Lowlight Vision and Darkvision Conundrum

[DungeonmasterCal]

So, I'm sure this question has been asked and answered before but I couldn't find it in a search of the forums so I'm bringing it up. If a creature has darkvision can it logically be assumed to have lowlight vision as well? It just makes sense to me that they should. Why would a creature than can see in total darkness not be able to see in dim light? I'm on the bleeding edge of houseruling this but would like to see some other opinions on it.

Thanks in advance,

DMCal

[dragonhunterq]

Nope. They are different abilities that work in different ways.
Low light is light amplification.
Darkvision is your own personal flashlight.

Darkvision should work within it's range in low light conditions though, so shouldn't suffer miss chance within that range.

[PokeyCA]

Darkvision works out to the limit of its range. Low-light vision extends the range of all light ranges.

[Kristal Moonhand]

To give a specific example, say you've got a light source that gives off 40 feet of normal light followed by 40 feet of dim light. A creature with normal vision sees just that, while a creature with low-light sees 80 feet of normal light and 80 feet of dim light.

[DungeonmasterCal]

Thanks, everyone!

[VoodistMonk]

Kristal Moonhand wrote:

To give a specific example, say you've got a light source that gives off 40 feet of normal light followed by 40 feet of dim light. A creature with normal vision sees just that, while a creature with low-light sees 80 feet of normal light and 80 feet of dim light.

And the person with darkvision sees out to his darkvision range regardless of light sources.

When in question, be a Strix, have both.

[Kristal Moonhand]

Or an Android. beep boop

[PokeyCA]

VoodistMonk wrote:

Kristal Moonhand wrote:

To give a specific example, say you've got a light source that gives off 40 feet of normal light followed by 40 feet of dim light. A creature with normal vision sees just that, while a creature with low-light sees 80 feet of normal light and 80 feet of dim light.

And the person with darkvision sees out to his darkvision range regardless of light sources.

When in question, be a Strix, have both.

If you have darkvision and have a light source (such as above), you will see in color out to the light sources edge (so in this case 40 and 40). If you had darkvision 60, it wouldn't change, but if you had darkvision 120, you would see in darkvision from 80 to 120 feet.

[maouse33]

Kristal Moonhand wrote:

Or an Android. beep boop

or any race with lowlight and a crossblooded orc draconic sorcerer lvl 1 (because if you dip a class, get all you can). Roar!