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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8089474" data-attributes="member: 6802951">That &quot;sneaky, acrobatic, and underhanded base assumption&quot; is your assumption. Rogues don't have to use Dexterity to attack, or even have proficiency in Stealth, acrobatics or sleight of hand. There's a whole lot of baggage from stereotypes and previous editions that simply aren't required for the 5e rogue. The only fairly important thing that rogues need Dex for is AC, but that is true of most classes.&nbsp;It was bringing Sherlock's wealth of knowledge about anatomy, psychology and fighting techniques into the combat.&nbsp;Do you want the character to just be really good at skills, or do you want them to be able to do things with skills that no other class can?Do you want to be able to analyse a foe and determine its general capabilities with an Int check of the appropriate type, or do you want to actually be using your Int score for attack and damage rolls?&nbsp;That is basically a Wizard. Or maybe Bard. Invoking the true names of things or people is a classical concept of spells.&nbsp;In Eberron for example, fantasy science is magic. Or perhaps more accurately, magic is fantasy science.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 8089474, member: 6802951"] That "sneaky, acrobatic, and underhanded base assumption" is [I][B]your [/B][/I]assumption. Rogues don't have to use Dexterity to attack, or even have proficiency in Stealth, acrobatics or sleight of hand. There's a whole lot of baggage from stereotypes and previous editions that simply aren't required for the 5e rogue. The only fairly important thing that rogues need Dex for is AC, but that is true of most classes. It was bringing Sherlock's wealth of knowledge about anatomy, psychology and fighting techniques into the combat. Do you want the character to just be really good at skills, or do you want them to be able to do things with skills that no other class can? Do you want to be able to analyse a foe and determine its general capabilities with an Int check of the appropriate type, or do you want to actually be using your Int score for attack and damage rolls? That is basically a Wizard. Or maybe Bard. Invoking the true names of things or people is a classical concept of spells. In Eberron for example, fantasy science [I]is [/I]magic. Or perhaps more accurately, magic is fantasy science. [/QUOTE]

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