I have the opportunity to choose between the two in our capaign. I play a melee type and frequently use a Light spell to be able to see.
Either ability is good for me, so I'd like your advice on what to pick.
It is a special houseruled effect, so it does not cost me anything.
Darkvision, 2 more rage can be gotten through a feat, darkvision is a bit harder to obtain if you aren't born with it
I have the opportunity to choose between the two in our capaign. I play a melee type and frequently use a Light spell to be able to see.
Either ability is good for me, so I'd like your advice on what to pick.
It is a special houseruled effect, so it does not cost me anything.
Do you already have rage? If not, I'd go with that. I've rarely run out of rounds of rage with the barbarian I'm playing now, so 2 more rounds is not all that attractive. But if it was 2 rounds of rage for someone who lacks the power to begin with, that's nice.
Darkvision is nice to have, but sunrods, everburning torches, and potions of darkvision are not that hard to get. Light can be an issues at times, but there are a lot of ways around it.
I do not already have Rage, the effect is as ... hey, there is a crossing of some 3.5 rules here.
I'll have to ask my DM again, since I can read now that PF Rage is in rounds where 3.5 were a number of times pr. day for a set number of rounds pr. time.
But either way, the effect is identical to Barbarian Rage for several rounds. - It may indeed be much more powerful than Darkvision.