If I cast Darkness (magical darkness) while I have the Devil’s Sight Eldritch Invocation I am able to see in the magical darkness while my enemy cannot. Does that effectively give me the “invisible” condition. That would mean attacks against me are made with disadvantage (perfectly reasonable), but also my attacks against creatures that cannot see me are with advantage (here is my question). Do I gain advantage with attacks against creatures that are inside my darkness spell? Or in other words… do I gain the invisible condition while inside the spells area?
The alternative would be the enemy gains the “blinded” condition while inside the darkness spell and is effectively the exact same as me being invisible. Blinded creatures make attacks at disadvantage and attacks against them have advantage.
Either way it seems like the darkness spell should explicitly apply one or both of those conditions rather than just say “you can’t see in the darkness”.
I think it's more accurate to say that anything in the darkness that doesn't also have devil's sight (or blindsight or whatever) effectively has the blinded condition due to the area being heavily obscured, but the result is the same; they have disadvantage on attacks and Perception checks, and you have advantage on attacks against them.
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If I cast Darkness (magical darkness) while I have the Devil’s Sight Eldritch Invocation I am able to see in the magical darkness while my enemy cannot. Does that effectively give me the “invisible” condition. That would mean attacks against me are made with disadvantage (perfectly reasonable), but also my attacks against creatures that cannot see me are with advantage (here is my question). Do I gain advantage with attacks against creatures that are inside my darkness spell? Or in other words… do I gain the invisible condition while inside the spells area?
The alternative would be the enemy gains the “blinded” condition while inside the darkness spell and is effectively the exact same as me being invisible. Blinded creatures make attacks at disadvantage and attacks against them have advantage.
Either way it seems like the darkness spell should explicitly apply one or both of those conditions rather than just say “you can’t see in the darkness”.
Darkness doesn't make you Invisible or them Blinded, but the combat mechanics work pretty much as if it does. The reason those conditions aren't applied is because there are creatures that can see through magical darkness(many of them Devils, hence the name of the Invocation). Think of it this way. Being Invisible affects you. Being Blinded affects them. Darkness affects the environment. The end results are similar, but it's about where the effect is being applied.
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If I cast Darkness (magical darkness) while I have the Devil’s Sight Eldritch Invocation I am able to see in the magical darkness while my enemy cannot. Does that effectively give me the “invisible” condition. That would mean attacks against me are made with disadvantage (perfectly reasonable), but also my attacks against creatures that cannot see me are with advantage (here is my question). Do I gain advantage with attacks against creatures that are inside my darkness spell? Or in other words… do I gain the invisible condition while inside the spells area?
The alternative would be the enemy gains the “blinded” condition while inside the darkness spell and is effectively the exact same as me being invisible. Blinded creatures make attacks at disadvantage and attacks against them have advantage.
Either way it seems like the darkness spell should explicitly apply one or both of those conditions rather than just say “you can’t see in the darkness”.
I think it's more accurate to say that anything in the darkness that doesn't also have devil's sight (or blindsight or whatever) effectively has the blinded condition due to the area being heavily obscured, but the result is the same; they have disadvantage on attacks and Perception checks, and you have advantage on attacks against them.
Update: sfPanzer ninja'd me. 😝
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That was my thought exactly. I submit to my DM for final say but I wanted to see what the community thought. Thanks to you both!
Darkness doesn't make you Invisible or them Blinded, but the combat mechanics work pretty much as if it does. The reason those conditions aren't applied is because there are creatures that can see through magical darkness(many of them Devils, hence the name of the Invocation). Think of it this way. Being Invisible affects you. Being Blinded affects them. Darkness affects the environment. The end results are similar, but it's about where the effect is being applied.