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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 187548" data-attributes="member: 1194">I just wanted to quote this in entirety, because it is one of the best reasoned and spot-on posts I've read in a sneak attack discussion.Bravo!It seems to me that almost everyone who talks about how a rogue isn't overpowered in their combat abilities in 3E completely ignores their utter dominance OUT of combat.Almost as if skills were purely a "roleplaying consideration", not to enter into a combat comparison.The insane # of skills a rogue gets over other classes is a game mechanic, not a roleplaying consideration.I'd wager that in MOST people's campaigns, there are MORE skill checks, and more often, than melee combat rolls.In a campaign that vaguely resembles that, the rogue's sneak attack unbalances the class with respect to fighter-type classes.</blockquote>