D&D 4E 4E: Darkvision and Low-light vision

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RigaMortus2

First Post

• Sep 20, 2007

• #1

I am wondering if these vision types are going to go the way of Saga. In Saga, Darkvision and low-light do not have ranges. They just give you normal vision using that sight. So if a person with normal sight could see things a mile away when looking across a barren field in the middle of the day, a person with Darkvision would see the same thing if it was pitch black.

 

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Wormwood

Adventurer

• Sep 20, 2007

• #2

RigaMortus2 said:

I am wondering if these vision types are going to go the way of Saga. In Saga, Darkvision and low-light do not have ranges. They just give you normal vision using that sight. So if a person with normal sight could see things a mile away when looking across a barren field in the middle of the day, a person with Darkvision would see the same thing if it was pitch black.

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Wait---you mean *another* of my House Rules could make it into 4e?

 

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RigaMortus2

First Post

• Sep 20, 2007

• #3

Yeah. Trying to figure out how much you can see using torch light is one thing. But factoring in how that effects low-light vision, is another. And someone with Darkvision can see perfectly in the dark, but only up to 60 feet?

Not saying these things are hard to figure out or anything, but what's easier? Just having them modify normal vision, or trying to adjust for 60 feet or double distance in dim light?

 

Kid Charlemagne

I am the Very Model of a Modern Moderator

• Sep 20, 2007

• #4

I hope they cut WAY back on the number of creatures that have Darkvision.

 

Whizbang Dustyboots

Gnometown Hero

• Sep 20, 2007

• #5

Kid Charlemagne said:

I hope they cut WAY back on the number of creatures that have Darkvision.

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At this point, doesn't everything in 3E except for a few PHB races have darkvision?

 

lukelightning

First Post

• Sep 20, 2007

• #6

Whizbang Dustyboots said:

At this point, doesn't everything in 3E except for a few PHB races have darkvision?

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Animals. But they virtually all have scent.

 

WayneLigon

Adventurer

• Sep 20, 2007

• #7

RigaMortus2 said:

I am wondering if these vision types are going to go the way of Saga. In Saga, Darkvision and low-light do not have ranges.

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I've never bothered with the ranges, either. They see just like they would normally, save for the lack of color for darkvision.

 

Kid Charlemagne

I am the Very Model of a Modern Moderator

• Sep 20, 2007

• #8

Whizbang Dustyboots said:

At this point, doesn't everything in 3E except for a few PHB races have darkvision?

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Pretty much.

 

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Cake Mage

Explorer

• Sep 20, 2007

• #9

I know I've always just flubbed it.

"Oh you have darkvision? Ok yeah, you see the sleeping ogre."

 

Moon-Lancer

First Post

• Sep 20, 2007

• #10

low light vision is easy with torches, but not so much with star light. A low light creature sees in starlight, as if it were day, but i don't know what rules to use for creatures without low light vision in starlight.

Torches just double in size.