Dodge question

[vitruvian]

Originally Posted by Kuroshima

Daredevil probably has Pararadar with 360º arc, and hearing based. Any targeting sense can be used to allow active defenses, IIRC.

Is that stated explicitly, or does the RAW text only reference advantages that expand the scope of actual vision?

Anyway, either way, on that principle I'd allow a successful Blind Fighting roll to allow for this as well, on the basis that if you're able to use your other senses to target attacks in total darkness, against the invisible, or if totally blind, then you can target those behind you (and their attacks) as well.

[Darekun]

Originally Posted by Nymdok

The Blindness disadvantage agrees with you.

Blindness is a special case - its modifier assumes you're used to it. Visibility, B394: "Attacker cannot see anything. If the attacker is blind or in total darkness, … He attacks at -10 (-6 if he is accustomed to being blind)." I guess the defense modifier is lighter than ½ on the grounds that you don't have to reach a "dodge location" or such, anywhere out of the region being attacked is good.

Originally Posted by vitruvian

Is that stated explicitly, or does the RAW text only reference advantages that expand the scope of actual vision?

Personally, I'd say Daredevil has Dark Vision with Hypersensory(p46, Powers), and similarly-modified vision advantages… but other examples come to mind, like a dolphin and a shark fighting in water opaque with silt. In the case of Scanning Sense, it states "you may ignore darkness penalties in combat", which if you require the rules to make sense implies enough. That seems to be as close as RAW gets, though.

Given that 360° Vision completely eliminates facing penalties to defend, it does seem to be purely a matter of perception…