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<blockquote data-quote="Gaiden" data-source="post: 2407860" data-attributes="member: 103">There is Blindsight 5' radius from S&amp;F that requires Blindfight as a prereq.I think there may also be something from Draconomicon.I'd have to suggest playing a blind sorcerer over a blind wizard.&nbsp; The whole concept of the blind warrior just somehow feels more right with a sorcerer if you are adapting the concept to a magic user.&nbsp; Also, spell acquisition will first be easier, and second make a whole lot more sense.&nbsp; Even with brail, how many wizards do you know that translate their spells into brail?In terms of suggestions for making the spellcaster viable - I would disagree that your spellcaster is automatically going to be less powerful than a sighted wizard.&nbsp; Certainly, he is at a disadvantage but he can use that disadvantage to his advantage.Ground-zero glitterdust, darkness, obscuring mist, fog cloud will all hinder his opponents with no effect on his capabilities at all.Follow the principle of the blind devil of kimon in Ninja Scroll - let other people's sight be their weakness.&nbsp; You will be immune to all gaze attacks and most illusions.The key of course is your listen score (unless you are going for something more exotic like tremorsense with polymorph (and the right feats) or something along those lines).&nbsp; Skill focus listen might be a good idea.&nbsp; You already have alertness from your familiar.&nbsp; You might also want to choose to be an elf for the additional bonus to listen.&nbsp; The better your listen check the farther away you can hear people.&nbsp; You might also get some sort of arial familiar and train yourself to fire in the direction of wherever your arial familiar flies (training it to fly over foes).&nbsp; With a high enough listen score, you won't even have to do that.&nbsp; If you go for audio as your sense of choice, your weakness is of course silence.&nbsp; I'd highly recommend coming up with counters to that weakness (silent spell for silent dimensional door or something along those lines).G/L</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gaiden, post: 2407860, member: 103"] There is Blindsight 5' radius from S&F that requires Blindfight as a prereq. I think there may also be something from Draconomicon. I'd have to suggest playing a blind sorcerer over a blind wizard. The whole concept of the blind warrior just somehow feels more right with a sorcerer if you are adapting the concept to a magic user. Also, spell acquisition will first be easier, and second make a whole lot more sense. Even with brail, how many wizards do you know that translate their spells into brail? In terms of suggestions for making the spellcaster viable - I would disagree that your spellcaster is automatically going to be less powerful than a sighted wizard. Certainly, he is at a disadvantage but he can use that disadvantage to his advantage. Ground-zero glitterdust, darkness, obscuring mist, fog cloud will all hinder his opponents with no effect on his capabilities at all. Follow the principle of the blind devil of kimon in Ninja Scroll - let other people's sight be their weakness. You will be immune to all gaze attacks and most illusions. The key of course is your listen score (unless you are going for something more exotic like tremorsense with polymorph (and the right feats) or something along those lines). Skill focus listen might be a good idea. You already have alertness from your familiar. You might also want to choose to be an elf for the additional bonus to listen. The better your listen check the farther away you can hear people. You might also get some sort of arial familiar and train yourself to fire in the direction of wherever your arial familiar flies (training it to fly over foes). With a high enough listen score, you won't even have to do that. If you go for audio as your sense of choice, your weakness is of course silence. I'd highly recommend coming up with counters to that weakness (silent spell for silent dimensional door or something along those lines). G/L [/QUOTE]

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