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Yeah, like, I'll take the hit! Heavens know I take Beastkin often enough on non-melee characters who don't have any use for a bite attack. Sometimes I just wanna play a bat/moth/cat/sheepgirl. But it'd sure be nice to get something in exchange for sacrificing a heritage!
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I am surprised that it is just a Jewish sensitivity specialist that you think you need to consult. It could have much broader implications for the diverse religious groups that use that book.That would be precisely why we consulted a Jewish sensitivity specialist before choosing the name, yes, and didn't lock it in until they'd confirmed that they didn't see anything problematic with using the name in this context.
Like I think it warrants at least fact check to see how word is currently taught in Judaism before committing to it.
Michael didn't say they ONLY consulted a Jewish sensitivity specialist. What he said was they consulted Jewish sensitivity specialist precisely to determine how the word is word currently taught in Judaism. Would be weird to consult other religions on that point.
They may very well have consulted other religionous specialists to find out how those religions use the word, but they would not be consulted about Judaism.
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I just sucked it up and ate the useless heritage. It's too cool of a concept to pass up! (I do hope they fix that, though.)
Low Light has uses even if you have darkvision. For instance, low light allows you to see color in dim light while darkvision is black and white.
The thing is, if you have enough light for low-light vision, and you have time for color to matter, like in a puzzle room, you can usually just get more light. You are right though, there is a tiny advantage there.
One thing I was delighted by is how they highlighted that many of the planar entities have animal aspects and how that might be something people would actively go to that heritage for.
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In the PFS games I play, Darkvision matters very rarely and low light almost never.
I'll take your word for it as I don't play PFS.
The thing is, if you have enough light for low-light vision, and you have time for color to matter, like in a puzzle room, you can usually just get more light. You are right though, there is a tiny advantage there.
It can affect perception checks for normal exploration: things can blend in better in black and white and some better with color like traps, tracks/blood trails, ect. It's all dependent on the DM and the adventures that are played. If the DM factors it in, it can have a noticeable effect [sneaking and see a dark colored snake, dark red is poisonous and green ones not or seeing dried blood near a secret door] but if the dm doesn't care it can be functionally useless.
For myself, I've seen it matter in games that lean into Recall Checks, like with investigators: on characters without a good perception or Recall, it might never come up.