Mooncaller Druids?


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I was reading tthe mooncaller druid and found myself wondering about the wording of

The SRD site wrote:

Night Sight (Ex)

At 2nd level, a mooncaller gains low-light vision. If she already has low-light vision, she gains darkvision with a range of 30 feet. If she already has darkvision, the range of her darkvision is increased by 30 feet.

This ability replaces woodland stride.

So if i am reading this correctly a human would gain low light vision, and elf would get darkvision 30 and a half orc would gain low light vision and darkvision 90. My reasoning is due to the full stops which in my (admittedly somewhat addled) mind makes them seperate.

The Exchange

RAW, I would agree with you. However, I'm pretty sure that the if statements following the initial grant of low-light vision are meant to be exceptions rather than supplements. Again, RAW, you're correct. If I were the DM, I would rule that you only get one of those 3 benefits depending on your character's vision.

Therefore, human would get low-light, elf would get 30' darkvision, and horc would get low-light. However, I think you could argue for 90' darkvision instead of low-light for the horc. It's definitely not very well stated.


Human, yes. Elf, yes. Half Orc, RAW, yes. Half Orc, RAI, probably not. The ability does read that way, but I do not think that is the intention.

As a DM, I would probably allow you to either gain low light vision or increase the range of your darkvision. That's just my 2 cp though.


That was my conclusion too then i thought yeah but for PFS RAW is king so it would be a nice little bonus and with a feat a dwarf or half orc could get 150' darkvision with the deepsight feat.

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