[A&E Guide] Blindfold of True Darkness

[Rugger]

In the Arms and Equipment Guide there is an item called the Blindfold of True Darkness.

It grants the wearer 60 ft Blindsight, but they are otherwise blind (and therefor immune to gaze attacks and other visual effects)

And it only costs 9000gp.

Thats a wee 1000gp or so more expensive than Goggles of Night (which grant 60 ft Darkvision)

Has anyone ripped into this things cost? It seems like it should be WAY more expensive....

-Rugger
"I Lurk!"

 

[kreynolds]

Has anyone ripped into this things cost? It seems like it should be WAY more expensive....

You can't see colors or details. You can't read, so no activating scrolls. You don't know who's standing in front of you, or anywhere, for that matter. A guy with a ranged weapon will tear into your butt from more than 60 feet away. 9,000 sounds about right to me.

 

[Darklone]

Hmm, can you "blind" someone with blindsight if you make him deaf ?

 

[kreynolds]

Hmm, can you "blind" someone with blindsight if you make him deaf ?

If his blindsight is based upon sound, like a bat, then yes.

 

[Darklone]

Would you rule the spell blindsight that way?

 

[kreynolds]

Would you rule the spell blindsight that way?

I haven't seen the one in Savage Species yet, but the one in Magic of Faerun isn't based off of sound specifically. Its based off of vibration. As a warning, though it might be tempting to apply real world physics to sound and vibration, don't.