Elf Re-roll question

[Istar]

Can you re-roll after you miss.

Or do you look at the dice and then decide to re-roll.

Or can you get an answer from the DM first.

Our group is not 100% sure.

 

[Grydan]

Every group I've played in or DMed has gone with "Yes, you can reroll after the DM has declared a hit or miss", though often the player doesn't need to know, as they're already pretty sure about the outcome (if you needed a 12 or better to hit the target last round, a 4 probably isn't going to do the trick this round).

I'm not sure there's an official rule on exactly when it has to be declared.

The most recent wording is that it triggers "When you make an attack roll and don't like the result.", which, depending on how you interpret result (Is it the number on the die, or is it whether the attack hit or missed?), changes the timing.

 

[Mengu]

Customer service has consistently answered this and similar reroll questions with a yes, you can decide to reroll after the DM tells you the outcome.

And this is the way we've always played it as well.

 

[Infiniti2000]

It's not as explicit as we'd like, but elven accuracy is a free action, thus you can use it whenever you want. Although it's a trigger, there's nothing explicitly saying you have to decide before the "hit-ness" of the attack is resolved. In practice, it's certainly not overpowered to let the elf use it after the DM determines if the attack hit. The fact is that chances are high the elf knows this anyway, so by disallowing the reroll after truly knowing, the DM would only be screwing the elf over in just a few corner cases (i.e. near the beginning of combat when the target's defenses aren't known and the elf rolls average or a little below).

 

[S'mon]

Customer service has consistently answered this and similar reroll questions with a yes, you can decide to reroll after the DM tells you the outcome.

And this is the way we've always played it as well.

That's how I do it too.

Also I usually tell players the target number, just as I expect them to tell me their defense number when I roll for the NPCs.

 

[delericho]

Yep, I'd allow the reroll to be made after success/failure is known, too. But then, maybe I'm just a generous soul...

 

[Nikosandros]

Another vote for letting the player decide after knowing the outcome of the attack. Similarly, I let a wizard use shield after knowing if the bonus would be enough to make the opponent miss.