en:rpd:blinding_buff
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Blindness Buff
Description
Blindness is a negative status effect that impairs vision and reduces accuracy in combat.
Effects
- Reduced Accuracy - Significantly decreases chance to hit targets
- Reduced Evasion - Makes character more vulnerable to attacks
- Limited Vision - Reduces the radius of vision in dark areas
- Ranged Penalty - Makes ranged attacks much less accurate
Duration
- Standard duration is 10 turns when applied by Scroll of Curse
- Can vary depending on the source of the effect
- Some resistances can reduce the duration
Sources
- Scroll of Curse - One of the possible random curse effects, applied for 10 turns (see
ScrollOfCurse.java) - Scroll of Psionic Blast - Blinds all visible characters for 3-5 turns
- Bandit - Applies Blindness for 5-12 turns after a successful steal (
Bandit.java) - Spider Mind Amber - Can inflict Blindness with its attacks
- Shoot In Eye spell - Huntress affinity spell that blinds its target
Countering
- Resistance - Some armor and rings may provide resistance
- Potions - Potion of Purity can remove the effect
- Time - Effect expires naturally after duration
Strategy
- Be especially cautious when blinded as you're more vulnerable to attacks
- Try to retreat to safer areas when blinded
- Avoid using ranged weapons when possible while blinded
- Use area effects that don't require precision
See Also
en/rpd/blinding_buff.txt · Last modified: by 127.0.0.1

