
With Devil's Sight, your vision within Darkness is unhindered. When you attack a creature that cannot see you, your attack is made with advantage. When you are attacked by a creature that cannot see you, their attack is made at disadvantage.
You don't know what fear is until you've witnessed a drunk bird divebombing you while carrying a screaming Kobold throwing fire anywhere and everywhere.
The vision rules work as follows ...
1) If you can not see your opponent then you have disadvantage on attacks against that opponent.
2) If the opponent can not see you then you have advantage on attacks against that opponent.
So with darkness ...
If you can't see them then you have disadvantage - if they can't see you then you have advantage - if BOTH apply then there is neither advantage nor disadvantage. This is the most common result with darkness and without devils sight/blindsight or truesight. Darkness doesn't change the to hit roll when normal sight or darkvision is involved since advantage and disadvantage cancel.
If one of the creatures has devils sight then they can see through magical darkness. In this case, the creature with devils sight has advantage to hit the opponent since the opponent can not see them (case 2) while the opponent has disadvantage to hit the creature since the opponent can't see the creature (case 1).
In your example, the warlock has advantage on their attack rolls and the opponent has disadvantage to hit the warlock.