D&D 5E Drow "Sunlight Sensitivity" workarounds?

auburn2 · Jan 29, 2021

Sunlight sensitivity only occurs in "direct sunlight" which is different than "outside during the day". Cloudy day, no problem, in a forrest usually no problem. In a town in the shade of a building, no problem.

There are certainly times where sunlight sensitivity is unavoidable, but more often it makes the party pay attention to shadows and lighting. It puts work on me as a DM - where is the sun, where are the shadows.

CydKnight · Jan 29, 2021

Interestingly I am having the opposite issue as a PC. We are now in our 2nd major underground dungeon crawl through level 5. My character is a human that is obviously without darkvision. All other characters in the party have darkvision and have insisted that no one produce a light source in environments that have been 80% complete darkness (no light source). It does make the game interesting as I try to find creative ways to negate disadvantage while I am waiting for Goggles of Night to be produced on a layaway plan with the local Pawnbroker/Artificer.

Weiley31 · Jan 29, 2021

If Magitek Glasses/Contacts/Goggles are too much then the next best option for Drow is: Umbrella/Parasol.

Specifically Combat Umbrella/Parasol. You get the sword and shield option by having the blade come out of the main frame and the umbrella part is used as a shield. You can treat it as a Double Weapon/Two Weapon Fighting via that method too. You can have the Umbrella/Parasol shift into a Great Sword for Greater Weapon Fighting. You can have it as a rifle or a bayonet: heck Penguin Style that hits for Archery/Gunner/Close Range Fighter.

*Note: All of such options would be different models of said Combat Umbrella/Parasol. A Combat Umbrella/Parasol bayonet/rifle is a different model, a Great Sword Combat Umbrella/Parasol is a different model. All would have their own prices. Etc, Etc,.

Iry · Jan 29, 2021

CydKnight said:
My character is a human that is obviously without darkvision. All other characters in the party have darkvision and have insisted that no one produce a light source in environments that have been 80% complete darkness (no light source). It does make the game interesting as I try to find creative ways to negate disadvantage while I am waiting for Goggles of Night to be produced on a layaway plan with the local Pawnbroker/Artificer.

That's a good way to get ambushed or walk into traps! Darkvision still gives Disadvantage on perception checks while in darkness, which is also -5 to their passive perception. Bwahaha.

see · Jan 30, 2021

I should note that the "snow goggles" are a gamification of a real-world item used by indigenous peoples of the Arctic for who-knows-how-long to prevent snow blindness (corneal sunburn).

The "sun goggles" are a bit more speculative-tech, since (although they'd be perfectly possible to make with medieval tech) the actual combination of features is not attested to before the late 19th Century.

pming · Jan 30, 2021

Hiya!

Lackhand said:
(Maybe this belongs in Homebrew? Not sure!)

One of the characters in my 5e campaign is a drow wild sorceror.
The party has been doing a lot of (daytime) wilderness adventuring.
The player and I are both getting a bit bored of him always rolling everything with disadvantage.

Sweet! While you're doing that... can we just assume that my GWM Champion Fighter has figured out a way to not suffer the -5 to hit when using GWM for the +10 damage? Kaithanxbai!

My suggestion: "Retire him. Make a new guy...and think about the bad stuff as much as you think about the good stuff so you have a PC you don't get bored/annoyed with because of their drawbacks".

^_^

Paul L. Ming

tetrasodium · Jan 30, 2021

Seems a few people are in doubt about the practicality of things like snow goggles... Inuit snow goggles have been around for a looooooooonnnng time & no doubt were developed many times in different parts of the world. That wikipedia page includesan image of a pair dated 1000-1800ad

Weiley31 · Jan 30, 2021

DM: So what is your character's goal?

Drow PC: I want murder the sun.

DM: Sun, make a saving throw.

TarionzCousin · Jan 30, 2021

Weiley31 said:
DM: So what is your character's goal?

Drow PC: I want murder the sun.

DM: Sun, make a saving throw.

At Disadvantage, because the Sun wasn't expecting it.

michaeljpastor · Jul 12, 2021

Zhaleskra said:
Drow were magitek savvy in 2E. Granted, the items had to be returned to the Underdark every week or they'd decay, but they even made replacement limbs that functioned like automail from Full Metal Alchemist, way before I ever saw that anime.

If a wizard can create dark vision goggles I don't see any reason why he can't create the magical version of light resistance goggles. They're equivalent in effect.

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