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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 3451062" data-attributes="member: 545">For the record, whe 3.0 first came out I (and some of the DMs in my group) were certain that mulitple Sneak Attacks per round were way out of hand.  The Rogue could do more damage than a maxxed out Fighter!With more actual play experience we concluded that a big iterative Sneak Attack goodness was not easily accomplished without some substantial measure of risk.  Other than Blink and Greater Invisiblity, the only reliable means of achieving iterative SA is to Flank.  Getting that Flank require either good teamwork (in which the bounty is well-earned) or risk -- if you can Full Attack it, it can Full Attack you.At the levels of play that Blink and Greater Invisibility do not represent substantial investment on the part of the entire party are levels where many opponents could easily counter with fogs or Blur, if you care to.  Remember that a Potion of Blur costs a "whopping" 150 gp.  That they do not is usually because they spent a precious Action on an even nastier buff.Fabulous annihilations of an opponent by a Rogue who goes for big SAs are going to happen.  Good.Not long into my 3e experience at middle levels, I saw a buffed out 3.0 Core-only 8th level Fighter do 129 damage in a single round.  The idea that a buffed and cheesed out TWF Hasted Rogue might land 20d6+20 damage in a lucky round just stopped looking so scary anymore.</blockquote>