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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 4460905" data-attributes="member: 5122">Enh.  A rogue with max ranks in Bluff should have a pretty good chance of feinting.  (High-BAB stuff doesn't often have Sense Motive, and vice-versa.)  You could argue it's not worth the feat, and for rogues with flanking partners, that's probably true.  For solo rogues, though, feinting is often the only way to get sneak attack at all.For the OP, don't rush into combat, first thing, just to get one sneak attack, unless you're pretty sure you'll put the target down.  The worst thing that can happen to a rogue is getting a single sneak attack off and then being exposed to a retaliatory full attack from a combat monster.  (That's probably leading cause of death for rogues.)  Carry some missile weapons for those first-strike opportunities, and wait to engage until the bad guy is deep in it with your team's own melee god.  (Or just go after the wizard.  No BAB and no Sense Motive!)BTW, grease doesn't make people auto-sneak attackable.As always, you can argue that Customer Service is wrong -- God knows I won't defend them, generally speaking -- but, seriously, should a 1st-level spell be that powerful?</blockquote>