Does darkness stop Moonbeam?

@PurpleVermont That depends on what you mean by "work." Moonbeam would not dispel the Darkness, but it would raise the light level from complete darkness to dim light within its area of effect assuming your DM accepts the interpretation that magical light from a 3rd-level or higher spell will illuminate an area of ...
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Does Moonbeam work in darkness?

Does the Darkness spell dispel spells such as Flame Blade, Moonbeam, and Faerie Fire? Yes.
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Does Moonbeam produce light?

Moonbeam and Dancing Lights provide a light source, and do not say they reduce light. Spells like Holy Aura, Daylight and Sunbeam similarly state that they "shed dim light".
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Does light cantrip cancel darkness?

It is clear that casting Light as a cantrip will always dispel any Darkness effect of any level, and vice versa, because all light effects and darkness effects can always dispel each other.
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Does Moonbeam need to be outside?

Yeah, Moonbeam's supposed to work indoors. I'm pretty sure 90% of the Dungeons players find themselves in don't have 40-foot tall ceilings, that would make Moonbeam pretty useless and mostly only usable outdoors, basically. It may seem a strange thing but there are adventures that happen under the open sky.
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Does Moon Beam go through walls?

By wording, he is able to send it in any direction, however, the complication comes in weather he can send it through a solid wall.
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Does Moonbeam stop wild shape?

This would mean Moonbeam cannot revert the form of any creature who is magically polymorphing, such as night hags, dragons, oni, druids, deva, etc, nor anyone using any shapechanging spell.
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How do you deal with darkness 5e?

Darkness can be hidden just like LIght can if it's cast on an object. You can cast either spell on a pebble and put it in a pouch to hide the effect until you take it out again. This means you can cast Darkness, retreat safely, and then hide it to cast an offensive spell and then pull it out again.
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Does darkness dispel flaming Sphere?

@Smart_TJ Darkness dispels spells with an "area of light". Flaming Sphere creates an area of light. Color Spray does not.
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Does light dispel darkness?

Light from spells or any magic item can illuminate the area of darkness, but a magic item or the light cantrip will not dispel the Darkness (permanently). When casting Darkness it does instantly dispel any spells in its area which are providing magic light if that spell is below 2nd level.
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Does Twilight sanctuary make it darker?

If you want to flavor it for thematic purposes cool, but as long as it doesn't change mechanical effects you're done. Nothing in Twilight Sanctuary says it's ALWAYS filled with dim light, just that it fills the sphere with dim light.
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Does Firebolt create light?

An intermediate flavour-solution. By RAW, Firebolt doesn't produce light by which you could see something.
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Can dancing lights see through magical darkness?

This is, however, not of much help for your elves. Light created by Dancing Lights can't illuminate the area of magical darkness. If light sources created by Dancing Lights are brought to the area of magical darkness they are suppressed.
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How does Moonbeam work?

“Once per turn, when you cast or move the spell's area onto a creature, a creature moves into the spell's area, or a creature starts its turn there…it must make a… saving throw.” As we covered above, doubling damage to the creatures you drop it on reaches outside the scale for a 2nd level spell.
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Can Moonbeam hit multiple targets?

If a spell or other effect deals damage to more than one target at the same time, roll the damage once for all of them... The moonbeam spell certainly counts as "a spell or other effect" so all we have to know is if the spell is dealing damage to multiple targets at once.
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Does Moonbeam effect Druids?

Moonbeam is a second-level that all Druids can cast. Several other classes' subclasses can cast it, too.
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Does darkness cancel Faerie Fire?

Since Darkness won't stop the Faerie Fire's light, it will illuminate things up to X feet away, but you can still see the light even if you're not in the range.
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Can continual flame be dispelled?

As for coming into effect in the opposite order - a darkness spell can be used to dispel an existing continual flame spell, ending both immediately and returning light levels to whatever is normal.
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Does darkness use a spell slot?

The darkness spell can dispel only a light-creating spell of 2nd level or lower, no matter what spell slot is used for darkness. Similarly, the daylight spell can dispel only a darkness-creating spell of 3rd level or lower, regardless of the spell slot used."
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How does darkness work D&D 5e?

Magical darkness spreads from a point you choose within range to fill a 15-foot-radius sphere for the duration. The darkness spreads around corners. A creature with darkvision can't see through this darkness, and nonmagical light can't illuminate it.
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Can Tieflings see in magical darkness?

But as written, Tieflings get the ability to cast the standard Darkness spell, and they do not have an ability that lets them see through magical darkness. The fact that it's a racial ability does not make them immune to its effect.
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Can the caster see through darkness 5e?

The darkness spell doesn't grant the caster the ability to see through it. The Dungeons & Dragons rules are pretty good about such things - if it did give such an ability, it would state so within the text of the spell.
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Can you counterspell a divine smite?

You can't counterspell divine smite. It is not a spell even though it expends a spell slot. It is not cast. One thing to keep in mind though is that when using counterspell you also have to SEE the spell being cast and be within 60'.
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Can you use call lightning while Wildshaped?

Under wild shape in the PHB it uses Call Lightning as an example of what can and can't be done.
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Can you cast Hallow on an object?

Hallow isn't cast on a movable object; it's an immobile hallowed area. If you cast Hallow on a birdhouse, the 40' area around where that birdhouse was when you cast the spell would be hallowed, even if you later removed the birdhouse.
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