Sneak Attack, Insightful Strike, and expanding feats..

[Empath Negative]

The next incarnation of the rogue should read remarkably like the swashbuckler. I am specifically referring to Insightful Strike.

Further, the issue of applying this extra damage to creatures otherwise immune could come from"hunter" feats.

For example, a rogue with 5 ranks of knowledge: religion would be eligible for a feat Hunter: Undead.. Or even specific types of undead... (or even an additional undead type for every five ranks of religion) That would allow that rogue to deal bonus damage against it

 

[BobTheNob]

Sorry, must have missed the post/blog. Whats "Insightful Strike"

 

[Thalionalfirin]

Sorry, must have missed the post/blog. Whats "Insightful Strike"

If I recall correctly, Insightful Strike was a swashbuckler feature in the 3.5e Complete Warrior book. It gave a damage bonus equal to the character's INT bonus, up to the number of levels he had in swashbuckler.

 

[the Jester]

The next incarnation of the rogue should read remarkably like the swashbuckler. I am specifically referring to Insightful Strike.

Why?

And what if my vision of my rogue is of the stupid but cunning type?

Further, the issue of applying this extra damage to creatures otherwise immune could come from"hunter" feats.

No thanks, let's just not have massive numbers of creatures be immune to sneak attack instead.

 

[Empath Negative]

How does one deal critical damage to a chair?

 

[Janaxstrus]

How does one deal critical damage to a chair?

Much better chance of destroying a chair by taking out a leg, than there is hitting the sturdy seat portion

 

[Chris_Nightwing]

I can see that 99% of creatures have some weakness that would allow you to deal more damage, including chairs, but I think it would make a good unique feature for oozes/elementals, ie: homogeneous things.

 

[Grazzt]

How does one deal critical damage to a chair?

By rolling a 20 on the attack dice

 

[El Mahdi]

How does one deal critical damage to a chair?

By exceeding it's weight bearing capacity.



Come on People, this isn't Rocket Science! Sheeesh...

 

[GMforPowergamers]

When in 3e I ran a game that allowed sneak attack only with fluff discriptions the rouge got very creative very fast.