Normal vision, low-light vision, darkvision, oh my!

[Planesdragon]

That's an interesting way of handling it, Planesdragon. How's it been working in actual play?

Fairly well, actually. Not a single player has objected to farsight instead of low-light vision. Haven't had a chance to use nightsense, though--gamers in my circle just don't play dwarves.

I should probably mention that darkvision does still exist--there just aren't any core PC races that have it without a spell or magical ability.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Now think on this:

At night, under a starry sky. . .

a human and a halfling can see all around in shadowy condition.

a gnome and an elf can see all around clearly.

a dwarf and a orc can see 60' in black and white, but what do they see beyond that? Shadows?

Quasqueton

In my mind, since dwarves and orcs can see in the daytime in color, I would say they see just like a human or halfling beyond their 60' range - it would be shadowy.