D&D 3E/3.5 (3.5) aw screw it, I'm playing a Ninja

[Dandu]

Power Attacking as a Ninja isn't a bad idea, though I'm not entirely sure that a Ninja only gets Sudden Strike on one attack, even if he dual wields.

I'm fairly certain that Sudden Strike works like Sneak Attack except you don't get it when flanking.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Yup. It's a gimped sneak attack. I houseruled it to function even against concealment (assuming you hit the target at all), to give it some actual unique advantage over sneak attack. Per RAW, it's just SA w/o the flanking option.