From: TTrotsky@aol.com
Date: Thu 04 Jun 1998 - 20:21:16 EEST
Richard Develyn:
<<Is there a difference between darkness and lack of light?>>
There is in Glorantha. Darkness is an element, and its a positive thing,
<<What happens when a light source and a darkness source "shine" in the same
not just an absence. IMG, it has the property of making sound conduct better,
which is why Darksense works so well.
room - do you see something which is light, dark, grey, pitch black?>>
Depends which is (un)brighter. Its like having a radiator in a freezer
room. Is it hot, cold or in between? Depends which is more powerful.
<<What's a shadow?>>
Darkness sneaks to fill the gap (there doesn't have to be a source of
unluminous darkness for there to be dark - its different from light in that
sense). Its like air rushing in to fill a vacuum; if you could somehow prevent
dark from filling up an absence of light, you'd produce an absence of *both*.
The absence would possibly be mind-bending, certainly hide everything within
to both vision and Darksense, and probably radiate chaos like there was no
tomorrow...
<< Does a dark cave emanate darkness?>>
Nope. The darkness stays put inside it. It could do, though, if you stuck
a source of unluminous darkness inside it (like a shade, say).
Forward the glorious Red Army!
Trotsky
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