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) Radius

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 transcribe 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's Eldritch Invocation  Devil's Sight, the  Eversight Ring from Act Two,  Shar's Spear of Evening from Act Two, the  Steelwatcher Helmet from Act Three,  Eyes of the Dark, and  Born into Darkness, 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".

Visuals

External links

• ⁠Darkness on the Forgotten Realms Wiki