Darkness

See also: Shadow Arts: Darkness and Darkness (cloud)

Darkness is a level 2 evocation spell. It allows spellcasters to conjure a cloud of darkness in an area within range which obscures and inflicts

blindness to those within it.

Description

Create a cloud of magical darkness that

Heavily Obscures and inflicts

Blind to creatures within. Creatures cannot make ranged attacks into or out of it.

Properties

Cost:  Action +  Level 2 Spell Slot
Details: Range: 18 m / 60 ft; Creates Area: Darkness; Concentration

At higher levels

Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.

Technical details

UID

Target_Darkness

Spell flags

HasVerbalComponent, Invisible, IsConcentration, IsSpell, Stealth

Area: Darkness

Darkness

Duration: 10 turns

AoE: 5 m / 17 ft (UNKNOWN SHAPE)

A shroud of magical darkness that Heavily Obscures and Blinds creatures within. Creatures cannot make ranged attacks into or out of the darkness.

Type: Cloud

Condition: Blinded

Blinded

The affected creature has Disadvantage on Attack rolls.
The affected creature's range of attacks and spells reduced to 3 m / 10 ft.
Attack rolls against affected creatures have Advantage.

Blinded

How to learn

Classes:

Class level 3: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard, Circle of the Land (Swamp), and Shadow Magic
Class level 5: Oathbreaker (Oath Spell)
Class level 6: College of Lore (via Magical Secrets)
Class level 7: Eldritch Knight
Class level 8: Arcane Trickster
Class level 10: Bard (via Magical Secrets)

Races:

Character level 5: Drow, Drow Half-Elf, and Asmodeus Tiefling

(Character level is the sum of all class levels for a multi-classed character.)

Other ways to learn:

Wizards with  Level 2 Spell Slots can scribe a Scroll of Darkness to their spellbooks.

Notes

The racial version of this spell granted to Drow, Drow Half-Elves, and Asmodeus Tieflings can only be cast once per Long Rest.
Effects that grant sight in magical darkness, such as the Warlock Eldritch Invocation Devil's Sight, Eversight Ring from act 2, Shar's Spear of Evening from act 2, and Steelwatcher Helmet or Helldusk Helmet from act 3, allow ranged attacks into and out of this spell's area.
Ranged attacks made from the spell's area have Advantage with the tag "Attacking from shadows", provided that the target does not have Darkvision or the attacker is outside its range. This effect is in spite of Darkvision not allowing attacks into or seeing in Darkness.
The incantation for Darkness is Umbra, Latin for "Shadow" or "Shade".

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External links[edit | edit source]

Darkness on the Forgotten Realms Wiki