Playing circle of stars druid/cleric. We will be entering a duergar stronghold. I know duergar have disadvantage when in sunlight.
When I enter star form, would the "bright light" cause disadvantage to the duergar? Would any bright light or just sunlight? How about the cleric spell daylight - 60' of bright light? I believe the duergar exist solely in darkness, so wouldn't any bright light give them disadvantage since they are not accustomed to it?
Sunlight sensitivity in 5e is just sunlight. Any bright light doesn't do it. Your DM may rule differently. Even the spell daylight just says its bright light.
Good luck. I think are the some things that a DM should absolutely allow and creativity should always be encouraged. Even when mechanical advantages aren't allowed to exist the Duergar should still not like bright light and respond appropriately.
agree, but it seems that a bright light would be troublesome to something that is never in the light. Will check with my DM and see what they think.
Remember, that also mundane torches and lanterns shed bright light. So, yes, I am in the camp that just bright light is not enough.
Edit: Dawn would work, which is a 5th level Evocation.
Well, Poo. It didn't occur to me a torch would be listed as bright light. I will still argue that the dragon star form should have an effect. We shall see. Last night's game got canceled so will be two weeks before next session.
As a DM you have a couple of options without giving a mechanical advantage. 1. Aversion to bright light. Have the duergar avoid those with torches and concentrate on those without. Also hiding/ moving in shadowy areas. Usually when you break into combat it becomes more about how to do damage. This might be an opportunity to roleplay the monsters. 2. Douse the light. In general there should be some attempts to remove the light sources from the players. Tactically it blinds non darkvision opponents and equally burns actions from the players. Imagine a combat where the invisible duergar get a surprise round and they don't attack but instead put out the torches (OK maybe some attack). You could imagine a magic trap that just puts out the lights. You need two hands to light a torch does the player have two hands free. Maybe they drop their sword to manage their interact with objects. Time to steal a sword.
agree, but it seems that a bright light would be troublesome to something that is never in the light. Will check with my DM and see what they think.
Remember, that also mundane torches and lanterns shed bright light. So, yes, I am in the camp that just bright light is not enough.
Edit: Dawn would work, which is a 5th level Evocation.
Well, Poo. It didn't occur to me a torch would be listed as bright light. I will still argue that the dragon star form should have an effect. We shall see. Last night's game got canceled so will be two weeks before next session.
With Dawn and Sunbeam specifying they produce sunlight RAW and RAI is clear. I do know DMs that allow the daylight spell to produce sunlight but having any bright light produce sunlight sensitivity would make such creatures far to each to defeat.
I view sunlight sensitivity similar to sun allergy. It's not the bright light that causes an issue, it's the UV rays. So it has to be actual sunlight or a spell that replicates sunlight to cause them the problem.
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Playing circle of stars druid/cleric. We will be entering a duergar stronghold. I know duergar have disadvantage when in sunlight.
When I enter star form, would the "bright light" cause disadvantage to the duergar? Would any bright light or just sunlight? How about the cleric spell daylight - 60' of bright light? I believe the duergar exist solely in darkness, so wouldn't any bright light give them disadvantage since they are not accustomed to it?
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Short answer: No.
Bright light (or dim light) only counts as “sunlight” if the effect generating the light states it counts as sunlight, as in the sunburst spell or the light generated by a sun blade. Technically even the daylightand sunbeam spells don’tspell doesn’t actually count as “sunlight.”
Playing circle of stars druid/cleric. We will be entering a duergar stronghold. I know duergar have disadvantage when in sunlight.
When I enter star form, would the "bright light" cause disadvantage to the duergar? Would any bright light or just sunlight? How about the cleric spell daylight - 60' of bright light? I believe the duergar exist solely in darkness, so wouldn't any bright light give them disadvantage since they are not accustomed to it?
Thanks
Short answer: No.
Bright light (or dim light) only counts as “sunlight” if the effect generating the light states it counts as sunlight, as in the sunburst spell or the light generated by a sun blade. Technically even the daylight and sunbeam spells don’t actually count as “sunlight.”
Small correction here: sunbeam totally is sunlight, see last sentence in the spell discription. ;) :)
Playing circle of stars druid/cleric. We will be entering a duergar stronghold. I know duergar have disadvantage when in sunlight.
When I enter star form, would the "bright light" cause disadvantage to the duergar? Would any bright light or just sunlight? How about the cleric spell daylight - 60' of bright light? I believe the duergar exist solely in darkness, so wouldn't any bright light give them disadvantage since they are not accustomed to it?
Thanks
Short answer: No.
Bright light (or dim light) only counts as “sunlight” if the effect generating the light states it counts as sunlight, as in the sunburst spell or the light generated by a sun blade. Technically even the daylight and sunbeam spells don’t actually count as “sunlight.”
Small correction here: sunbeam totally is sunlight, see last sentence in the spell discription. ;) :)
Playing circle of stars druid/cleric. We will be entering a duergar stronghold. I know duergar have disadvantage when in sunlight.
When I enter star form, would the "bright light" cause disadvantage to the duergar? Would any bright light or just sunlight? How about the cleric spell daylight - 60' of bright light? I believe the duergar exist solely in darkness, so wouldn't any bright light give them disadvantage since they are not accustomed to it?
Thanks
Sunlight sensitivity in 5e is just sunlight. Any bright light doesn't do it. Your DM may rule differently. Even the spell daylight just says its bright light.
agree, but it seems that a bright light would be troublesome to something that is never in the light. Will check with my DM and see what they think.
Good luck. I think are the some things that a DM should absolutely allow and creativity should always be encouraged. Even when mechanical advantages aren't allowed to exist the Duergar should still not like bright light and respond appropriately.
Remember, that also mundane torches and lanterns shed bright light. So, yes, I am in the camp that just bright light is not enough.
Edit: Dawn would work, which is a 5th level Evocation.
Well, Poo. It didn't occur to me a torch would be listed as bright light. I will still argue that the dragon star form should have an effect. We shall see. Last night's game got canceled so will be two weeks before next session.
As a DM you have a couple of options without giving a mechanical advantage.
1. Aversion to bright light. Have the duergar avoid those with torches and concentrate on those without. Also hiding/ moving in shadowy areas. Usually when you break into combat it becomes more about how to do damage. This might be an opportunity to roleplay the monsters.
2. Douse the light. In general there should be some attempts to remove the light sources from the players. Tactically it blinds non darkvision opponents and equally burns actions from the players. Imagine a combat where the invisible duergar get a surprise round and they don't attack but instead put out the torches (OK maybe some attack). You could imagine a magic trap that just puts out the lights. You need two hands to light a torch does the player have two hands free. Maybe they drop their sword to manage their interact with objects. Time to steal a sword.
With Dawn and Sunbeam specifying they produce sunlight RAW and RAI is clear. I do know DMs that allow the daylight spell to produce sunlight but having any bright light produce sunlight sensitivity would make such creatures far to each to defeat.
I view sunlight sensitivity similar to sun allergy. It's not the bright light that causes an issue, it's the UV rays. So it has to be actual sunlight or a spell that replicates sunlight to cause them the problem.
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Short answer: No.
Bright light (or dim light) only counts as “sunlight” if the effect generating the light states it counts as sunlight, as in the sunburst spell or the light generated by a sun blade. Technically even the daylight
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Small correction here: sunbeam totally is sunlight, see last sentence in the spell discription. ;) :)
I stand corrected. Thanks for the heads up.
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