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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6176530" data-attributes="member: 1465">I don't remember exactly how it went across playtest packages exactly, but the Rogue's Sneak Attack has been just an option at some point. At different times, the designers had stated that they wanted Sneak Attack to be just an option, for example tied to some Rogue Schemes, but not a feature of all Rogues. IIRC there was a general consensus towards this idea. Currently however, it is indeed a feature of all Rogues.Today I noticed that Mike Mearls tweeted (in response to Jeffrey Cox asking about a feature to swap Sneak Attack for something else, in a way similar to swapping Wizardry): &quot;not sure if that would be in the PH - people really didn't like having to choose between SA and something else.&quot;This is quite surprising for me... I don't mind if Sneak Attack is a fixed feature, but I really thought there were many more people wanting it optional than people wanting it mandatory!So what's your take on this? Would you prefer (A) all Rogues to have the same Sneak Attack in common, or (B) only some specific Rogue subclasses, or do you actually like Jeffrey's proposal of (C) having it totally optional i.e. not tied to subclasses?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6176530, member: 1465"] I don't remember exactly how it went across playtest packages exactly, but the Rogue's [B]Sneak Attack[/B] has been just an option at some point. At different times, the designers had stated that they wanted Sneak Attack to be just an option, for example tied to some Rogue Schemes, but not a feature of all Rogues. IIRC there was a general consensus towards this idea. Currently however, it is indeed a feature of all Rogues. Today I noticed that Mike Mearls tweeted (in response to Jeffrey Cox asking about a feature to swap Sneak Attack for something else, in a way similar to swapping Wizardry): "not sure if that would be in the PH - people really didn't like having to choose between SA and something else." This is quite surprising for me... I don't mind if Sneak Attack is a fixed feature, but I really thought there were many more people wanting it optional than people wanting it mandatory! So what's your take on this? Would you prefer (A) all Rogues to have the same Sneak Attack in common, or (B) only some specific Rogue subclasses, or do you actually like Jeffrey's proposal of (C) having it totally optional i.e. not tied to subclasses? [/QUOTE]

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