Sneak attack w/ Blinding Barrage?

[Phoenix8008]

Can a rogue apply sneak attack damage to all the enemies in the Blast 3 from the Blinding Barrage 1st level daily power? Perhaps by being first in initiative order and attacking a group with a barrage of shuriken?

Thanks for the help.

 

[Danceofmasks]

You can only apply sneak attack damage once per round.

 

[Caliban]

Can a rogue apply sneak attack damage to all the enemies in the Blast 3 from the Blinding Barrage 1st level daily power? Perhaps by being first in initiative order and attacking a group with a barrage of shuriken?

Thanks for the help.

No matter what, you can only apply sneak attack damage once per round, no matter how many targets you hit.

 

[Phoenix8008]

You can only apply sneak attack damage once per round.

By which you mean only to one target each round? Okay, because even though it is a single power, you still make multiple attack rolls for all the targets? I thought that would probably be the answer, but as I haven't played a Rogue yet, I wasn't positive.

 

[Phoenix8008]

No matter what, you can only apply sneak attack damage once per round, no matter how many targets you hit.

Thanks to you as well. I was just making sure as I'm trying to decide which daily power to take for level 1. Can't make up my mind between Blinding Barrage which hits multiple targets with 2W damage or Easy Target which hits a single target but allows further combat advantage and therefore sneak attack damage.
Any suggestions or pointers?

 

[Danceofmasks]

I prefer blinding barrage.
If it hits, blinding also grants combat advantage ... and total concealment to anyone they try to attack.

Getting combat advantage if there's only a couple of tough foes left isn't difficult .. just flank 'em.

 

[FireLance]

Assuming you have combat advantage against all the opponents, blinding barrage also allows multiple opportunities to crit and deal maximum sneak attack damage against one unfortunate target.

 

[Vysirez]

I think blinding barrage is the best level 1 daily. It hits multiple targets, it grants combat advantage next round for any that you hit cause they are blind, and since they are blind they are less likely to hit your party. None of the other dailys at level 1 can beat that.

 

[MarkB]

Plus it's a decent minion-clearer, which can sometimes be important even in a Daily, plus as a blast it ignores the attack penalties for concealment (but not total concealment, since you can only attack what you can see).

 

[Gruns]

Check the errata, too.

Now's probably a good time to point out the errata on Sneak Attack:

Sneak Attack [Revision]
Player’s Handbook, page 117
Replace the first sentence with the following: “Once per round, when you have combat advantage against an enemy and hit that enemy with an attack that uses a crossbow, a light blade, or a sling, the attack deals extra damage. If you have dealt Sneak Attack damage since the start of your turn, you cannot deal it again until the start of your next turn.”

The key part being the last sentence that I emphasized in bold.

Later!
Gruns