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<blockquote data-quote="GreatLemur" data-source="post: 3801210" data-attributes="member: 28553">I think I'd make more distinction between &quot;impossible to see&quot; and &quot;impossible to discern&quot; than Mistwell does.&nbsp; The fact that most creatures' Darkvision ends at 60 feet, and also the fact that is works in complete darkness strongly suggest to me that the ability has nothing whatsoever to do with light.However, since the rules don't mention anything about transparent materials being opaque to Darkvision (although, really, that'd be an extremely cool houserule), it also seems reasonable to assume that whatever force Darkvision detects, it passes through glass just as readily as light does.&nbsp; It also seems fair to say that it could be bent in the same way light is as it passes through such substances, so a telescope could very possibly magnify objects detectable by Darkvision just as it does objects detectable by normal sight.This, however, would not extend the range of Darkvision any more than it allows people with normal sight to see through walls.&nbsp; The range limit of Darkvision, according to the rules, seems to be a hard, absolute limit.&nbsp; If it was an effect similar to nearsightedness, I'd think it would merely impose Spot and attack penalties towards the limits of its range.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreatLemur, post: 3801210, member: 28553"] I think I'd make more distinction between "impossible to see" and "impossible to discern" than Mistwell does. The fact that most creatures' Darkvision ends at 60 feet, and also the fact that is [i]works in complete darkness[/i] strongly suggest to me that the ability has nothing whatsoever to do with light. However, since the rules don't mention anything about transparent materials being opaque to Darkvision (although, really, that'd be an extremely cool houserule), it also seems reasonable to assume that whatever force Darkvision detects, it passes through glass just as readily as light does. It also seems fair to say that it could be bent in the same way light is as it passes through such substances, so a telescope could very possibly magnify objects detectable by Darkvision just as it does objects detectable by normal sight. This, however, would not [i]extend the range[/i] of Darkvision any more than it allows people with normal sight to see through walls. The range limit of Darkvision, according to the rules, seems to be a hard, absolute limit. If it was an effect similar to nearsightedness, I'd think it would merely impose Spot and attack penalties towards the limits of its range. [/QUOTE]

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