locking garrote and sneak attack?

[TabulaRasa]

This is a simple question, but I can’t find the answer anywhere.

The scene is a Rogue uses a locking garrote, gets a hold and locks the garrote and then let goes of the garrote. The rogue did sneak attack damage in the first round.
Will the garrote continue to do sneak attack damage in the following rounds, until the garrote is removed?

/Tabula

 

[TabulaRasa]

and what about crit. damage

I just reread the text in S&S. It says that the grabble check of the locked garrote uses the last attack roll before being released.

What if that roll is a crit?
Does the garrote continue to crit until removed?

That sounds vary deadlyJ

/Tabula

 

[James McMurray]

I would say no to the sneak attack, and yes to the crit.

 

[DerianCypher]

well, thinking that this is an assasin's weapon and designed to kill people quickly and silently I'd say yes to both. BUT, by saying yes to both your allowing a pretty powerfull combo to happen.

oh well, just my 2cp

DC

 

[AEtherfyre]

Doesn't the locking garrote use a grapple check, not an attack roll? Do either crits or sneak attacks even apply on the first round?

 

[TabulaRasa]

Doesn't the locking garrote use a grapple check, not an attack roll?

Yes. It does.

But first you make a modified touch attack. The locking garrote has a threat range of 18-20. If the attack hits you make grabble check. If it succeeds you deal damage, and you can lock the two ends together, and let go of it.
The next rounds, the person being garroted, makes grabble check against the last grabble check made by the attacker.

/Tabula

 

[TabulaRasa]

Bump

Don't anybody have more to say about this subject?

/Tabula

 

[dcollins]

I guess I do.

It's "grapple" with two "p"'s, not "grabble".

Other than that, your English is pretty flawless.

 

[Pylar]

The closest thing I've seen to your example is if you crit with a Ray spell. Tome and Blood states that in a case of a critical hit, the critical damage is done only on the first round, any consecutive rounds normal damage is done. So I would say that sneak attack would only apply to the round that the sneak attack was preformed. It would then default to normal damage for the garrote on the additional rounds.