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Ridding Elves and Half-Elves of Darkvision
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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 7535641" data-attributes="member: 6787503"><p>I can see we have different conceptions of dragonborn. There's a lot to choose from in creating a humanoid that's more dragon-like. I like the way dragonborn's damage resistance mirrors but waters-down the damage immunities of dragons. </p><p></p><p>Natural armor is a good fit, but I don't see dragons as particularly slow, so I'm not sure where that's coming from. To me, it makes dragonborn seem more dwarf-like.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Removing darkvison from non-underdark races would be easy, as I mentioned up-thread, but I think advantage on all Wisdom (Perception) checks is too good to use as a substitute. Darkvision really isn't that valuable.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not without changing 5E's illumination categories. As they are now, the outdoors at night are an area of darkness unless there's a full moon at maximum, which happens only one night in two months in a given location. Dusk and dawn are also considered dim light, so I could see this in support of a conception of elves as twilight-adapted, but night-adaptation requires darkvision, IMO.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think just imposing the requirement that to use darkvision no light sources can be present might do the job. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree about preference, but I meant OP versus the other PC races. My opinion is they're all pretty much balanced against one another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 7535641, member: 6787503"] I can see we have different conceptions of dragonborn. There's a lot to choose from in creating a humanoid that's more dragon-like. I like the way dragonborn's damage resistance mirrors but waters-down the damage immunities of dragons. Natural armor is a good fit, but I don't see dragons as particularly slow, so I'm not sure where that's coming from. To me, it makes dragonborn seem more dwarf-like. Removing darkvison from non-underdark races would be easy, as I mentioned up-thread, but I think advantage on all Wisdom (Perception) checks is too good to use as a substitute. Darkvision really isn't that valuable. Not without changing 5E's illumination categories. As they are now, the outdoors at night are an area of darkness unless there's a full moon at maximum, which happens only one night in two months in a given location. Dusk and dawn are also considered dim light, so I could see this in support of a conception of elves as twilight-adapted, but night-adaptation requires darkvision, IMO. I think just imposing the requirement that to use darkvision no light sources can be present might do the job. I agree about preference, but I meant OP versus the other PC races. My opinion is they're all pretty much balanced against one another. [/QUOTE]
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