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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 1725128" data-attributes="member: 259">You're missing the point, Patryn.  I'm not asking why whales don't have darkvision; I'm asking why krakens do.  So far, the only scenario you've given me in which they can use their darkvision is when they lunge above the surface of the water in an underground cavern in order to attack creatures above the surface of the water.  That's such a rare circumstance in most games, and surely such a rare circumstance in the life of a deep-sea creature like the kraken, that it's bizarre to me they'd have an entire sense whose only utility is in that circumstance. Why don't any real-world animals in a  D&D universe have darkvision? Because they're statting up real-world animals, and as such darkvision doesn't exist. AFAIK, whales and sharks do most of their hunting at depths at which light penetrates; lowlight vision serves them fine.  Deep-sea creatures in the real world are, AFAIK, usually either scavengers or (if they're predators) have bioluminescence, enabling them to find or attract their prey. But again, the question isn't why whales don't have darkvision; the question is why krakens do.  I just don't think your explanation is adequate. But if it makes you happy, then great.  If I were you, I'd extend my houserule to giving krakens and other deepsea creatures blindsight or some other sense that takes the place of darkvision. Daniel</blockquote>