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<blockquote data-quote="jaer" data-source="post: 4071801" data-attributes="member: 57861">True.&nbsp; Was it a problem for 3e?&nbsp; No particularly - PrCs like the blackguard were designed for heavy weapon sneak attack, so for a rogue not to be able to do so as well would have been somewhat skewed.However, it once again comes back to balance issues with weapons and 4e.&nbsp; Perhaps WotC didn't want a high level fighter dipping into 1 level of rogue for sneak attack awesomeness, but perhaps they did design it so that a high level rogue would not have the same problem.Again, completely base-less idea, but there could be higher level powers that allow rogues only to sneak attack with different weapons.&nbsp; If a ranger wants to sneak attack with his longbow, he'll need five levels of rogue to do it.&nbsp; But the elf rogue will be able to manage just fine as he does from 1-30 in his class.Fairly similar to what they did with paladin's Divine Grace and the ranger's weapon styles in 3.5: they stopped letting people get these useful abilities with only 1 level.&nbsp; Only this time, you get the cool ability at first level...you just can't use it without restriction until you take a few more levels in the class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jaer, post: 4071801, member: 57861"] True. Was it a problem for 3e? No particularly - PrCs like the blackguard were designed for heavy weapon sneak attack, so for a rogue not to be able to do so as well would have been somewhat skewed. However, it once again comes back to balance issues with weapons and 4e. Perhaps WotC didn't want a high level fighter dipping into 1 level of rogue for sneak attack awesomeness, but perhaps they did design it so that a high level rogue would not have the same problem. Again, completely base-less idea, but there could be higher level powers that allow rogues only to sneak attack with different weapons. If a ranger wants to sneak attack with his longbow, he'll need five levels of rogue to do it. But the elf rogue will be able to manage just fine as he does from 1-30 in his class. Fairly similar to what they did with paladin's Divine Grace and the ranger's weapon styles in 3.5: they stopped letting people get these useful abilities with only 1 level. Only this time, you get the cool ability at first level...you just can't use it without restriction until you take a few more levels in the class. [/QUOTE]

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