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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7165261" data-attributes="member: 6775031">I just want it to be its own action, rather than a rider that you attach to whichever of your attacks happens to hit that round. If that means increasing the damage to compensate for reduced accuracy, or giving it advantage on the attack roll to compensate for the inability to make multiple attacks, then so be it. Sneak attack doesn't need to be nerfed as much as it could stand to be more user-friendly. The same goes for smite.Part of the cheese factor for smite is that the paladin can do it after rolling a crit, and you can never waste it by missing. Big monsters usually have enough HP to last 2-3 rounds, and the paladin is going to be making at least two attacks every round, possibly with advantage. Critical smites are not uncommon. To be perfectly honest, though, the worst abuse that I've seen came from a multi-class paladin/champion who could action surge to smite four times in a round and crit on a 19; those monsters didn't usually last more than two rounds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 7165261, member: 6775031"] I just want it to be its own action, rather than a rider that you attach to whichever of your attacks happens to hit that round. If that means increasing the damage to compensate for reduced accuracy, or giving it advantage on the attack roll to compensate for the inability to make multiple attacks, then so be it. Sneak attack doesn't need to be [I]nerfed[/I] as much as it could stand to be more [I]user-friendly[/I]. The same goes for smite. Part of the cheese factor for smite is that the paladin can do it [I]after[/I] rolling a crit, and you can never waste it by missing. Big monsters usually have enough HP to last 2-3 rounds, and the paladin is going to be making at least two attacks every round, possibly with advantage. Critical smites are not uncommon. To be perfectly honest, though, the worst abuse that I've seen came from a multi-class paladin/champion who could action surge to smite four times in a round and crit on a 19; those monsters [I]didn't[/I] usually last more than two rounds. [/QUOTE]

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