Feat that gives an extra 1d6 to sneak attack

[James McMurray]

The Book of Exalted Deeds has a feat that makes your sneak attack dice be d8s versus evil creatures.

 

[RangerWickett]

Would a feat that grants +1d6 sneak attack be broken? Sure, it'd be nifty to have a 20th level rogue take it 7 times to get +17d6 on a sneak attack, but then he's giving up any other nifty tricks that might have kept him alive, like dodge, mobility, point-blank shot, and so on.

Most other classes aren't optimized to use sneak attack, so if you capped it at no more than once per 3 levels, or once per 2 levels, I don't think it'd be broken.

 

[kolikeos]

I read somewhere that there's a feat that grants you an extra 1d6 to your sneak attack ability.

Do you know what's the source of this feat, where can I find it

Thanks
See ya

its from the (sucky) epic handbook. (also in dm guide 3.5)

 

[Deset Gled]

Would a feat that grants +1d6 sneak attack be broken?

Broken? Probably not. Bad form? Probably.

I consider sneak attack to be a specific class ability. It's not something that you should get from a simple feat. You should have to give up a class level to do it. There are people who don't agree with this philosophy at all, though, and believe that there's no problem at all with allowing different exlusive class abilities to be granted without multiclassing. YMMV.

In terms of brokenness, the main problem I see is with PrCs. The Arcane Trickster and Assissin both have requirements of a certain number of sneak attack dice, normally only possible with levels of rogue (or a different PrC). For a wizard to qualify for the Arcane Trickster with a couple of feats seems a little out of balance to me. Then again, if the feat in question is worded properly (gives a bonus +1d6 damage rather than an extra sneak attack die), it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Scion]

Spending feats to be able to get into a prc in a different way? Sounds fine to me, trade in one sort of power for another kind

 

[Chun-tzu]

Would a feat that grants +1d6 sneak attack be broken? Sure, it'd be nifty to have a 20th level rogue take it 7 times to get +17d6 on a sneak attack, but then he's giving up any other nifty tricks that might have kept him alive, like dodge, mobility, point-blank shot, and so on.

Most other classes aren't optimized to use sneak attack, so if you capped it at no more than once per 3 levels, or once per 2 levels, I don't think it'd be broken.

It may not be broken, but like Deset Gled, I'm not sure I really like it. It would be _almost_ a must-have feat, like Weapon Focus and Weapon Specialization for Fighters. It would be one of those default feats that you take if you don't want any other feat. And it could easily be one of those things that works more _against_ the players than _for_ them. Suddenly those thugs from the thieves guild are more dangerous than they used to be.

But if you did allow it, you probably shouldn't allow it to be stacked. You can't keep stack Weapon Specialization or Spell Focus, either, even though that may not be broken.

 

[Oscar carramiñana]

I seem to rmember there being such a feat in the AEG Mercenaries book.

I see a lot of feats to improve your sneak attacks in the Mercenaries book AEG.
I hope that helps.

 

[Darklone]

PlaneSailing? How's your experience with that feat?

I can't say it's too bad... most people didn't take it. And yes, I did not allow it to stack with itself (though it stacks with the class ability). It was nice for a bard to up his combat prowess a bit.

 

[Li Shenron]

Would a feat that grants +1d6 sneak attack be broken? Sure, it'd be nifty to have a 20th level rogue take it 7 times to get +17d6 on a sneak attack, but then he's giving up any other nifty tricks that might have kept him alive, like dodge, mobility, point-blank shot, and so on.

Most other classes aren't optimized to use sneak attack, so if you capped it at no more than once per 3 levels, or once per 2 levels, I don't think it'd be broken.

I don't think it would be fine to make it a feat that grants Sneak Attack to anyone.

On the other hand, it could be ok if you add the prerequisite of already having Sneak Attack (+1d6 or even +2d6). The feat could become popular among multiclassed Rogues, but would still require to have 1-3 levels in Rogue or specific PrCl such as Blackguard or Assassin.

 

[fnork de sporg]

I don't think it would be fine to make it a feat that grants Sneak Attack to anyone.

On the other hand, it could be ok if you add the prerequisite of already having Sneak Attack (+1d6 or even +2d6). The feat could become popular among multiclassed Rogues, but would still require to have 1-3 levels in Rogue or specific PrCl such as Blackguard or Assassin.

I seem to remember that most/all of the sneak attack improving feats from Mercenaries worked this way.