It's automatically considered as a "Shadowy" condition, which changes the effect of lights in the area.įor example, if you have a torch out in the moonlight, Your humans and characters without Low-Light Vision can see out to 40ft before anything beyond is treated as darkness. Moonlight doesn't naturally simulate a light source.
Instead, the game explains how far away folks can see the next pile of XP.Īll of the information you're looking for on vision can be found here If one or more creature is in darkness then I hope you like rules.ĭ&D 3.5 never says exactly how far folks can see. Further, if one or more creatures are in shadowy illumination those creature have concealment and can use that to make Hide skill checks, probably substantially reducing the chances they'll be noticed by an unobservant sentry making a Spot skill check. (83)īut the DM needn't call for such Spot skill checks and just declare the encounter begins. A penalty applies on such checks, depending on the distance between the two individuals or groups, and an additional penalty may apply if the character making the Spot check is distracted (not concentrating on being observant). The Dungeon Master may call for Spot checks to determine the distance at which an encounter begins. So the DM determines the distance randomly. In a medium forest, this distance is 2d8×10 feet, and in a dense forest it is 2d6×10 feet. In a sparse forest, the maximum distance at which a Spot check for detecting the nearby presence of others can succeed is 3d6×10 feet. For example, Stealth and Detection in a Forest says Each terrain has a Stealth and Detection entry that's used when determining the distance at which encounters effectively begin. The skill Spot isn't used to determine the literal distance a creature can see but how far away a creature can detect enemies. that is, until the creature needs to use the skill Spot to determine the location of enemies. (I'm not sure discussing low-light vision with regards to flaws is entirely fair, given that one can always mitigate one's flaws simply by playing differently.) "But how far can a human see in moonlight?"Įffectively, creatures can see as far as one of us humans actually can. When the torches go out (or whenever the DM says the night's overcast), such a creature is still blind, which is the rather severe downside of low-light vision. It can see outdoors on a starlit or moonlit night as well as a human can during the day. Low-light Vision (Ex): A creature with low-light vision can see twice as far in bright and shadowy illumination.
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So from the Player's Handbook section on Vision and Light take double the effective radius of bright light and shadowy illumination, from the Monster Manual description take starlight, and from the Dungeon Master's Guide description take see outdoors on a moonlit night as well as they can during the day. And while torchlight can be either shadowy or bright illumination according to the same table, moonlight and starlight aren't even on the table. The light levels poor and dim aren't listed Table 9–7: Light Sources and Illumination ( PH 165), but shadowy totally is. In other words: Yuck, or Ask the DM.But you can probably safely just take the best parts Those that have low-light vision can see outdoors on a moonlit night as well as a human can during the day. Characters with low-light vision can see outdoors on a moonlit night as well as they can during the day.įinally, the Rules Compendium provides another description of low-light vision:Ĭreatures that have low-light vision can see twice as far as normal in dim light. (311)Īnd the Dungeon Master's Guide provides a description of low-light vision:Ĭharacters with low-light vision have eyes that are so sensitive to light that they can see twice as far as normal in dim light. The Monster Manual provides a similar description of low-light vision that's slightly more explicit:Ī creature with low-light vision can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of shadowy illumination. The Player's Handbook on Vision and Light adds that one shouldĭouble the effective radius of bright light and of shadowy illumination for such characters. The elf racial trait low-light vision saysĪn elf can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. The extraordinary ability low-light vision is a mess.
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