If your DM is generous, you may be able to find or buy these somewhere. The DM Basic Rules (p 59) include an uncommon magic item goggles of night which grant 60 feet of darkvision and don't require attunement. Also, he won't gain access to that spell until 5th level. Unfortunately, if you don't pursue the Way of the Shadow, the only person in your party who can cast that is the Ranger, who will need to sacrifice a spell known and a 2nd level slot. It is also available to 3rd level Monks who take the Way of the Shadow monastic tradition at the cost of 2 ki points. Completely levelling one of the senses to get around this might smooth over exploration and combat, making things more fun OR it might close off a bunch of opportunities for the party to work together, strategise and build the reality of their world.ĭarkvision is a 2nd level Druid/Ranger/Sorcerer/Wizard spell that lasts for 8 hours (no concentration). Sometimes this can cause issues and make a single player feel a bit useless, it's true. It's already a given that your party comprises characters of different classes with different abilities in combat, and during roleplaying. Many solutions may have a price: will the whole party want to risk breaking cover just to accommodate the monk? Again? (Don't foster PvP sentiment just for cheap conflict, but this can still be interesting). And if it's been a long time since the last town, your monk may have to decide whether this is the time to use their last one. Torches are mundane, but you've still got to remember to buy them. If they do this, describe the combat to your players! Think about how bizarre this would be - a glowing mace or quarterstaff flashing around, flying from creature to creature! Shadows of goblins and kobolds dancing large and small on the walls! You've really got some opportunities for creativity here. Maybe the monk has abilities that will work blind.īeing a cleric, I can use the light cantrip on my own mace or shield maybe your party has someone who can do that too. Many of my cleric spells have "a creature you can see" as a valid target, but not all, so I have to plan what I might do if I can't see anything. Encourage your players to think about this in advance. CombatĬombat is tricky but not impossible with appropriate tactics. You should think about your settings, and identify things that the characters could sense, but would miss without specific attention. Again, this was a detail the DM thought about in advance. explicitly telling the DM "I listen carefully for sounds of activity above," or "I inhale slowly through my nose, trying to smell anything other than the dankness of the cave." On more than one occasion it's led to sensing something no-one else did, because they were all looking for something. Sometimes it's an advantage! My cleric will often try to use other senses eg. stealth situations) it's said by default. I tell the monk about this other thing." You might all agree that unless there's a reason to be quiet (eg. Maybe they don't want to constantly be saying "I tell the monk about that thing you just said. Your monk might find it silly, and not like the idea.Įstablish, through a couple of examples, what might be reasonable in such a situation. Even though I, as a player, hear the DM say something, I am perfectly happy to go along with my character not knowing it. It's important to note that this is something we'd discussed ahead of time - don't just spring this on your players. This is just one more little detail that adds to the reality of our world. This is actually a plot point: there is one character in the group I've known for longer, and so I trust them more, and usually have them lead me. For example, they might say, "those with darkvision see some slippery ground up ahead." But if whoever is leading me forgets to explicitly relay this information to me, it's DEX saving throw time. The DM can get creative about how this works, without being adversarial. I have to trust at least one other character enough to have them lead me through darker areas. Rather than find a way to level the playing field, I find that embracing this difference makes for some interesting narration and adventuring. Granted, we don't find ourselves in pitch darkness all that often, but it happens enough. I play a human cleric in a party full of characters with darkvision.
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