![]() So, yeah, when I hear people wanting to play a blind or handicapped character, I kinda am split. I still have to wear glasses and am pretty badly nearsighted (the glasses part I don't even mind, honestly - they're just normal to me), but that's NOTHING compared to the possibility of me having two glass eyes (which, yes, was a VERY REAL and VERY LIKELY outcome of my condition - I effectively dodged an atom-bomb by inches due to a lot of serendipitous factors). Thankfully I live on the outskirts of Philly and was born literally months after the world's premier expert on childhood glaucoma had just taken up residence in the Shea Eye Institute at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, so when my parents learned about my condition (which involved my eye rupturing below my cornea some months after my birth), we were able to go to him pretty much immediately and he was able to perform surgery. I have congenital bilateral glaucoma, which in layman's terms means I was born with glaucoma in both my eyes. I didn't really want to bring it up, but I probably should put it out there to give some context to why I've said what I have. Society can't support all kinds of character concepts, and this is one that has to be left behind. Like it or not, sometimes character concepts have to give way to the limits of the campaign. ![]() ![]() This player wants to trivialize the condition, and he wants to be a burden on his fellow players. It puts you in a place that would be far worse without the accessibility options invented by a far more modern society that what exists on Golarion. Having spent a lot of time reading for a blind person, I suspect that most would be offended by the player trivialising the condition in such a manner.īeing blind doesn't turn you into Matt Murdock. What if an actual blind person were interested in playing this character? People should be able to play with disabilities as they see fit. Or you have hired them as bodyguards."ģ) How would your party handle you blind condition?Ĥ) Are your fellow players receptive to having a blind character travelling with their characters?ĥ) How do you plan to convince them to accommodate a blind character if they are not receptive to the ideal?Ħ) In the event that the party or a fellow player or two are strongly against your character ideal, how do you plan to handle this rejection?Īsking all these would help make your character better. "Why would the fellow adventurers in your party want to adventure with a blind adventurer?"įrom an in-character and role-play perspective:ġ) Are they close relative or friends of your blind character and already have means to help with his condition?Ģ) Do they have some sort of relationship with your character that requires them to have you along? and vice versa? (Example, your the high priest of a religion and they are all members of the temple guard. I think a blind character is a very interesting concept.Īs it is a group game, you could ask yourself these questions first:
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