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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ximenes088" data-source="post: 4072660" data-attributes="member: 59899">WotC appears to have simply decided that this is too good a quality for sneak attack to have- but even that's debatable, as Miko's post demonstrates that you can get sneak attack damage with at least one non-listed weapon. We'll need to see the actual rules to see whether you can spend a feat to use sneak attack with any weapon, or a feat to use sneak attack with non-Rogue-native light blades.Supported, as you noted- and supported in spades, since it appears at least some Rogue powers actually give their initiator combat advantage as part of the effect.The 4e rogue has everything on his class list that the 3e rogue had, in terms of capability, with the exception of Diplomacy. The 3e rogue class was used for a face man simply because it had the most skill points while also not being a bard.Until we know the multiclass rules, we really can't pass judgment on the likelihood of this. But I would be very, very surprised if the fighter's "sword" line of powers somehow stopped working when a short sword-wielding thief decided to add Sneak Attack to the damage. Or that the Warlock with a rogue dip became incapable of per-encounter tumbles and sliding pesty melee goons back into the defender. As for "skilled class", they don't appear to exist any more. You don't get your noncombat juju from your class choice, as far as I can tell. According to the hints I've seen, you get it from your feat choices, trading much broader (not much better) employ of your class abilities through feats for superior noncombat prowess.It's possible they'll screw this up, but since it's a problem they were aware of from day one, I'd be surprised if they failed on multiple axes.What disguise has "a knife" as atypical equipment? A perfectly bog-standard rogue that can get his hands on a belt knife has access to his full range of Sneak Attack and class powers. I see no evidence that the 4e Rogue hasn't already delivered on most of them and appears very likely to deliver on the rest.</blockquote>

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