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<blockquote data-quote="TornadoCreator" data-source="post: 6625894" data-attributes="member: 6672078"><p>Yeah, but that's because people aren't thinking. First of all, you shouldn't be using torches AT ALL in a dungeon. You're not outside so a medieval bitumen torch (hell even a modern paraffin recreation), would stink and create so much smoke you'd all choke to death. You should be using a lantern... which will burn for hours on a single oiled wick or candle.</p><p></p><p>Then there's magic. 'Light' is a cantrip, and 5e is falling over itself to give every single class access to arcane magic so it's not like we're short of ways to create light.</p><p></p><p>I agree, it can be a pain to keep track of all these things sometimes, but surely it's more of a pain to be playing a rogue and NEVER be able to hide because it doesn't matter how dark it is, they can just see you anyway; and casting Darkness doesn't make any difference so that cool racial bonus that Tieflings get is little more than a parlour trick... it's not Darkness it's "wash out colours" the spell.</p><p></p><p>I'd rather just hand-wave the idea that the party has unlimited candles than give everyone Darkvision, but also, by not giving Darkvision to Humans and Halflings chances are we'll have at least one party member bumbling around in the dark, so we're not actually solving anything. There's still the need for torches that there was before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TornadoCreator, post: 6625894, member: 6672078"] Yeah, but that's because people aren't thinking. First of all, you shouldn't be using torches AT ALL in a dungeon. You're not outside so a medieval bitumen torch (hell even a modern paraffin recreation), would stink and create so much smoke you'd all choke to death. You should be using a lantern... which will burn for hours on a single oiled wick or candle. Then there's magic. 'Light' is a cantrip, and 5e is falling over itself to give every single class access to arcane magic so it's not like we're short of ways to create light. I agree, it can be a pain to keep track of all these things sometimes, but surely it's more of a pain to be playing a rogue and NEVER be able to hide because it doesn't matter how dark it is, they can just see you anyway; and casting Darkness doesn't make any difference so that cool racial bonus that Tieflings get is little more than a parlour trick... it's not Darkness it's "wash out colours" the spell. I'd rather just hand-wave the idea that the party has unlimited candles than give everyone Darkvision, but also, by not giving Darkvision to Humans and Halflings chances are we'll have at least one party member bumbling around in the dark, so we're not actually solving anything. There's still the need for torches that there was before. [/QUOTE]
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