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Darkvision limited to 60ft. Nighttime navigation was based on stars.
A ship can barely contain enough ale to last a dwarf a month, let alone an entire crew...
below decks in ships were notoriously dark
That's a feature, not a bug.
indeed, get boarded by someone without darkvision/good light source? just retreat below decks and slaughter them
Probably a bad idea. If I was leading a boarding party, and all the defender's retreated below decks, I'd consider it a victory. Take down the sails, pin the rudder, then park my ship outside of their cannons' firing arc. Then just wait. Maybe have my crew bring over buckets of shit, vomit, or whatever other vile substances we could find, and dump them down the grates. If I got real desperate, I could just board up the doors and set the ship on fire. Sure, I'll miss out on most of the treasure, but those dwarves will probably burn to death before the boat totally sinks.
Depends on your goal. If you just want to sink the ship, boarding is unnecessary. If you want to loot it, you have to go below at some point.
fair point
Gay darkroom vibes
You don't need darkvision to see stars and that would be dim light, so darkvision is a boon
Then it doesn't help navigation
It still means they can see the area within 60' of the boat as bright light
How does that help with navigation?
It helps them navigate around the ship. But seriously, it could be used as a strategy to navigate with lights off and not be seen by other ships.
Edit: deleted because I replied to the wrong person
Tbh, that's a rule that makes sense in context and something where I as a GM would make a house rule.
Even the darkest night at sea is not nearly as dark as the mines, so I'd totally allow for darkvision to be range-less (or long-range) on the sea.