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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thundershield" data-source="post: 4836130" data-attributes="member: 55219">While the way 4E handles the Blinded condition is relatively simple, it's also easy and straightforward, allowing for the game to continue without too much complexity, but it also isn't so severe it makes whatever actions the blinded character wants to perform impossible.If you want it to be really difficult for a blinded character to do anything, make sure it just becomes really difficult (such as imposing a -5 penalty to attack rolls) and not impossible. If it becomes impossible, there's no reason to have all that complexity, and you could simple have the Blinded condition say "you cannot hit with attacks" or "you cannot target anything" instead as that would basically be the same.I like how Blinded is a distinct condition that's about as severe as Dazed, but still different. It still allows for the player to actually play, but also makes the player feel that he's at a severe disadvantage, which is what being blinded should feel like. I don't need it more complex than that, thankyouverymuch.</blockquote>