UD drow ambush.

[Disco]

When this happens the darknes spell will not go away over time, I suguest perhaps removing this spell since it sort of cripples whoever get hit by it untill A: they get killed (Wich happens often when dealing with drow :-)) Or B: A dm fixes it.

[putrid_plum]

I agree with this.  I know this is how the drow fight, atleast in books and such, but the spell is buggy as hell.

[Disco]

Also if a pc or npc get hit by this spell. He will go "invisible" Not with the spell ofcourse, but he will not be visible to pc´s unless he is next to them.

[Paha]

I throw a suspicion, since it seems the darkness effect comes as an effect, not as an spell from one of the drows, could it be the problem?

What ever it is, you get completely blind like with original darkness spell, and it stays until dead. Can't see a thing.

[Porkolt]

It doesn't have to be a spell. It might be a spell-like ability, or an item. That way, they can use it, but it won't look like they're casting a spell.

[Howlando]

I don't even know what this is but it sounds broken.

[Disco]

It is very broken indeed.

[Howlando]

Well could you explain exactly what happens?

[putrid_plum]

You walk to certain points, I think certain spots have triggers that chance spawn a drow ambush.  Darkness is applied to a large areas surrounding the trigger area and about 5-7 random drow types drop from the roof, similar to spider ambushes in the old ettercap quest.  The issue is the darkness bugs you almost everytime making the NPC invisible and you cannot see anything at all, as the darkness effect will stay on you until you die, not even relogging fixes it.

Also the amount of times you can get the drow ambush seems way way over the top, we literally sat in one area with Germain and had it spawn over and over and over on us if we moved 2 steps.

[Disco]

Resting will dispel the darkness bug.