Blindfighting

[Owen Smith]

How does the Blindfighting ability work in RAtC? Last I knew it reduced some of the penalty for fighting in darkness or against invisible foes and allowed the user to use special combat maneuvers at a level equal to his or her blindfighting. (Ex, with level two Blindfighting and level three Klaiviskar, a Garou could use her level two Klaiviskar maneuvers, but not her level three maneuvers).

Just checking.

[Justin Northwood]

In RAtC, the Blindfighting Ability works as follows:

As a defense against Surprise, Blindfighting allows a chop for the target to have an innate awareness of an incoming attack, prior to the attack landing.  It also allows use of Dodge in complete darkness/blindness situations, up to your permanent Blindfighting rating.

Offensively, Blindfighting allows a chop for the attacker to sense where the target is.  It also allows use of Melee, Brawl, etc. in complete darkness/blindness situations, up to your permanent Blindfighting rating.

Additionally, Specialized Fighting Style (SFS) Maneuvers may be used in complete darkness/blindness situations, that are of a level equal to or lower than your permanent Blindfighting rating.  For example, a character with Klaiviskar x4 maneuvers, but Blindfighting x2, may only use Klaiviskar x2 maneuvers and lower.

NOTE:  Normally, without the Blindfighting Ability, any complete darkness/blindness situation would result in an automatic fail, per the related description of the Blind Flaw on page 93 of Laws of the Wild:

"You are robbed of the blessings of vision.  you lose all ties where sight is involved (such as manual dexterity) and automatically lose all challenges where sight is required [such as dodging or landing an attack]."

Complete darkness/blindness can be overcome only through the use of Blindfighting, or some such similar sense-affecting Ability, Gift, or combo (i.e. the Metis Gift: Eyes of the Cat).

[Owen Smith]

Thanks. Like how you tied the rule into the blind flaw