Visibility by starlight

Lord Pendragon

First Post
moritheil said:
So that means that races with Darkvision but no low-light vision are screwed for seeing things in the distance when outdoors at night, compared to races with low-light but no darkvision. I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with that.
This actually makes perfect sense to me. Who has low-light vision, but not darkvision? Elves. Who live under the stars in tree-houses and such (archtypically). Who has darkvision but not low-light vision? Dwarves, who live underground (archtypically). Starlight is never an issue with them, and they'd need to be able to see in absolute darkness. Perfect.

I think I'd probably rule something along the lines of (for an unmodified human):

Night, stars but no moon: 30' shadowy illumination.
Night, full moon: 60' shadowy illumination.

Then treat low-light vision as normal.
 

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