>Let me break it down a bit.
>
>Classes with Infra/Darkvision: Shaman, Healer, Druid,
>Transmuter, Shapeshifter, Conjurer, Invoker, Ranger, and
>Assassin.
>
>Classes without Infra/Darkvision: Warrior, Bard, Berserker,
>Anti-Paladin, Paladin, and Thief.
>
>Races with Infra/Darkvision: Elf, Half-Elf, Dark Elf,
>Half-drow, Wood-Elf, Felar, Dwarf, Duergar, Gnome, Svirfnebli,
>and Orc.
>
>Races without Infra/Darkvision: Human, Storm Giant, Cloud
>Giant, Fire Giant, Arial, Minotaur.
>
>There are then nine classes with access inherent in the class
>to be able to see in the dark, as opposed to six that cannot.
>
>
>There are eleven races with this inherent, six without it.
>
>From the numbers then there are 16* possible race/class
>combinations that do not recieve infra/darkvision.
>
>There are 83* race/class combinations that either have this as
>a skill or as an inherent ability.
>
>I know this does not take into account the popularity of some
>race/classes over others, but by the numbers there are few
>classes that this would be detremental to, and as such might
>warrent thinking about not taking those particular classes. I
>mean, roughly 6% of the race/classes would be at a
>disadvantage. It would also provide giants more of a
>disadvantage than just their respective vulnerabilities.
>
>I am not trying to argue for or against this idea, but before
>we start saying, "Well this would be detremental to many
>characters..." I wanted to point out it is not as significant
>as you think. It would actually give people a reason to keep
>dark/infravision up all the time. And this would only take
>affect at night anyway.
>
>The only thing I would argue for if this did get the Imms
>indorsement is for Theives to finally get dark vision. I
>never did understand why they did not recieve it.
>
>
>
>*These numbers are what I could count up, using pen and paper,
>so they may or may not be 100% accurate.