[Enhanced Senses] Darkness, Night Vision, and flickering

[Strabo]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

However, from your diagram, I'd say that the +10 to spot a light source is for just the light source itself, not everything within its illuminated radius. All those objects already have a light level that gives the penalty to spot them. It's easy to spot the torch, even a long way away. That doesn't make it equally easy to see everything around the torch; that's what illumination levels are for.

That makes sense to me, even if it contradicts the rule (which says "lighted area").

Originally Posted by whswhs

The -7 is for the case where you've looked at a flashlight, or a campfire, or a torch, and your eyes have adapted to that light level, and now you turn and look into the darkness and you can't see anything, because your eyes haven't adjusted.

Thank you, that answers one of the most confusing questions of mine.

Now, the only major question is the G-H situation on the diagram. It seems that G would be unable to see H despite being adjacent, and the different between the light levels being merely -1, while H would be able to see and attack G at -4.