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<blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5347723" data-attributes="member: 90804">First, the bandit makes a Stealth check against the blinded character's PASSIVE Perception with the -10 penalty for blindness; the blinded character doesn't make an active Perception check unless they decide to spend an action to do so.The rest of your statement is correct.&nbsp; If the bandit beats the passive Perception (pretty easy with the penalty) then the blinded character has no idea that a bandit is nearby.&nbsp; If the bandit yells out &quot;I'M BEING STEALTHY!&quot; and fails the Stealth check, then the blinded character knows exactly where the bandit is.There's nothing in the rules that states, &quot;You can hear that there's something bad out there, but you don't know where it is.&quot;&nbsp; Characters are assumed to have fantastic triangulation ability with their hearing. Hey, they're heroes, so why not?Feel free to house-rule differently if you like.&nbsp; You could rule that if the bandit's Stealth beats the blinded passive Perception by 5 or less that the character hears something out there somewhere but doesn't know where.&nbsp; The bandit would still have combat advantage from being Hidden, but you could decide that the bandit wouldn't get a surprise round if you like.&nbsp; That's a house rule that seems reasonable to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OnlineDM, post: 5347723, member: 90804"] First, the bandit makes a Stealth check against the blinded character's PASSIVE Perception with the -10 penalty for blindness; the blinded character doesn't make an active Perception check unless they decide to spend an action to do so. The rest of your statement is correct. If the bandit beats the passive Perception (pretty easy with the penalty) then the blinded character has no idea that a bandit is nearby. If the bandit yells out "I'M BEING STEALTHY!" and fails the Stealth check, then the blinded character knows exactly where the bandit is. There's nothing in the rules that states, "You can hear that there's something bad out there, but you don't know where it is." Characters are assumed to have fantastic triangulation ability with their hearing. Hey, they're heroes, so why not? Feel free to house-rule differently if you like. You could rule that if the bandit's Stealth beats the blinded passive Perception by 5 or less that the character hears something out there somewhere but doesn't know where. The bandit would still have combat advantage from being Hidden, but you could decide that the bandit wouldn't get a surprise round if you like. That's a house rule that seems reasonable to me. [/QUOTE]

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