aco175
Legend
The backstab power is powerful and cool, but it is the only thing rogues have basically. Fighters get more than one attack, unless you have 2-weapon fighting, but then fighters can have 3 attacks. I tend to find in may party and games that the thief hits less than the fighter but does more damage when he can backstab. We play with flanking rules, so that is most of the time, but the fighter hits more times.
The doubling of the dice is only on a critical, which is a lot less than the fighter if they take the path with crits on 19-20. At 5th level they both seem about fair and settle into their own niche.
The doubling of the dice is only on a critical, which is a lot less than the fighter if they take the path with crits on 19-20. At 5th level they both seem about fair and settle into their own niche.