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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6408525" data-attributes="member: 58197">I didn't say he could know where opponents are. I just said he can move from Point A to Point B without penalty, assuming no changes in the battlefield. If an orc steps into your way, that's a change in the battlefield! If you want to know an enemy's location, that's a case for the Stealth rules--you have to beat their Stealth check with your passive Perception.As for sneak attack, the rules already prevent sneak attacking while blind unless you have a source of advantage and an ally adjacent to the foe*. I might allow it under those circumstances.IMO, "rulings, not rules" applies when dealing with corner cases. The rules are written in broad strokes, and specific circumstances can arise where it makes more sense for the DM to make an on-the-spot adjustment. This is a different situation: The rules are pretty clear that there is no blanket movement penalty when blinded. Other conditions (restrained, grappled) do apply such penalties, so it's not as if this is beyond the scope of the condition rules. Applying a blanket penalty would be a house rule--not an unreasonable one, but it's definitely changing the design intent. Furthermore, not applying the penalty is quite defensible on the grounds of keeping the game moving quicker and reducing the amount of stuff players and DMs have to think about.[size=-2]*There are two ways to get sneak attack. The first is to have advantage on the attack, which is flat impossible while blinded. The second is to have an ally adjacent to the target, and no disadvantage on the attack. This is possible, but only if you have a source of advantage to cancel out your disadvantage.[/size]</blockquote>

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