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Ridding Elves and Half-Elves of Darkvision
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<blockquote data-quote="WhosDaDungeonMaster" data-source="post: 7527263"><p>For some reason, when my players all made their characters, there was a slight oversight (no pun intended) in giving the Dragonborn Darkvision. I was told they had it, it made sense (hey, Tieflings get it due to their heritage, why not Dragonborn...), but then recently discovered they <em>don't</em> get it.</p><p></p><p>Well, that sucks for my players because everyone chose a race purposefully so they all had Darkvision! Now, of course, the Dragonborn doesn't. Since this was my mistake in not checking myself, I'll probably let the player keep it this time.</p><p></p><p>But, it got me thinking: why do certain races get it and others don't?</p><p></p><p>To review, these races have Darkvision (or Superior Darkvision): Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Half-Elf, ,Half-Orc, and Tiefling.</p><p>These races don't: Halfling, Human, Dragonborn.</p><p></p><p>Now, I can certainly understand Dwarf, Gnome, and Half-Orc since all of these races do spend quite a bit of time underground. Likewise, I get Drow Elf having it. An argument can be made for the Tiefling's heritage I suppose, but then why not Dragonborns?</p><p></p><p>And why would the other Elf races and Half-Elf get it? There is no reason why except for a hold-over from earlier editions IMO.</p><p></p><p>If anyone would like to chime in on this, I'd love to hear your opinions and thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhosDaDungeonMaster, post: 7527263"] For some reason, when my players all made their characters, there was a slight oversight (no pun intended) in giving the Dragonborn Darkvision. I was told they had it, it made sense (hey, Tieflings get it due to their heritage, why not Dragonborn...), but then recently discovered they [I]don't[/I] get it. Well, that sucks for my players because everyone chose a race purposefully so they all had Darkvision! Now, of course, the Dragonborn doesn't. Since this was my mistake in not checking myself, I'll probably let the player keep it this time. But, it got me thinking: why do certain races get it and others don't? To review, these races have Darkvision (or Superior Darkvision): Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Half-Elf, ,Half-Orc, and Tiefling. These races don't: Halfling, Human, Dragonborn. Now, I can certainly understand Dwarf, Gnome, and Half-Orc since all of these races do spend quite a bit of time underground. Likewise, I get Drow Elf having it. An argument can be made for the Tiefling's heritage I suppose, but then why not Dragonborns? And why would the other Elf races and Half-Elf get it? There is no reason why except for a hold-over from earlier editions IMO. If anyone would like to chime in on this, I'd love to hear your opinions and thanks! [/QUOTE]
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