Hi guys,
Are there any people on these forums who are visually impaired or outright blind who successfully play Pathfinder?
I'm losing my vision, but don't want to lose my hobby, and I'm hoping someone has some advice to give on how to play Pathfinder without sight.
Thanks :)
Hi. I'm not blind or vision impaired, but I have do have a suggestion. Invest in some braille dice! This is only one of the first results, but I found these for $50. http://www.64ouncegames.com/ShopCart/index.php?main_page=product_info&p roducts_id=329
That sucks. :(
I wish you the best of skill as you make the transition.
Valantrix1 is blind, maybe shoot them a PM?
Thx guys
There is a visually impaired player who plays online. He copes just fine with reading software. I'm not sure what the state of the art is for that but it is probably worth at least looking into. Bringing a laptop to the game might make things a lot easier
I heard the online PF rules (SRD? Can't remember the name... been using books and pdfs) is readable by screenreaders, which is cool. I've heard there are talking dice programs too :)
I'm worried about keeping track of my character (or mobs, as I like to GM), and using the battle grid... in any way.
When I started out doing RPGs I did AD&D 2nd ed, and most everything was described, there were no grids or little square template things. You just called distances and made a mental image. It seems like D&D (and thus, PF) from 3rd onwards focus heavily on the grids, though, and have a lot of meticulousness with that. Does anyone have experience running PF without using battle grids and what not?
As for keeping track of characters, conditions, etc... egads. I'm not even sure where to start for that...
@Asmodeus' Advocate: Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give 'em a ring and see if they answer :)
Thanks again everyone.
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I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you might have.
Here's a guide I once read on running Theater of the Mind combats, it's written for 5e but the entirety of it works for any system, so I don't know why the author specified an edition. Hope it's useful!
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Ocular Albinism for me, four years of Pathfinder, and I gave up on physical representation a long time ago. I can read the books but it hurts my eyes so I just get a PDF and enjoy the high zoom to get larger letters.
For combat I just tend to stick to the old school way of doing things (I DM a lot and my party knows I have some issues) I never use mats but I use distances and as vivid a description as I can get to help with combat.
The way I do it is not for everyone but that sort of no map style often works for every player, and it cuts down on supplies you have to bring so that's always a plus :)
For mat and mini based play, perhaps you could label the grid Battleship style? "The Hobgoblin shifts from A2 to B3 to flank you with his ally." That kinda thing. Perhaps you could track HP with physical tokens in a bag or stack? Would be hard when GMing, but as a player it could really help. Or perhaps pegs in a pegboard? Additionally, you could potentially make your own braille character sheets. Wikihow outlines how people write in braille here https://www.wikihow.com/Write-in-Braille
You could take the battleship grid a step further, and label each individual grid with it's Braille number. Tokens can also be labeled with Braille. The tokens themselves should probably be flat, to avoid knocking them over as you feel out the geography of the mat.
This might be the online resource you spoke of. http://www.d20pfsrd.com/
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You could take the battleship grid a step further, and label each individual grid with it's Braille number. Tokens can also be labeled with Braille. The tokens themselves should probably be flat, to avoid knocking them over as you feel out the geography of the mat.
You could actually have someone try and line the battlegrid with raised lines along each square, That way tokens can also be correctly aligned.
You could actually have someone try and line the battlegrid with raised lines along each square, That way tokens can also be correctly aligned.You could take the battleship grid a step further, and label each individual grid with it's Braille number. Tokens can also be labeled with Braille. The tokens themselves should probably be flat, to avoid knocking them over as you feel out the geography of the mat.
Maybe even a repurposed scrabble board?
I think there is a low vision scrabble board with raised borders, actually, although iirc the squares in scrabble are too small. The battleship grid idea is interesting, thanks.
One thing you can do is label the battle mat rows and columns and have everyone call out where they are moving and from where.
"Ragnar moves from B9 to C7"
Don't pay $30 for Braille dice, I know Andy at 3 Trolls can do much better than that. If he can't ship, I'll ship.
Superior choice of avatar, BTW.
Don't pay $30 for Braille dice, I know Andy at 3 Trolls can do much better than that. If he can't ship, I'll ship.
Superior choice of avatar, BTW.
Right on, and back at ya ;)
I remember a fantasy roleplaying video game for the visually-impaired I noticed while browsing kickstarter not too long ago. It was successfully backed, but I don't know much more than that. I did, however, find a link if you'd like to check it out...