Assassinate only works in the Surprise Round I believe.
In the right circumstances with sufficient cover or obscureness, you could hide on a round by round basis making it very hard to attack you.
I would never allow assassinate against enemies that are already in combat, especially not if the assassin had already hit them. Surprise only applies at the very beginning of combat.
What if the rogue went around a door and hid? The attacker is fighting another foe who runs through the door to escape. The attacker chases his foe through said door. He might know the rogue went that way but can't see him and as he runs chasing his foe BLAM a sneak stab from the "hidden" rogue.
I feel this is kind of the intent of being able to use cunning action to move and hide. It's more of allowing him to still get a sneak in on certain kinds of conditions instead of HAVING to rely on a friend being within 5' of a foe.
That's sneak attack. ren1999 and I were referring to the assassinate class feature of the assassin archetype.What if the rogue went around a door and hid? The attacker is fighting another foe who runs through the door to escape. The attacker chases his foe through said door. He might know the rogue went that way but can't see him and as he runs chasing his foe BLAM a sneak stab from the "hidden" rogue.
I feel this is kind of the intent of being able to use cunning action to move and hide. It's more of allowing him to still get a sneak in on certain kinds of conditions instead of HAVING to rely on a friend being within 5' of a foe.
If you are able to keep someone incapacitated for multiple rounds, you hardly need an assassin to finish them off ...It works until they have acted this combat. If you hit them with an inability to act (the incapacitated condition), you can get multiples in.
If you are able to keep someone incapacitated for multiple rounds, you hardly need an assassin to finish them off ...
It works until they have acted this combat. If you hit them with an inability to act (the incapacitated condition), you can get multiples in.