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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pickaxe" data-source="post: 3280505" data-attributes="member: 10812">Sentence twoThe second sentence is what really causes the confusion here. Without it, interpreting Uncanny Dodge as applying broadly would be stretching the RAW. But, just as the first sentence implies the restricted conditions to which UD applies, the second sentence looks like it's clarifying which conditions don't apply to UD. So, if you want to be a "loose constructionist," you could look at the second sentence as identifying the one and only condition that causes you to lose your Dex bonus to AC even if you have UD. (To address the OP's stated confusion on flat-footed versus "denied Dex," I always thought of it as "denied" being an effect, and "flat-footed" being one the conditions that results in that effect.)Having said that, I tend to agree that the "strict constructionist" view probably makes the most sense. I think this is just another case of a rule that could use a little expansion of its text for clarity.I would also agree with equating "struck while blinded" with "attacked by an invisible opponent." Yes, "blinded" and "invisible opponent" are not the same thing, but that's because blindness has effects that apply even when there are no opponents (such as half move, no running). The description of "invisible" is "visually undetectable," which is true when you face a blind opponent.--Axe</blockquote>