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* Wades into the pillow fight, half blinded, looking for the soap box
I like 3E+ sneak attack.
I recall having a rogue with longsword 1d12 (+ pretty small bonus) x5 damage. Swinginess extreme!
But that's not real reason I prefer sneak attack . I do that because it is empowering on a rogue, lets you attack with quirky personal weapons, a sap, an unarmed attack (you don't even need the feat as they get no AoO if they are flat-footed). Sure taking greatsword proficiency is cool as a rogue, but I like that the weapons selection doesn't really matter a few levels up.
There are certainly plenty of cases where a character would deal more damage with SA. But by changing it from a multiplier to bonus dice, they made the base damage of the character go from wildly swingy to borderline irrelevant. I preferred the method that rewarded the player for planning an assault and building a character with high base damage.
I like 3E+ sneak attack.
I recall having a rogue with longsword 1d12 (+ pretty small bonus) x5 damage. Swinginess extreme!
But that's not real reason I prefer sneak attack . I do that because it is empowering on a rogue, lets you attack with quirky personal weapons, a sap, an unarmed attack (you don't even need the feat as they get no AoO if they are flat-footed). Sure taking greatsword proficiency is cool as a rogue, but I like that the weapons selection doesn't really matter a few levels up.