Kobolds and Light Sensitivity

rabindranath72 · Post by **rabindranath72** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:46 am

How is it supposed to work? They are listed having this flaw, but they do not have it explained.

Shouldn't orcs/goblins have something similar ? (IIRC their AD&D counterparts)

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moriarty777 · Post by **moriarty777** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:13 am

Serl would probably be the best to answer this but...

For those who aren't as familiar with previous editions of AD&D, creatures with light sensitivity often suffered a -1 hit penalty while in daylight. Kobolds were also considered nocturnal. That's how they were handled in AD&D 2nd ed.

Following that logic, I really don't know why Goblins and Orcs are excluded from this. They similarily suffered the -1 penalty in daylight and were considered nocturnal.

Maybe the Kobold's flaw from the M&T book was a carry over from the SRD and they forgot to remove it.

Serl?

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rabindranath72 · Post by **rabindranath72** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:30 am

Or they forgot to add it to goblins/orcs? Serleran will surely help

DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:36 am

The light sensitivity missing from the goblins and orcs was one thing I had wondered about as well. I've kept it in my games just assuming it was an oversight.

I did appreciate how C&C orcs returned to the LE alignment as oppposed to the CE alignment of 3e.

PeelSeel2 · Post by **PeelSeel2** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:04 am

DangerDwarf wrote:
The light sensitivity missing from the goblins and orcs was one thing I had wondered about as well. I've kept it in my games just assuming it was an oversight.

I did appreciate how C&C orcs returned to the LE alignment as oppposed to the CE alignment of 3e.

Chaotic Evil Orcs to me never made sense either.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:16 pm

I have totally kept in the light sensativity attribute in my C&C games for Goblins and Orcs. Seems to go hand in hand with a classic baddie. It just works for me. Night creatures they are.

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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:09 am

Are there any creatures IN the M&T that have "light sensativity?"

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