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Message: <blockquote data-quote="muffin_of_chaos" data-source="post: 4201682" data-attributes="member: 65007">Sneak Attack with the highest-base-damage weapon damage for medium-sized creatures seems a bit hard to swallow.With Brutal Scoundrel (and Backstabber, if you have an extra feat), you'd start out doing 2d6+2d8+6 (10-34) at a theoretical +6 on any given base melee sneak attack.With a Tortuous Strike sneak attack, that's 4d6+2d8+8 (14-48).If you have initiative, use an Action Point and the fan-created power Easy Target, and hit with your daily and then encounter, given only natural bonuses, you do a total of 10d6+4d8+14 (28-106), average 67 at first level, in one round.Which I dunno, might be fair enough for using a Daily and then Encounter power.  But I think there's a reason they don't want Rogue weapons to get too high base-damage-wise.</blockquote>