Blinded vs. Dazed [Archive] - Wizards Community

Blinded vs. Dazed [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Talisman
01-22-08, 03:05 PM I'm working on a warrior-type PrC that has the ability to impose various conditions on a successful attack roll, with the exact conditions available depending on level. I was just wondering what peoples' thoughts are on blinded vs. dazed: which is worse (i.e., should be higher level)?

Dazed renders a character unable to act, but they lose nothing in terms of defense.

Blinded allows a character to act, but with obvious limitations. They are also vulnerable to sneak attacks and similar abilities. However, certain abilities (blindsense, Blind Fight) can mitigate this.

For purposes of this PrC, these conditions will last only one round (or possibly a max. of 1d3 rounds)

Thoughts?
tyrecian
01-22-08, 04:35 PM I would go with blind. It gives 50% miss chance to targetted spells as well as attacks, allows them to be open to sneak attacks, and they can't track what is happening.

dazed allows the NPC to retain defense and the ability to observe.

both are nice, however, good luck with that :)
Hsien
01-22-08, 05:40 PM Both those are pretty powerful conditions, I'm assuming there would be a save, perhaps similar to monk's Stun

May want to consider development towards those, such as using lower impact conditions to start off with, Shaken for ex.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Talisman 01-22-08, 03:05 PM	I'm working on a warrior-type PrC that has the ability to impose various conditions on a successful attack roll, with the exact conditions available depending on level. I was just wondering what peoples' thoughts are on blinded vs. dazed: which is worse (i.e., should be higher level)? Dazed renders a character unable to act, but they lose nothing in terms of defense. Blinded allows a character to act, but with obvious limitations. They are also vulnerable to sneak attacks and similar abilities. However, certain abilities (blindsense, Blind Fight) can mitigate this. For purposes of this PrC, these conditions will last only one round (or possibly a max. of 1d3 rounds) Thoughts?
tyrecian 01-22-08, 04:35 PM	I would go with blind. It gives 50% miss chance to targetted spells as well as attacks, allows them to be open to sneak attacks, and they can't track what is happening. dazed allows the NPC to retain defense and the ability to observe. both are nice, however, good luck with that :)
Hsien 01-22-08, 05:40 PM	Both those are pretty powerful conditions, I'm assuming there would be a save, perhaps similar to monk's Stun May want to consider development towards those, such as using lower impact conditions to start off with, Shaken for ex.