Ok situation:
The PCs, two humans, an elf, and a dwarf, are in the middle of a 120ft radius cavern that has normal light because of a daylight spell. A shadow demon casts deeper darkness in the middle of the party. This is how I view and others can tell me if I'm right or wrong.
Cavern was dark with no natural light sources. Therefore only the dwarf can see.
With the daylight spell, the light raises by one additional level becoming dim light. But daylight automatically gives normal light conditions regardless. So everyone can see.
Shadow demon casts deeper darkness, light drops to magical darkness. Nobody in the party can see. Can the shadow demon?
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Ok situation:
The PCs, two humans, an elf, and a dwarf, are in the middle of a 120ft radius cavern that has normal light because of a daylight spell. A shadow demon casts deeper darkness in the middle of the party. This is how I view and others can tell me if I'm right or wrong.
Cavern was dark with no natural light sources. Therefore only the dwarf can see.
With the daylight spell, the light raises by one additional level becoming dim light. But daylight automatically gives normal light conditions regardless. So everyone can see.
Shadow demon casts deeper darkness, light drops to magical darkness. Nobody in the party can see. Can the shadow demon?
Read the description again for Daylight
Daylight brought into an area of magical darkness (or vice versa) is temporarily negated, so that the otherwise prevailing light conditions exist in the overlapping areas of effect.
In the areas of overlap, the cavern is reverted to its natural lighting. Which in your case is total darkness, so only those with darkvision can see.
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Ok situation:
The PCs, two humans, an elf, and a dwarf, are in the middle of a 120ft radius cavern that has normal light because of a daylight spell. A shadow demon casts deeper darkness in the middle of the party. This is how I view and others can tell me if I'm right or wrong.
Cavern was dark with no natural light sources. Therefore only the dwarf can see.
With the daylight spell, the light raises by one additional level becoming dim light. But daylight automatically gives normal light conditions regardless. So everyone can see.
That's not what daylight does. It sheds bright light, not normal light, in its radius. Then beyond that radius, it raises the light level by one step (which, from darkness, would be dim light). Daylight in a cavern never produces "normal light".
Shadow demon casts deeper darkness, light drops to magical darkness. Nobody in the party can see. Can the shadow demon?
Daylight has a special ability that, where it overlaps with a magical darkness effect, both daylight and the magical darkness effect are temporarily negated in such a way as to return you to whatever the light level would otherwise be. (This is listed in the spell description.) So in any area where both spells are overlapping, it won't be supernaturally dark.
Also, THIS might be of use to you.
Hope that helps!