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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8859336" data-attributes="member: 93670">Light sources in 5e are dramatically better,  Compare the lanterns[spoiler="2e phb light sources"]Source Radius Burning timeBeacon lantern 240 ft.* 30 hrs./pintBonfire 50 ft. 1⁄2 hr./armloadBullseye lantern 60 ft.* 2 hrs./pintCampfire 35 ft. 1 hr./armloadCandle 5 ft. 10 min./inchContinual light 60 ft. IndefiniteHooded lantern 30 ft. 2 hrs./pintLight spell 20 ft. VariableTorch 15 ft. 30 min.Weapon** 5 ft. As desired * Light from these is not cast in a radius, but rather in a cone-shaped beam. At its far end, the cone of light from a beacon lantern is 90 feet wide. A bulls-eye lantern has a beam 20 feet wide at its far end. ** Magical weapons shed light if your DM allows this optional rule.Lantern — — Beacon 150 gp 50 lbs. Bullseye 12 gp 3 lbs. Hooded 7 gp 2 lbs. Lanterns: A hooded lantern (30-foot radius of light) is a standard lantern with shuttered or hinged sides. It is not directional, as its light is cast equally in all directions. A bulls-eye lantern (60-foot beam of light) has only a single shutter, the other sides being highly polished to reflect the light in a single direction. Both hooded and bullseye lanterns can be carried in one hand. A single flask of oil (one pint) burns for six hours in either. The beacon lantern (240-foot beam of light) is a much larger affair and must be mounted on the prow of a ship, the bed of a wagon, or other large structure. It operates like the bullseye lantern but illuminates to a greater distance. The bea-con goes through oil quickly, burning a flask every two hours.[/spoiler][spoiler="5e lanterns"]Torch. A torch burns for 1 hour, providing bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet. If you make a m elee attack with a burning torch and hit, it deals 1 fire damage.Lamp. A lamp casts bright light in a 15-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Once lit, it burns for 6 hours on a flask (1 pint) of oil.Lantern, Bullseye. A bullseye lantern casts bright light in a 60-foot cone and dim light for an additional 60 feet. Once lit, it burns for 6 hours on a flask (1 pint) of oil.Lantern, Hooded. A hooded lantern casts bright lightin a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Once lit, it burns for 6 hours on a flask (1 pint) of oil. As an action, you can lower the hood, reducing the light to dim light in a 5-foot radius.[/spoiler]When nearly every PC is certain to have darkvision that extra dim light perfect vision makes an enormous difference. I can (and do) limit vision through FoW range in a VTT while I'm running the game but darkvision is such an extreme range in the scale of normal d&d play that pretty much 100% of the time when darkness might matter darkvision ensures it never will.  Even if it does matter I have 5 players sharing one screen & they can all see what is on it, things start looking rather adversarial if I start hiding tokens & getting cutesy with "you can't see it".</blockquote>

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