let there be light

[marycatelli]

Stopped revising to figure out how to untie a knot.  Namely if it's already sunset, how are my heroes able to see enough to run about?

No street lights of course.  No convenient moon -- even if I hadn't decreed it was nearly new, it involves places where the shacks are enough to make moonlight dubious.  One character has a light spell but light is conspicious, and he can't risk it.  Even far away -- they can't get far enough that it would be invisible, and light far off would really draw attention.

Up close, of course, it would draw attention still.  And make it easier for them to be spotted.

So if they can't move by daylight, there's only fumble around the dark and risk coming close enough to move by enemy torchlight.

I think I have to omit the sunset and give them more time to run about.

Comments

[izuko.livejournal.com]

Set fire to the town. Until the smoke gets too thick, it'll give 'em enough light.

[marycatelli]

You don't want to set fire to the town as soon as you arrive. You might find you need it later.

[izuko.livejournal.com]

Don't worry. Towns are a dime a dozen. I mean, the survivors gotta live SOMEWHERE.

[marycatelli]

Alas, sometimes the town is special. And they're sneaky. Next thing you know you're facing the Hero whose town you burned down.

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

The latitude matters too. Some places sunsets are short and brutish and boom, it's all over dark. Other places, light lingers for a good two hours after the color starts changing and you're aware it's officially getting to be sunset.

[marycatelli]

Yeah, but when you have buildings casting shadows, color in the sky often means only limited light on the ground.

[izuko.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, having predicted nightfall, a few of the hero's group could have been led around with blindfolds, thus becoming pre-acclimated. Wouldn't help for LONG, but it might be enough.

[marycatelli]

Unfortunately, what they really need to do is find someone -- and since they don't know where he is, they need to eyeball him. Hard by night.