Talk:Frumpkin/@comment-2001:56A:71F5:100:15C6:7081:7EA:FD30-20180828093104/@comment-74.199.43.130-20181031230329

Not, uhm, casting shade on you or anything, but Darkvision as described WOULD require light, just not enough light for 'regular' vision to function (hence "dark"). Both thermal cameras and night vision goggles work with existing light (or in the case of some forms of "night vision" (human-) invisible illumination): thermal cameras perceive infrared frequencies of light while NVG amplify miniscule amounts of ambient light and display visible amounts of light based on that perception. DND Blindsight, however, would not require light (vs real world blindsight which does; qv). DND "cats" lacking Darkvision is most likely another of the many oversights, inconsistencies, frivilous whimsy, and situational inconsistent interpretations that pervades the rule books.