Darkvision and light sources

[MerakSpielman]

I understand that if the party has a 30' diameter light source, and a character has 90' darkvision, he sees normally from 0' - 30' and with darkvision from 30' to 90'. I assume, then, that if the same light source were centered 40' away from him, he would see 10' with his darkvision, 60' with regular vision (he'd see in color what was in the light radius) and another 30' with his darkvision again? This is correct, yes?

This could be an interesting visual effect to describe to characters with darkvision.

 

[kreynolds]

This is correct, yes?

Yup.

This could be an interesting visual effect to describe to characters with darkvision.

Yeah, I've got a player in my game that bitched enough about it, saying that darkvision shouldn't function beyond a light source, so I said "Fine, then that's how it works for you."

 

[Magic Slim]

Doesn't Darkvision also confer Low-light vision?

Slim

 

[kreynolds]

Nope. Two very different things. Some creatures have both though.

 

[kreynolds]

By the way Merak, for reference, see page 292 of the DMG.