Questions tagged [blind]
For questions primarily related to situations involving states of blindness or blinded conditions in role-playing games. (See also: the [vision-and-light] tag.)
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Getting rid of "permanent" blindness
When I wrote my question a few weeks back about making blind PC's viable, I'd thought it was going to be a purely theoretical exercise.
Today I came across an encounter in an AP I'm running involving ...
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Making a combat-viable blind PC
A streamer I found was talking about the P2E Reading Ring, which is designed to give blind characters a way to read in-game. That got me wondering: How would one go about making a combat-viable PC who ...
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Does the Sunburst spell blind constructs?
Does the sunburst spell blind constructs?
Sunburst is a 8th-level evocation with reflex save.
As I can read from the construct type entry on the SRD, they are not immune to blindness (except from ...
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If a character with darkvision stands inside the magical darkness from a Tricksy Fey Spirit, can they attack faraway enemies with advantage?
The Tricksy Fey spirit can create a cube of magical darkness. Summon Fey (TCoE, p. 112):
Tricksy. The fey can fill a 5-foot cube within 5 feet of it with magical darkness, which lasts until the end ...
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Would blindsight allow a blinded caster to cast spells that specify the target as a creature "that you can see"? [duplicate]
Would blindsight allow a blinded caster to cast spells that specify the target as a creature "that you can see"?
Would blindsight be able to substitute for the requirement of having to see a ...
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Do you need to succeed a DC 11 flat check to administer a potion to a creature you can't see?
I'm blinded and have a health potion in hand that I want to administer to an ally in an adjacent square.
Do I need to succeed at a DC 11 flat check due to the ally being hidden from me? If yes, would ...
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Can scrolls be read using Blindsense?
Can a character that is naturally blind but has blindsense read a scroll or a magic book to learn a spell? What about if you cast Read Magic?
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Can a Leonin avoid targeting allies with the Daunting Roar ability if the Leonin is blinded?
I saw an interesting interaction today about the Leonin Daunting Roar ability. There was a blinded Leonin adjacent to allies and enemies. He wanted to use the Daunting Roar ability. The relevant text ...
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Stealth when blind
The blinded condition says:
The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill ...
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Does the Blind Fighting fighting style mitigate the disadvantage on attacks caused by Sunlight Sensitivity?
I'm making a Duergar fighter character and am wondering if the Blind Fighting fighting style could cancel out Sunlight Sensitivity. The Duergar's Sunlight Sensitivity states
You have disadvantage on ...
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How does Breath Weapon work while blind?
Blind characters have disadvantage on attack rolls, however breath weapon does not require the attacker to roll dice. Should I assume, then, that there is not penalty for attacking with a breath ...
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Would a sun sensitivity outfit help with the Shadowbound oracle's curse?
I'm wondering whether this sun sensitivity outfit could help an oracle with the Shadowbound oracle's curse since it essentially gives the oracle light blindness.
Admittedly, the outfit says ...
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Increasing chances of successful ranged attacks for a blind Ranger with blind fighting
I have a player who is playing a blind PC. She is a 3rd-level Ranger and she has chosen Blind Fighting as her fighting style, so she has blindsight of 10 ft. (TCE, p.41).
From what I gather from the ...
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Do features that let you see things within your "line of sight" let you see invisible creatures and objects?
The 2020 Sage Advice Compendium has the following question & answer:
The frightened condition says “while the source of its fear is within line of sight.” Does that mean you have dis-advantage on ...
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How does a Hold or Clinch maneuver interact with the blind fighting rules in Vampire: The Masquerade v20?
Say two kindred are clinching one another, or one performs a Hold maneuver on another, in blind fighting conditions (in pitch darkness for example).
Let's say one of them is Gangrel with Eyes of the ...
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