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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 4738729" data-attributes="member: 3400">I believe that it is less up to interpretation than you think. Are you using the PH or the SRD as your primary source of the rules? The SRD is a bit more terse in its description of sneak attack but the PH is more clear by including the qualifier "Basically" when it launches into the description of doing extra damage when a target is denied its Dex bonus. That's laying out the rule right there by defining what it means by being unable to defend oneself. That single qualifier should make it clearer that you're not dealing just with examples but the general definition of a rogue attacking someone unable to effectively defend themselves.And, when in melee, it's clear that the prone character has less chance to fend of blows by the game rules. Their AC is lower by 4. But the question isn't about having the same chance to defend yourself, it's about having a certain type of ability to defend yourself.</blockquote>