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<blockquote data-quote="Forged Fury" data-source="post: 6527314" data-attributes="member: 95059">Oh... good question. On one side, it doesn't seem like it would really hurt anything, at least not with your build. On the other side, I can see where the rules would prevent it if &quot;Sneak Attack&quot; is intended to be tied to &quot;Attacking with Dex&quot;. Conversely, Sneak Attack just says it has to be a Finesse Weapon. Nothing obligates you to use your Dex with a Finesse Weapon, you're just allowed to do so.I'd probably allow it as a DM. I'd probably house rule it to: Melee: Finesse and Light weapons Ranged: Ranged weapons and weapons with both the thrown and light qualities.ETA: I think technically, per the Basic Rules RAW, a dagger works no matter what since it is a Finesse weapon, even if you aren't using it in Melee and that's all that's required per the rules (e.g. &quot;The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.&quot;) Yeah, it's definitely a rules lawyer argument. Fortunately, 5E pretty much puts the decision making squarely in the lap of the DM.ETA2: Now I'm trying to figure out why darts are listed as Finesse weapons. Is that only for the corner case of using them as improvised weapons?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Forged Fury, post: 6527314, member: 95059"] Oh... good question. On one side, it doesn't seem like it would really hurt anything, at least not with your build. On the other side, I can see where the rules would prevent it if "Sneak Attack" is intended to be tied to "Attacking with Dex". Conversely, Sneak Attack just says it has to be a Finesse Weapon. Nothing obligates you to use your Dex with a Finesse Weapon, you're just allowed to do so. I'd probably allow it as a DM. I'd probably house rule it to: Melee: Finesse and Light weapons Ranged: Ranged weapons and weapons with both the thrown and light qualities. ETA: I think technically, per the Basic Rules RAW, a dagger works no matter what since it is a Finesse weapon, even if you aren't using it in Melee and that's all that's required per the rules (e.g. "The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.") Yeah, it's definitely a rules lawyer argument. Fortunately, 5E pretty much puts the decision making squarely in the lap of the DM. ETA2: Now I'm trying to figure out why darts are listed as Finesse weapons. Is that only for the corner case of using them as improvised weapons? [/QUOTE]

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