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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 4074646" data-attributes="member: 32536">I will agree with this.The new sneak attack seems to be based on the idea of being able to seize a very brief window of opportunity with a quick attack. Knives and other "light blades" are the stereotypical kings of this kind of thing, so obviously they will be used for sneak attacks. Crossbows work because, despite their slow reload time, they can be triggered quickly, even on the run. I imagine that in a different technological period guns would also work as sneak attack weapons (I think Indiana Jones pretty famously uses a gun to sneak attack a swordsman <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />). Having never used a sling or seen one used, I really don't know why they are useable with sneak attack... I guess to give them a niche and to help associate them with the stereotypical Halfling Rogue.I can't imagine using a bow with a sneak attack because it is hard to seize a quick opportunity with a bow. In order to hit accurately with a bow, you need to slow down and bring your whole body into a proper position to fire. It requires focusing every muscle in your body into a set pattern in order to pull off a stable draw and smooth release of the arrow. I think bows would be great weapons for long range sniping attacks, but that is hardly the same thing as it being good for a quick shot at a moment of weakness.As for other weapons... I think few melee weapons are quite as quick and subtle as the knife, and certainly greatswords, axes, clubs, spears, and staves are not. I can't imagine any of them being really good for striking precisely in the blink of an eye and sneaking an attack past the opponent's defenses, simply by virtue of being to heavy or requiring too large and obvious of a wind up to the attack.I guess I have no problem justifying the rogue weapon list, other than figuring out the sling, I guess. I would be more inclined to remove the sling than to open up the list further.</blockquote>

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