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[Narr]

Hey Folks!

I'm running a DLR campaign and have to manage some special characters. My girlfriend want's to play a blind martial artist, who is trained in hearing and sensing other characters movements, so she can - once in melee combat - ignore the penalty for the blind hindrance.

I thought of giving her a Chi Power based on Boost/Lower Trait, which once activated (and maintained), lets her ignore the whole penalty in melee combat. That works only if her enemy is aside. For sensing enemies further away she has to make a notice roll at -2 (or -4?) before she can attack them.

What do you think? Overpowered? Any other suggestions?

thanks & cheers

[Sitting Duck]

How about homebrewing an Edge? I'd say one with a requirement of Notice d6+ to allow you to ignore the trait penalty from the Blind Hindrance as regards Fighting rolls.
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[Clint]

Modern Martial Arts has two Edges for ignoring darkness penalties due to other enhanced senses. It even allows a Blind character to take the advanced one at Novice Rank. Not all of the Edges would work with DL, but those might in this instance.

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[Narr]

Didn't know Modern Martial Arts before..
Thanks for this one Clint!

[jpk]

You could also go with a modified Hindrance to get what the real impact is. Basically, the character can't read or make out any visual detail, but knows where everything is otherwise, right? You might just go with Blind with no direct combat penalties and no bonus Edge.

But that's just an idle thought. Kick it around before you recognize its inherent genius.

[Clint]

[Narr]

Thanks for your ideas, but I think I'll stick with Modern Martial Arts

The thing is, her character can't see at all, so if an object like a table is in her way she won't see it, because it doesn't move or make any sound.

It's just her martial arts training, that gave her the ability to hear little sounds like drawing of a weapon, feel the air moving when her enemy turns and combine this informations with combat experience to react with the right action.

So she can't feel or see anything within 5''. She just manages to fight perfectly well if some bad guy happens to stand right next to her.

[Harboe]

It's not entirely unrealistic to fight without impediment in close combat (being a Wing Tsun practitioner, I can testify that vision is largely irrelevant once you're within striking range).
Bad Eyes (Major) would be the easiest way to do it. Or Blind as "just" a Major hindrance, rather than granting an additional Edge.

Personally, I'd just flavour the character as blind (no penalties to my Notice, thankyouverymuch). With superhuman hearing, sense of smell and intuition, melee or even ranged combat simply happens.
Of course, reading and all that would be out of the question.
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[AtomicTeaspoon]

Even stretching into the realm of pulp martial arts, I'd like to think there were situations where a blind warrior would still have trouble. At the very least, they are given a penalty to notice or fighting in loud or poorly accoustic places.
I'm not about punishing people for thinking outside of the box. It's just fun to exploit situations like that.

[Poor Wandering One]

Back in the day I played a blind sumatori/massause in a bushido game.

It played rather well. In a fight he took full blindness penalities and had some problems but if he got so much as half a finger on you the fight was all over but the screaming.

I would like to bring him back someday in Deadlands or Usagi Yojombo.

As far as the OP. I second Clint on the retrapping of Bad Eyes. I love how flexible SW is. Retrapping edges/hinderences can do so much.

~will

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