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<blockquote data-quote="Echohawk" data-source="post: 7449933" data-attributes="member: 9849"><p>I read through most of this thread before realising that it was more than a decade old. (I failed my Perception check.)</p><p></p><p>Then I decided to check if there is a more definitive answer to this question for 5th Edition. It turns out that googling "darkvision mirror" gives this exact thread as the first suggestion. So, for everyone else who may have ended up here hoping for 5th Edition advice, I'm happy to reassure you that things are no clearer two editions later <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />.</p><p></p><p>Darkvision has already been errated once in 5th Edition, but only to make the definition in the sixth printing of the Player's Handbook match the definitions everywhere else. I did find some more recent <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/4iloaq/how_does_darkvision_work_when_looking_at_a_mirror/" target="_blank">Internet discussion</a> of this topic, which makes an argument that if there is enough light for you to be able to see the mirror and the mirror stand, then there is enough light for you to be able to see a reflection in the mirror. Of course, not all "darkvision" necessarily works the same way, and this remains basically the DM's prerogative to decide in 5th Edition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echohawk, post: 7449933, member: 9849"] I read through most of this thread before realising that it was more than a decade old. (I failed my Perception check.) Then I decided to check if there is a more definitive answer to this question for 5th Edition. It turns out that googling "darkvision mirror" gives this exact thread as the first suggestion. So, for everyone else who may have ended up here hoping for 5th Edition advice, I'm happy to reassure you that things are no clearer two editions later :D. Darkvision has already been errated once in 5th Edition, but only to make the definition in the sixth printing of the Player's Handbook match the definitions everywhere else. I did find some more recent [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/4iloaq/how_does_darkvision_work_when_looking_at_a_mirror/]Internet discussion[/url] of this topic, which makes an argument that if there is enough light for you to be able to see the mirror and the mirror stand, then there is enough light for you to be able to see a reflection in the mirror. Of course, not all "darkvision" necessarily works the same way, and this remains basically the DM's prerogative to decide in 5th Edition. [/QUOTE]
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