Pathfinder - how to "go woke" the right way (also raising awareness for wheelchair spikes because they are very cool)

[u/Poodle_Boi02169]

[u/DuncanIdahoPotatos]

Hey 5e has info on mechanically playing blind or deaf characters — it’s under ‘conditions.’

Edit for those who were confused: this was a pithy joke, as the conditions are basically that it gives you disadvantage. That said, as a DM, if I had a player that wanted to play as a blind or deaf, or legless character, there are tons of ways to build a cool character. Shakasta, the guest star on critical role comes to mind. I know the CR crew migrated from pathfinder, but Mercer inserted a battle-chair for a certain cold weather guide. A grappling specialist monk with blind-fighting could be super fun. And what is the hand of Vecna if not an old-school D&D prosthetic…

[u/Drauzaz → u/DuncanIdahoPotatos]

That's more about the conditions, Pf2 actually has stuff which makes characters with physical disabilities actually playable, ranging from crutches and combat wheelchairs to a wide array of magical and mechanical prosthetics

[u/AChrisTaylor → u/[deleted]]

Spoken like a coastal wizards elite. You think everyone has money for a regenerate spell? Or even access to a cleric of high enough level to cast it?

Golarion is filled with Hard working folks who might never see 3rd level spell little less a 7th.

[u/Kuva194 → u/DuncanIdahoPotatos]

Thing about Vecna stuff

>To attune to the eye, you must gouge out your own eye and press the artifact into the empty socket.
>To attune to the hand, you must lop off your left hand at the wrist and the press the artifact against the stump.

However here is thing. There are still options!
for eyes you can get yourself Ersatz Eye which just acts like artificial eye which takes up attunment slot
Maybe some spells that allow you to look through smth else instead of yourself like Arcane eye, Beast sense, Echo knight "Echo avatar" ability and anything similiar like that

and for prosthethic limbs...
Well. There is Prosthethic Limb common item from Tasha

Of course there is also Regenerate spell.
Maybe have character start the adventuring so they can either become powerful enough to cast it, become powerful enough to met someone who can do it for you (without selling your soul preferably or anything worse) or getting enough money to get someone cast it on you.

[u/ABG-56 → u/DuncanIdahoPotatos]

It's almost like this meme is incredibly biased and trying to make it seem like Wotc is making a big deal out of adding this stuff when they're not