<<Is there a difference between darkness and lack of light?>>
There is in Glorantha. Darkness is an element, and its a positive thing, not just an absence. IMG, it has the property of making sound conduct better, which is why Darksense works so well.
<<What happens when a light source and a darkness source "shine" in the same
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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