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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Authweight" data-source="post: 6408569" data-attributes="member: 6693417">It's pretty clear that a blinded character can't see.However, the rules don't make it clear what that actually means. I would start off by assuming that the PC is a way awesomer than an average joe, due to them being a PC. So they are going to be way more on the ball about using their other senses and their memory than you or I would be. From there, I would rule that a blinded character has a general sense of where everyone is. Nothing in the blinded condition says this isn't the case, and it aligns well with my idea of what a PC should be able to do. They can hear, their vision may still be a little bit there, and they are fairly savvy. In game terms, they know what square on the grid everyone is currently occupying. That doesn't mean they literally know where everyone is, but they can figure out enough to get to that functional level. Their disadvantage on attacks represents their lack of specific knowledge of where an enemy is well enough.I would also, for the sake of simplicity, rule that they remember the major features of the room. They don't need to roll a check to remember where the table is - they just know that. Now, once again this is a general idea. If they want to interact with the table, they will have disadvantage and/or other problems, because they can't actually see it. But they know enough to place the table on the grid. The blinded condition doesn't say the character moves any slower, so I wouldn't penalize them on speed. Once again, the presumption is that the PC is good enough to deal with this. If they tried to dash, I might make them roll a check or something, but for regular movement I would leave it alone.Their biggest trouble would come from entering an area they haven't seen before. In this case, I would make them feel along a wall or something else narratively appropriate to figure out what's happening. Skill checks would be in order to figure the room out.I feel this ruling goes well with the blinded condition. I don't want to attach a ton of baggage to it, because that would make blind effects way more powerful than they were meant to be. If you assume the PC is awesome, and give them the benefit of the doubt, I feel you can make blinded make perfect sense as written.</blockquote>

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