>2) that I hadn't been able to come up with a better name than
>ocular '##### you, buddy!'

How about something like 'induce myopia'? The example looks a lot like my own eyesight without my glasses, which I'm told is the equivalent of being legally blind. If it's a form of nearsightedness, then the inventory manipulation thing doesn't make much sense. Even extreme myopics can tell the difference between a sword and a steak at arm's length, although they might think the sword was an umbrella.

One last thing, about that 'no disarm' thing that was mentioned: if you can see well enough to parry you can see well enough to disarm. Once you connect with their weapon, it's usually more a case of practice and muscle memory than vision. So, if disarm goes, so should parry.