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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 494701" data-attributes="member: 259">Liquide, I think you're making this a little more complicated than it should be.&nbsp; There are only two occasions on which a character may sneak attack:-The target is theoretically denied a dex bonus; or-The target is flanked.Note that a target with a dex of 3 is still theoretically denied a dex bonus when she is flatfooted, under most circumtances, and can be sneak-attacked.I say it this way because in some cases, a flatfooted character is not denied a dex bonus -- rogues and monks both get this power, I believe.&nbsp; They are still flatfooted, and therefore don't threaten the area around them, but they can't be SA.&nbsp; You don't want to be SAing off whether the target is flatfooted, therefore.I generally consider an opponent that you're not aware of to be effectively invisible to you, meaning that you're denied your dex bonus against this opponent; like invisibility, you can try to spot the opponent immediately after the opponent tries to attack you, so they don't get iterative SA against you.All your caveats in the beginning -- about the target needing vitals etc. -- are spot on.Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 494701, member: 259"] [b]Liquide[/b], I think you're making this a little more complicated than it should be. There are only two occasions on which a character may sneak attack: -The target is theoretically denied a dex bonus; or -The target is flanked. Note that a target with a dex of 3 is still theoretically denied a dex bonus when she is flatfooted, under most circumtances, and can be sneak-attacked. I say it this way because in some cases, a flatfooted character is not denied a dex bonus -- rogues and monks both get this power, I believe. They are still flatfooted, and therefore don't threaten the area around them, but they can't be SA. You don't want to be SAing off whether the target is flatfooted, therefore. I generally consider an opponent that you're not aware of to be effectively invisible to you, meaning that you're denied your dex bonus against this opponent; like invisibility, you can try to spot the opponent immediately after the opponent tries to attack you, so they don't get iterative SA against you. All your caveats in the beginning -- about the target needing vitals etc. -- are spot on. Daniel [/QUOTE]

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