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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry@home" data-source="post: 34252" data-attributes="member: 159">Not to be nitpicky, but for NIghtfang, I think I should point out one thing that may help a little in the way of visualization here......Sneak attacks are not necessarily performed from the rear, either. A Sneak attack is essentially delivered anytime the thief can catch his opponent with his defenses down - in the rules this is defined as:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">catching the opponent by surprise by hide and move silently</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">catching the opponent when they are denied a DEX bonus</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">flanking the opponent</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">making a successful feint (bluff check) against the opponent in combat. </li> </ul>So in certain circumstances, a rogue can even be standing in front of and looking at their opponent and still make a sneak attack.About 2 weeks ago, DnDChick posted an excellent example from the Old Testament of a sneak attack against a king by someone - he told the king he had a secret, he wanted only him to hear it, and after the king dismissed his guards the person told the king to bend closer so he could whisper it into his ear, and then promptly planted a knife in the king's belly - excellent example of a bluff check and subsequent sneak attack, if you will. (Or even an assassin's death blow!)So, think of a sneak attack in a little more broader terms, and you might find many situations that it applies that you hadn't thought of before - even against the PC's! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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