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<blockquote data-quote="Zinnger" data-source="post: 6542582" data-attributes="member: 6788910">I still do not see how any rogue will ever get three sneak attacks in one round.&nbsp; It is true that a &quot;very rare&quot; Scimitar of Speed will allow use of a bonus action to attack without the use of your action thus allowing for a ready action but I am not sure how many rogues have this item.&nbsp; But with or without this very rare item the rogue will still have to settle for only two sneak attack damages.&nbsp; One on the rogues turn and one with the use of his/her reaction on someone else turn.&nbsp; 1)&nbsp; Pg. 193 states &quot;When the trigger occurs, you can either take your reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger.&nbsp; REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN TAKE ONLY ONE REACTION PER ROUND&quot;2)&nbsp; Pg. 195 states, &quot;You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.&nbsp; To make the opportunity attack, you use your REACTION to make one melee attack against the provoking creature.&quot;3)&nbsp; On Pg. 190 under Reactions it states again that, &quot;When you take a reaction, you can't take another one until the start of your next turn...&quot;&nbsp; So as I understand it, no one will ever get three sneak attacks in one round.&nbsp; Perhaps three attacks - many ways to do that - but never three sneak attacks which require you to act on three separate turns.&nbsp; RAW provides you to operate on YOUR turn and on ONE other turn with your reaction of which you only get to use once.&nbsp; Again, I may have overlooked something but the rules seem pretty clear about this one to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zinnger, post: 6542582, member: 6788910"] I still do not see how any rogue will ever get three sneak attacks in one round. It is true that a "very rare" Scimitar of Speed will allow use of a bonus action to attack without the use of your action thus allowing for a ready action but I am not sure how many rogues have this item. But with or without this very rare item the rogue will still have to settle for only two sneak attack damages. One on the rogues turn and one with the use of his/her reaction on someone else turn. 1) Pg. 193 states "When the trigger occurs, you can either take your reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN TAKE ONLY ONE REACTION PER ROUND" 2) Pg. 195 states, "You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach. To make the opportunity attack, you use your REACTION to make one melee attack against the provoking creature." 3) On Pg. 190 under Reactions it states again that, "When you take a reaction, you can't take another one until the start of your next turn..." So as I understand it, no one will ever get three sneak attacks in one round. Perhaps three attacks - many ways to do that - but never three sneak attacks which require you to act on three separate turns. RAW provides you to operate on YOUR turn and on ONE other turn with your reaction of which you only get to use once. Again, I may have overlooked something but the rules seem pretty clear about this one to me. [/QUOTE]

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