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 Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:08 am
you guys are missing my point. stare that to banter on about the interpretation of a particular fantasy race because it's not like the version you like so much from a different setting is pointless and stupid because it's not the same people because it's in a different setting with different history and different rulesets. i'm not trying to say that they are the same at all, and i am not going to bother on semantics about the details. i just wanted to say that there is nothing wrong with creative differences. sheesh.
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:10 am
No. It's you who's missing the point here.
The thread is obviously about drow eyesight in UnderGaia. And we mostly have Faerunian drow here. Which is why I mentioned the pointless addition of game races here, that have nothing to do with our setting.
And I could say the same thing to you, sir. The whole arguing about fantasy because it's all just make believe.
If it's all make believe, then why do people have rules? Why don't we just allow people to come up with s**t on the spot?
So no. It's not pointless or stupid. And your argument is invalid.
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:55 am
meh. what the ******** ever.
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:12 pm
anyway, back on topic, I always figrued it as normeal human sight but a bit darker (like dimming the lights in a room) since it's commonly mentioned that most drow city's are illuminated to a degree by faerie fire. And then of course the ifravision (or redvision) as a turn-on/turn-off ability.
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:09 pm
Right, from a scientific point of view (if we take the fantasy basis and apply sensible scientific rules):
Infravision is the ability to detect infrared light - this will lead to everything being visible as heat signatures, blurred and uncertain figures in general, but providing a general outline. Anything that masks heat signatures will blur this even more. A fire burning will most likely blind or dazzle anyone with infravision, as well as making anyone within a certain distance of the fire indistiguishable from the flames.
Infravision comes in two flavours, passive and active. Passive infravision is vaguer and lower range than active, but active causes the eyes to glow as they will actually radiate infrared light (heat) in order to detect things.
Ultravision is the ability to detect ultraviolet light - this requires an active source of ultraviolet light, in darkness, as ultraviolet light is not naturally emitted by many creatures. This is much, much higher resolution and more precise than infravision, but does require the eyes to be an active emitter.
Darkvision is a magical ability to see in the dark fudged in by Wizards of the Coast because they didn't think gamers could cope with actual science.
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:25 pm
Mr Lapus Right, from a scientific point of view (if we take the fantasy basis and apply sensible scientific rules): Infravision is the ability to detect infrared light - this will lead to everything being visible as heat signatures, blurred and uncertain figures in general, but providing a general outline. Anything that masks heat signatures will blur this even more. A fire burning will most likely blind or dazzle anyone with infravision, as well as making anyone within a certain distance of the fire indistiguishable from the flames. Infravision comes in two flavours, passive and active. Passive infravision is vaguer and lower range than active, but active causes the eyes to glow as they will actually radiate infrared light (heat) in order to detect things. Ultravision is the ability to detect ultraviolet light - this requires an active source of ultraviolet light, in darkness, as ultraviolet light is not naturally emitted by many creatures. This is much, much higher resolution and more precise than infravision, but does require the eyes to be an active emitter. Darkvision is a magical ability to see in the dark fudged in by Wizards of the Coast because they didn't think gamers could cope with actual science. -nods in a most sagely and scientific manner- so it sounds to me like the closest thing would be active infravision (drow eyes do have a slight reddish glow to them when their darksight is being actively used (based on what i've read from the salvatore and war of the spider queen books)
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