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From a post on my blog
Demi-Humans in B/X and OSE just got a little more scarier.
So Tim of Gothridge Manor pointed out some details on the Light spells. Including this tidbit found in Old School Essentials
In OSE and BX both Dwarves and Elves have infravision. This means that Dwarven allies or Elves themselves can cast a Darkness spell. This results in the Dwarf or Elf being able to attack normally if they are inside the darkness spells but everybody is attacking them as if they have been blinded. In DnD B/X blinded creatures can't attack.
I will just let that one sink in.
For reference here is ODnD take on darkness found in the Greyhawk Supplement
Demi-Humans in B/X and OSE just got a little more scarier.
So Tim of Gothridge Manor pointed out some details on the Light spells. Including this tidbit found in Old School Essentials
I went to the copies of B/X I bought and sure enough it is the same.Reverse: Darkness, creates a 15' radius of magical blackness. It prevents normal sight, but not infravision. It can be used to blind creatures or to dispel a light spell. .
In OSE and BX both Dwarves and Elves have infravision. This means that Dwarven allies or Elves themselves can cast a Darkness spell. This results in the Dwarf or Elf being able to attack normally if they are inside the darkness spells but everybody is attacking them as if they have been blinded. In DnD B/X blinded creatures can't attack.
I will just let that one sink in.
For reference here is ODnD take on darkness found in the Greyhawk Supplement