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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zerovoid" data-source="post: 2320992" data-attributes="member: 283">Everyone here seems to be really tough on this guy and his blind character, and I'm not sure why.  If there's one thing I know DnD 3.x is about, its balance.  All characters should be at roughly the same power level.  That's why alot of people use point buy, and there is the table to use as a guideline for PC wealth by level.When you take Vow of Poverty from the Book of Exalted Deeds, the DM doesn't just say, "Its tough being poor, live with it."  No, you are given benefits to cancel out the disadvantage.I would be relatively generous with this PC to make sure he is on the same power level as the others.  I would probably just give him Blindsight or Tremorsense 15' or something without even making him spend a feat.  I would think of it as the character having a slight variant of the snake shamaan class that includes both an additional benefit and a drawback.The PC still can't tell what's going on in most normal situations without asking his companions, but at least this way he's not useless in combat and won't disrupt the game.</blockquote>