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Is sneak attack damage divided by 2 when you Dual Wield?
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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6038010" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>I think the RAW problem is in Dual Wielding that says "all damage is halved", but it is pretty clear that you are doing TWO attacks with separate rolls, even tho you can do both with the same action.</p><p></p><p>Deadly Strike works on a round basis. When you have ONE expertise dice, you apply the damage to ONE attack (after hitting). When you have TWO dice you can split them to multiple attacks or stack them on the same attack.</p><p></p><p>Sneak Attacks also works on a round basis because you can apply the damage ONCE per round.</p><p></p><p>Thus by the RAW of Dual Wielding, you really have to get 50% only of Deadly Strike or Sneak Attack damage. It means that using DS or SA together with DW really sucks.</p><p></p><p>I think it would make much more sense if only the <strong>base</strong> damage was halved by DW. You would then still get the same round-by-round damage benefit from both DS and SA. (But clearly you should NOT get the damage bonus on BOTH attacks or it would result in doubling the benefit from DS/SA!)</p><p></p><p>That said, the general benefit of Dual Wielding as written is so small that it is most likely to change after playtest feedback...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6038010, member: 1465"] I think the RAW problem is in Dual Wielding that says "all damage is halved", but it is pretty clear that you are doing TWO attacks with separate rolls, even tho you can do both with the same action. Deadly Strike works on a round basis. When you have ONE expertise dice, you apply the damage to ONE attack (after hitting). When you have TWO dice you can split them to multiple attacks or stack them on the same attack. Sneak Attacks also works on a round basis because you can apply the damage ONCE per round. Thus by the RAW of Dual Wielding, you really have to get 50% only of Deadly Strike or Sneak Attack damage. It means that using DS or SA together with DW really sucks. I think it would make much more sense if only the [B]base[/B] damage was halved by DW. You would then still get the same round-by-round damage benefit from both DS and SA. (But clearly you should NOT get the damage bonus on BOTH attacks or it would result in doubling the benefit from DS/SA!) That said, the general benefit of Dual Wielding as written is so small that it is most likely to change after playtest feedback... [/QUOTE]
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