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Better don’t give martials any weapons and casters no spellcasting then… (ttrpg.network)

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

In 5e the only way to sneak attack without needing advantage is by taking the swashbuckler (specialization? Archetype?).

Actually, since 5e this has been rolled this into the standard sneak attack that every Rogue gets

You don't need Advantage on the attack roll if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the target, the ally doesn't have the Incapacitated condition, and you don't have Disadvantage on the attack roll.

So you don't need flanking, you just need a buddy who is not unconscious.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Me and the mouse in my pocket are gonna fuck shit up.

[–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean, imagine your some hired goon guarding the door to some culty bullshit. You get jumped by a group of do-gooders and as your about to get up to a bit of the old ultra-violence you notice one of these punks has a damned rat sticking out of a pocket, and it's not even dead!

That'd be a little distracting at least. Did they train the rat? Is it a magic rat? Is the rat going to jump out and join the fight? Do they have to clean rat droppings out of the pocket every night? Do they keep the rat in a cage when it's not in the pocket?
So many unanswered questio.... Fuck I just got stabbed.

[–] jounniy@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think you overestimate how many people are gonna care about that kind of things when their lives are at stake. Rats are not that rare or unusual.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think they were just rationalising the idea that a rodent pet could be effective enough ally to let you sneak attack

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah, good; honestly I remember taking rogue before this change was made (or perhaps it had been changed at that point but none of us at the table knew) and the problem was immediately evident; there's a lot of stuff in 5e that makes me wonder what the heck the creators were thinking and if perhaps they just rushed the whole thing along and decided to just fix up any oversight later.

[–] jounniy@ttrpg.network 3 points 4 days ago

This rule has been in the book ever since the PHB first released. If this was something you didn’t use, you either missed it or played a different edition.