Ooooh! My main (Maia) is a blind conjurer, in fact! Although, to be clear, her ability with conjury is still very modest. Primarily, I just RP her as a regular blind individual.
I used some of the videos from Tommy Edison on YouTube to educate me on the mannerisms and practical limitations of being blind. He has a short series where he talks about the different aspects of being blind, and I found them fairly useful in gaining that perspective. These may be useful to you as well, particularly for those moments when she may not be as "aetherically connected."
I know of another blind character who utilizes aether to 'see' in the way you describe, so I don't think that using this sense is too lore-breaking.
The only thing I typically lament in choosing to play a blind character is that, when interacting with others, I cannot respond to their lovingly crafted emotes.
So if someone says "Yeah, Maia," and then emotes a defeated shrug, followed by a morose shuffle of their foot, I am not privy to the information beyond the words. This has been the biggest challenge for me, because I have to personally determine, without metagaming, what she would reasonably take away from each interaction with not being able to read non-verbal cues. This leads her to think that things are fine when they're actually not, very often. Obvious emotes like drinking tea or laughing are easy enough to deduce, but a lot of the emotion that's conveyed through emotes (other than vocal) is lost. I hope that explanation makes sense, haha.
Either way, good luck! Feel free to let me know if you have any further questions (not that I'm an expert - I've just been playing this character for six months pretty solidly.)
I used some of the videos from Tommy Edison on YouTube to educate me on the mannerisms and practical limitations of being blind. He has a short series where he talks about the different aspects of being blind, and I found them fairly useful in gaining that perspective. These may be useful to you as well, particularly for those moments when she may not be as "aetherically connected."
I know of another blind character who utilizes aether to 'see' in the way you describe, so I don't think that using this sense is too lore-breaking.
The only thing I typically lament in choosing to play a blind character is that, when interacting with others, I cannot respond to their lovingly crafted emotes.
So if someone says "Yeah, Maia," and then emotes a defeated shrug, followed by a morose shuffle of their foot, I am not privy to the information beyond the words. This has been the biggest challenge for me, because I have to personally determine, without metagaming, what she would reasonably take away from each interaction with not being able to read non-verbal cues. This leads her to think that things are fine when they're actually not, very often. Obvious emotes like drinking tea or laughing are easy enough to deduce, but a lot of the emotion that's conveyed through emotes (other than vocal) is lost. I hope that explanation makes sense, haha.
Either way, good luck! Feel free to let me know if you have any further questions (not that I'm an expert - I've just been playing this character for six months pretty solidly.)
