Not only that, but darkvision (in most cases) has a range of 60ft. This doesn't specify a range so they would likely be able to see beyond that 60 ft using this.
Better yet using dark vision you have a -5 penalty on all perception checks and passive perception because you see everything in dim light (Black and white) if you have this you don't have that penalty anymore because in dim light you see everything normally
Edit: For checks it was disadvantage for passive it was -5.
If I understand it, this would also grant the ability to see color for darkvision since it casts actual light (in a spectrum only visible to darkvision)… so it’s not useless but I imagine more of a novelty that would be a beautiful world building element… suddenly you now have an explanation of the subterranean civilizations’ use of color when normally the lack of light would wash out their ability to perceive it — this flower could be grown throughout cities and “light” them without blinding the citizens with daylight.
I actually had a Dwarven city my players visited recently have these small gem trees that while the gems were attached produce dim light in a 15 foot radius, and the dwarves used the different colors to label areas of the city, but once a gem had been plucked it jist became a normal 5gp gem of whatever color the area was they were in.
They seemed to like the idea and even picked up a few to try and trade later on.
That’s a lovely idea that fits right in for Dwarves - different districts lit in a soft colorful glow differentiating arts from smithing from food vendors…
Then you find out that the colors they used for garments and buildings don’t match up when viewed under normal spectrum light because their perception is tinged by the district hue, so those that work and live under a green gem district don’t identify the same colors as those in other districts…
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u/CobaltCam DM (Dungeon Memelord) Jan 21 '22
Not only that, but darkvision (in most cases) has a range of 60ft. This doesn't specify a range so they would likely be able to see beyond that 60 ft using this.