>There's a lot things you wouldn't really be able to do while
>blind. This falls under game balance, I think.

More than that, any character with the actual dirt kicking skill has training far in excess of anything most if not all of us have. RPwise, we have to think of any skill as being something akin to a piece of martial arts. The way I see it, anyone can try to kick a bit of dirt at someone, but that isn't what the dirt kicking skill is at all... no, the skill is far more than just that. What exactly it is I don't know, there's probably many ways to do it, like trip.

I've RP'd trips as everything from a brutal push to a savate kick to the back of someone's knees. I imagine a dirt kick could be anything from striking the ground just right to cause a shower of soil at someone to all but kicking someone in the face and blinding them with the mud on the sole of your boot. I cite these as examples of how seemingly simple combat actions are in fact complicated skills.