clarification on sneak attack

[Blaise The Magician]

Threatening with a ranged attack

I dont have my books here but(from memory), you can threaten with a ranged attack if

*you have the PrC pearless archer from the WotC book Silver Marches. I think that you get the ability to threat at lvl 8 and it will ONLY work on targets that are 10' away. Not 5' or 15' away.

*you have the PrC Master of the Order of the bow. It's in Dragon 297. It's an epic PrC and you will need atleast 7 lvls of OotB. On the first lvl you will get the ability to threat 5' away. On lvl 9 you will get the ability to threat up to 30' away.

Blaise The Magician

 

[kalunk]

Wow talk about opening a huge can of worms! I think I have a much better understanding of how it all fits together. Thanks everyone!

 

[IceBear]

Wow talk about opening a huge can of worms! I think I have a much better understanding of how it all fits together. Thanks everyone!

Hehehe - you must be new to the forums if you think this is a "huge" can of worms

If it's under 8 pages it's not even a can

IceBear

 

[kalunk]

Aye, most of the boards I have been posting on anything with more then 7 or eight replys qualifies as a "can" LOL. I am really liking these boards maybe I will have to stick around here a bit...

 

[IceBear]

Yeah, these are good forums if you're serious about D&D or d20 in general. Obviously, there are topics that get a little heated and some people are less friendly/more abrupt than others, but mostly everyone is here to help with rule problems/questions

Don't forget to take a look at the Story Hour Forums too - some excellent reading in there.

IceBear

 

[Berk]

if you wanna cut down on the amount of times per round a rogue can sneak attack during melee if they have more then one attack it's this wonderful thing called maneuverability. a simple 5' step can unflank and make the rogue move more then 5' if they want to flank you again.

 

[kreynolds]

Actually, if you really wanna cut down on a rogue's sneak attacks per round, just kill 'em. YMMV of course.

 

[Berk]

Actually, if you really wanna cut down on a rogue's sneak attacks per round, just kill 'em. YMMV of course.

Well you can't just have a giant hand come down from the sky and kill them.... Ok well you could but it wouldn't be kewl, so ya do the manueverability thing until they get killed

 

[Dakhran the Dark]

Destil mentioned
Climbing creatures are denied their dex bonus to AC. As are swimming ones. (Unless they have climb or swim speeds)

A very often overlooked option.

Don't forget that anyone doing a full Run action (x4 move, x3 in heavy armor), they also lose their Dex bonus...

Nasty combination: casting Fear on the enemy while the rogue archer waits for a good shot in the back when they turn tail...

 

[reapersaurus]

Hi all,
I'm he DM in question on this thread.
I would think that a monster when in combat is not going to loose sight of a thief that is trying to stab it in the back

My suggestion:
Digest everything mentioned in this thread, and then leave the 2E terminology and way of thinking at the door.