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Blind Spellcasters -- You don't face any direction.
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<blockquote data-quote="eryndel" data-source="post: 1079550" data-attributes="member: 13120"><p>A couple of points:</p><p></p><p>Re: Facing. It seems as if in D&D combat they've tried to avoid the issue of facing by saying if all combatants are visible and capable of defending themselves (i.e. get their Dex bonus) then a combatant will whirl around to make sure they are facing their opponents. If the opponents have them manuevered to such a point where the combatant has no choice but to turn their back on one to fight the other, they both get bonuses to attack (and sneak attacks if rogues) because the opponents are going to be timing their blows to attack when the combatant is weakest, (when their back is turned.) Such is usually not a big deal when one is not in melee. A combatant that isn't directly threatened are like facing in either </p><p>a) the direction they are moving in.</p><p>b) the direction they are firing a ranged weapon in.</p><p>c) the direction they are targeting a spell to.</p><p>d) some other arbitrary direction if they are just sort of standing around eating popcorn and jeering the bad guys.</p><p></p><p>These are all assumptions I've made from reading the combat rules.</p><p></p><p>Re: Blind Spellcasters: Well, even if a spell is an area of effect the PHB clearly states that the spellcaster still has to choose where the spell emanates from. If we are talking a very recent blindness like in the example, I'd say the spellcaster could still target the spell since the vision of it is still fresh in his mind and nothing presumably has disoriented him. Now, if a bunch of mooks bum rushed him, turning him around in a dememted game of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey," well, I just might have the wizard make a listen check as described above, or just trust to luck and roll randomly for direction and distance a la the grenade like weapon chart. Rapid, recent blindness, in my opinion, isn't a crippling thing until occurances happen that being to disorient you. </p><p></p><p>If you happen to be a spellcaster that is naturally blind, I'd hone those listen skills or else the party might not want you around for much longer.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eryndel, post: 1079550, member: 13120"] A couple of points: Re: Facing. It seems as if in D&D combat they've tried to avoid the issue of facing by saying if all combatants are visible and capable of defending themselves (i.e. get their Dex bonus) then a combatant will whirl around to make sure they are facing their opponents. If the opponents have them manuevered to such a point where the combatant has no choice but to turn their back on one to fight the other, they both get bonuses to attack (and sneak attacks if rogues) because the opponents are going to be timing their blows to attack when the combatant is weakest, (when their back is turned.) Such is usually not a big deal when one is not in melee. A combatant that isn't directly threatened are like facing in either a) the direction they are moving in. b) the direction they are firing a ranged weapon in. c) the direction they are targeting a spell to. d) some other arbitrary direction if they are just sort of standing around eating popcorn and jeering the bad guys. These are all assumptions I've made from reading the combat rules. Re: Blind Spellcasters: Well, even if a spell is an area of effect the PHB clearly states that the spellcaster still has to choose where the spell emanates from. If we are talking a very recent blindness like in the example, I'd say the spellcaster could still target the spell since the vision of it is still fresh in his mind and nothing presumably has disoriented him. Now, if a bunch of mooks bum rushed him, turning him around in a dememted game of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey," well, I just might have the wizard make a listen check as described above, or just trust to luck and roll randomly for direction and distance a la the grenade like weapon chart. Rapid, recent blindness, in my opinion, isn't a crippling thing until occurances happen that being to disorient you. If you happen to be a spellcaster that is naturally blind, I'd hone those listen skills or else the party might not want you around for much longer. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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