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#1 Yunru Feb 01, 2015 12:25:39	Devoid of vision, you learned to rely on your other senses for survival. Your ears pick up the faintest footfall or whisper echoing down stone passageways. For most, blindness is an enormous hindrance. For you with its other heightened senses, sightlessness is a boon; You aren't fooled by visual illusions or misperceptions. You lose whatever vision your race grants you, and gain blindsight of 60ft. (20ft. while deafened). Additionally you have advantage on all perception checks relating to hearing.
#2 mictrepanier Feb 01, 2015 18:31:22	Yunru wrote:
#3 slumgum Feb 01, 2015 19:45:29	Disabilities are not an advantage.  If a blind character could develope blindsight without using magical means so could a non-blind character with practice.
#4 Kalani Feb 01, 2015 21:56:09	I would prefer to give them something to the following:   You do not suffer disadvantage for being blinded, and attacking creatures do not gain advantage against you. However, you automatically fail all perception checks relying on sight.
#5 1eejit Feb 02, 2015 2:58:51	That's nothing like balanced Yunru. The benefit is more like that of a feat than a background.   Blindsight is very powerful, and you even have the gall to make this hearing-based one partially effective when deafened.
#6 Yunru Feb 02, 2015 3:15:14	Actually it's not. I did my homework. Blindsight changes nothing of a creature's CR, and thus nothing of it's balance. Re: Kalani: I thought that was obvious from the lack of other senses but I'll add it.
(Reply to #6) 1eejit	Yunru wrote:
#8 Yunru Feb 02, 2015 4:08:19	Yes it's better than Darkvision. False Identity is better than a Forgery Kit. Might change it to a half-feat, except that doesn't make chronological sense.
(Reply to #8) 1eejit	Yunru wrote:
#10 Yunru Feb 02, 2015 4:26:40	It already costs their current vision. Looking at the NPC races, it doesn't cost a stat either.
#11 1eejit Feb 02, 2015 4:43:30	NPCs and PCs aren't directly comparable, balance-wise.
#12 Yunru Feb 02, 2015 8:46:00	Although I must admit I like the idea of it being a variant rule.