| Jinotad |
I am playing a gnome wizard, who is obsessed about knowledge. She is a diviner, who will prestige into a Loremaster at level 8.
Mask Of A Thousand Tomes Will allow her to get an additional +10 on skill checks; at the cost of being blind.
I know that this will be a disadvantage for her. For her character concept, she has an Egyptian style mask, that is her bound object (Arcane Discovery from Mummy's Mask). Once she has enough money and prestige to get enchant her mask and enchant her armor with sensing, she will probably do so. (5,000 Bonded Mask + 9,000 Sensing)
When she does enchant her mask, she will effectively become permanently blind. If she takes her mask off to see, she would no longer have it "equipped" for the purpose of a bound object, giving pennalties to casting spells.
I currently plan on using the Sensing enchantment, which will give her 5-foot range blindsight and blindsense with a 60-foot range. Which will mitigate a lot of the penalties of being blind.
What I am looking for specifically, are ways of being able to "see/recognize" monsters in a manner to reduce the penalties on knowledge rolls to identify what my party is facing.
I was thinking Mindlink; however, looking more into it, it would allow me to put my information into someone else, rather than allow them to put their information/sight into my mind.
As for casting spells during combat, I will be sticking to AOE and touch spells, as since I am blind, I can't target people at a range, but I sure can target the square they are in. And if they are within 5 feet for a touch attack, blindsight will allow me to see and target them. (Tough to be honest, I'd rather not be that close to an enemy.)
| GhostPepper |
You could have a seeing-eye minion describe it to you. Depending on your race you might also have the scent ability, which could be useful for identifying things.
In terms of spell-casting, you could extend your range to 10-feet with a 10-foot pole. A 100% improvement on your current situation. (Alternately, your seeing eye minion could also give you a bearing and a distance).