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Blindness Buff

Blindness Effect

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