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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8025185" data-attributes="member: 6802951">Taking the -5 to hit is generally bad for rogues: It gets worse as your per-attack damage gets better. You're now using a Str-based weapon which is going to hurt the Rogue in its traditional areas of capability.Rerolling non-weapon damage like sneak attacks and smites has been addressed by Jeremy Crawford. In short; you don't.At 5th level a pure Fighter would probably be more effective with their 3 attacks at -5/+10.&nbsp;Getting an off-turn sneak attack really isn't that reliable without aid from your party. Having an opponent be within 5 feet of an ally at the point where it moves to within 10 feet of you can be tricky.If the rest of the party are needed to set up that sneak attack for you, then that is fine. Teamwork is good and if you only get it off because of the wizard, then that is the wizard being strong, not just the rogue.&nbsp;You can't dump Dex though: you still need to assign enough points to it at character creation to qualify for multiclassing. You also lose out on your Evasion class ability and Dex-based skills/ability checks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 8025185, member: 6802951"] Taking the -5 to hit is generally bad for rogues: It gets worse as your per-attack damage gets better. You're now using a Str-based weapon which is going to hurt the Rogue in its traditional areas of capability. Rerolling non-weapon damage like sneak attacks and smites has been addressed by Jeremy Crawford. In short; you don't. At 5th level a pure Fighter would probably be more effective with their 3 attacks at -5/+10. Getting an off-turn sneak attack really isn't that reliable without aid from your party. Having an opponent be within 5 feet of an ally at the point where it moves to within 10 feet of you can be tricky. If the rest of the party are needed to set up that sneak attack for you, then that is fine. Teamwork is good and if you only get it off because of the wizard, then that is the wizard being strong, not just the rogue. You can't dump Dex though: you still need to assign enough points to it at character creation to qualify for multiclassing. You also lose out on your Evasion class ability and Dex-based skills/ability checks. [/QUOTE]

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