Timeline for Can you remove a blindfold using the Telekinesis spell?
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| Aug 2, 2019 at 14:50 | comment | added | Sanctus | @AdmiralJota, i do not remember, but may be you can point me to place in rules, where physics, chemistry and math were redefined or made obsolete? Cause I assume DnD relies heavily on "defaults". You know, we breath air, we see through transparent, but opaque blocks vision. We walk like there is some gravity, temperature (or energy) decline has same direction as time etc....... | |
| Aug 2, 2019 at 12:33 | comment | added | NotArch | @V2Blast I had commented under the question asking for clarification because there is no 'blindfold' as an item with rules so we need to know how it 'works' in their game in order to answer that. In absence of more information, I went with the tags that OP used, which includes "For questions primarily related to situations involving states of blindness or blinded conditions in role-playing games." The body doesn't have the information here, so I used the tag they used to infer more. Maybe that's wrong, but until OP says otherwise, it's all I've got. | |
| Aug 2, 2019 at 4:07 | comment | added | V2Blast | @NautArch: The tag is not necessarily a reference to the mechanical "blinded" condition (and certainly not specific to D&D 5e), but rather for questions about the state of being blind or blinded in-game in RPGs in general. Besides the system tag, it's generally best to rely on the body of the question rather than making assumptions about it solely based on the tags. | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 22:25 | comment | added | NotArch | @molot my point was there is no rule for it, but OP tagged the question with Blind which are questions about the blinded condition. Until they give us more info or clarify, I'm going with their direction that the character is blinded. If they give us more info about their tables blindfold mechanics or remove the tag, that's the data we've got to work with | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 22:01 | comment | added | Mołot | I can't see any rule that blindfold (regular, nonmagical) would bestow blinded condition. Also, seeing blindfold is an edge case. Like, you can't touch anyone wearing a straitjacket, but you are considered touching jacket itself, right? So, if your claim is supported by rules, please include a quote. | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 19:14 | comment | added | Admiral Jota | @dwizum That assumes that real world physics operate the usual way in D&D, which isn't a valid assumption. Consider a blindfolded person with darkvision, for instance. | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 18:29 | comment | added | dwizum | the only thing in its way is an object in front of you, I would say you're able to see the object - strictly speaking I don't think that's the case. If a blindfold is truly opaque, and fully covering your eyes, there will be no light "inside" it (between it and your character's eyes). Sight works by way of light hitting our eyes. There's no light to reflect off the "inside" surface of the blindfold to hit your eyes. So you can't see the blindfold. | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 15:29 | comment | added | John Clifford | Then I shall await OP clarifying and amend my answer to acknowledge yours as the right one if the blindfold is causing Blinded. :) | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 15:28 | comment | added | NotArch | @JohnClifford There are no exceptions to the condition. If the condition applies, it applies. A DM can always rule differently, but you didn't state any different mechanic about the blindfold so I didn't apply anything. | |
| Aug 1, 2019 at 15:25 | comment | added | John Clifford | That was my initial thought NautArch, but I would argue that the blindfold itself is an exception to the condition because it is the thing that's causing the condition in the first place. You can't see anything past the blindfold, but if your sight sense is still active and the only thing in its way is an object in front of you, I would say you're able to see the object. It does depend on how the GM mechanically implements the blindfold though, as you commented. | |
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| Aug 1, 2019 at 13:28 | history | answered | NotArch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |