CharlesRyan
Adventurer
I would actually prefer to go the other way: put tighter restrictions on darkvision.
If there are no restrictions, any creature with darkvision strongly prefers to live its life in complete darkness. The dragon with darkvision goes to great lengths to keep all light out of its lair, because it gains no benefit from light, and lots of defensive benefit from darkness.
On the flip side, if the creature's darkvision is limited to, say, 20 feet, it would gain a tactical advantage in darkness without having the desire to live in the pitch black. Snuffing its torches might be one of its first acts when it thinks intruders are around, but its lair isn't a perpetual midnight.
This second scenario can be tactically interesting and fits with my idea of what an adventuring environment (like a dragon's lair) might be like. The first scenario is just frustrating and damages my suspension of disbelief.
I definitely agree with the chorus of calls for far fewer creatures having darkvision.
If there are no restrictions, any creature with darkvision strongly prefers to live its life in complete darkness. The dragon with darkvision goes to great lengths to keep all light out of its lair, because it gains no benefit from light, and lots of defensive benefit from darkness.
On the flip side, if the creature's darkvision is limited to, say, 20 feet, it would gain a tactical advantage in darkness without having the desire to live in the pitch black. Snuffing its torches might be one of its first acts when it thinks intruders are around, but its lair isn't a perpetual midnight.
This second scenario can be tactically interesting and fits with my idea of what an adventuring environment (like a dragon's lair) might be like. The first scenario is just frustrating and damages my suspension of disbelief.
I definitely agree with the chorus of calls for far fewer creatures having darkvision.