Vampires and the Daylight spell

[Koldrag]

It's in the MM page 142.

In the Nightdhades "Aversion to Daylight"
describtion it states "... if exposed to natural daylight (not merely a daylight spell).....".

So there must be a difference between natural sunlight and a daylight spell (at least for a Nightshade).

 

[dravot]

Same goes for Shadow Mastiffs:

Shadow Blend (Su): During any conditions other than full daylight, a shadow mastiff can disappear into the shadows, giving it nine-tenths concealment. Artificial illumination, even a light or continual flame spell, does not negate this ability. A daylight spell, however, will.

 

[dvvega]

The key is "as bright as daylight". This would affect creatures such as goblins and drow, but not a vampire who doesn't really care about bright light, just direct daylight.

Actually the implication is that a vampire can walk around on a cloudy day (as long as their is no direct light upon him/her).

 

[IceBear]

The key is "as bright as daylight". This would affect creatures such as goblins and drow, but not a vampire who doesn't really care about bright light, just direct daylight.

Actually the implication is that a vampire can walk around on a cloudy day (as long as their is no direct light upon him/her).

And that happens quite a bit on Angel and Buffy

IceBear

 

[dvvega]

True but I wasn't thinking of those shows. Just about the whole "exact wording" argument about d20. If it said "in the daytime" it would be different.

But yes, there is that parallel to Angel/Buffy

 

[IceBear]

True but I wasn't thinking of those shows. Just about the whole "exact wording" argument about d20. If it said "in the daytime" it would be different.

But yes, there is that parallel to Angel/Buffy

Well, it's not so much the exact wording that I was basing it on originally. The fact that both AuraSeer and myself seem to remember reading that Daylight doesn't work on vampires makes me pretty sure the Sage answered that somewhere.

But yeah, it's my understanding it's only direct sunlight that counts against a vampire. Now, if the spell opened a portal that let in sunlight from the sun instead of just creating a magical light as bright as sunlight, then that would work.

IceBear