Wearing a blindfold does not protect against flesh angel and blood sacrifice special attack if the monster is right next to the player.

[Dracque]

Since whenever the player looses turns when fighting a flesh angel (or blood sacrifice) the message "The terrifying visage of [ monster name ] paralyses you." shows up in the message log I tested if wearing a blindfold would help. The plan being to wear it before walking or shooting blindly in the general direction of the monster without getting paralysed .

While wearing a blindfold does make the character immune to the monster's special attack while it is at least a few tiles away it stops working when the player or monster moves in an adjacent tile.

[chaosvolt]

That one's definitely a code issue, hmmst.

[Dracque]

Should I create an issue for BN about being able to see monsters while wearing a blindfold if they are right next to the player ?

[chaosvolt]

Well, being able to detect monsters next to you is reasonable for playability, the real issue is the attack's code counts that as actually seeing the monster.

[Dracque]

Does the item "blindfold" have a flag to reduce the player's vision ?
Doesn't appear to be tied to encumbrance since it's possible to see while wearing gear with noticeably higher values, such as welding mask and welding goggles.

If it is a flag could it be used to do a check to see if the character is protected from the paralyzing special attack ?

[chaosvolt]

It's from the BLIND flag on the item, yeah.