D&D 5E Elven Rogue with advantage and Elven Accuracy. Is diping into fighter to get the Archery Fighting Style overkill?

[Guest 6801328]

The reason I would allow such a statement is that you can always just say trigger as soon as (look at initiative order) that character that is next in initiative order does anything.

I still wouldn't allow it. I would require the player to define a specific action/move that would trigger their readied action. If there's no chance the condition won't occur then you're just gaming the rules.

 

[FrogReaver]

I still wouldn't allow it. I would require the player to define a specific action/move that would trigger their readied action. If there's no chance the condition won't occur then you're just gaming the rules.

Anything is quite specific.

 

[Guest 6801328]

Anything is quite specific.

You may have just prompted me to pony up money to Russ so that I can have a quote under my avatar.

 

[Stoutstien]

Anything is quite specific.

The probably run into with conditions like that is the reaction doesn't occur until after the trigger is completed. When does anything stop and the next anything begin?

 

[Iry]

You should be able to attack "in a moment" which is an amount of time known by the character, but understood by the players to be immediately after their turn is over.

A double sneak attack looks impressive, but straight damage is rarely going to throw a DM off their stride.

 

[TwoSix]

I still wouldn't allow it. I would require the player to define a specific action/move that would trigger their readied action. If there's no chance the condition won't occur then you're just gaming the rules.

"I ready an action to fire at the next enemy that one of my allies attacks" seems like a non-metagame trigger that's also at about 99% certainty. I'd allow it, any rogue that's done the work to set up having a readied attack should be rewarded for it, or warned well ahead of time not to pursue it.

 

[Guest 6801328]

"I ready an action to fire at the next enemy that one of my allies attacks" seems like a non-metagame trigger that's also at about 99% certainty. I'd allow it, any rogue that's done the work to set up having a readied attack should be rewarded for it, or warned well ahead of time not to pursue it.

Yeah, I don’t have a problem with that.

Heck, it could be you ready an action for when the cock crows thrice.

I just want it to be an actual in-game occurrence.

 

[FrogReaver]

The probably run into with conditions like that is the reaction doesn't occur until after the trigger is completed. When does anything stop and the next anything begin?

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[Weiley31]

5 levels could hardly be called a "dip".

But if you are a rogue with Elven accuracy and Sharpshooter(8th level), level of fighter might be just right to make that one attack per round lands most of the time.

My 1st 5E character was a rogue with sharpshooter and at 5th level I took one level of fighter.

Wanted to play a Ranger, but took one look at the class and said; Ranger? Rogue with Outlander background and 1 level of fighter will have to do.

Then an hour later, your best bud showed you BOTH the Revised Ranger and UA Ranger upgrades.

 

[Horwath]

Then an hour later, your best bud showed you BOTH the Revised Ranger and UA Ranger upgrades.

We were already playing while this roll out.

Friend did played revised ranger in the next campaign.

But, only "patch" I like for the ranger is in this last UA class features from December, I think.