Darkness and Light question

[anacalgion]

I've been working on a shadow themed prestige class, and I seem to remember seeing something a while ago about different light levels (bright, dim, etc). I couldn't find it when I flipped through my books, and I was hoping someone might have an answer. Does something akin to this exist, or am I just misremembering? Please help.

[Alaris]

Vision And Light
Dwarves and half-orcs have darkvision, but everyone else needs light to see by. See Table: Light Sources and Illumination for the radius that a light source illuminates and how long it lasts.

In an area of bright light, all characters can see clearly. A creature can’t hide in an area of bright light unless it is invisible or has cover.

In an area of shadowy illumination, a character can see dimly. Creatures within this area have concealment relative to that character. A creature in an area of shadowy illumination can make a Hide check to conceal itself.

In areas of darkness, creatures without darkvision are effectively blinded. In addition to the obvious effects, a blinded creature has a 50% miss chance in combat (all opponents have total concealment), loses any Dexterity bonus to AC, takes a -2 penalty to AC, moves at half speed, and takes a -4 penalty on Search checks and most Strength and Dexterity-based skill checks.

Characters with low-light vision (elves, gnomes, and half-elves) can see objects twice as far away as the given radius. Double the effective radius of bright light and of shadowy illumination for such characters.

Characters with darkvision (dwarves and half-orcs) can see lit areas normally as well as dark areas within 60 feet. A creature can’t hide within 60 feet of a character with darkvision unless it is invisible or has cover.

There you go. At least, I think that's what you're looking for. Then again, I don't even know if I can quote the SRD technically. So take a look at it while it's up... they might ban me for this. ^_^

[Kuulvheysoon]

There you go. At least, I think that's what you're looking for. Then again, I don't even know if I can quote the SRD technically. So take a look at it while it's up... they might ban me for this. ^_^

You can freely quote the SRD - it's part of the Open Gaming License (OGL), so nothing to fear.

[anacalgion]

Thanks! You'd think I could find that for myself :smallfrown:.