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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 1802338" data-attributes="member: 23094">Let me go back to the original poster's question.We have a warrior who is standing next to a troll, hacking at it with his longsword.Standing directly across the troll from the warrior is a rogue, poking at it with his no-doubt-finessed rapier.The troll is, currently, flanked, and the rogue is scoring sneak attacks each round.In round 6, he pulls his wand of acid splash from his belt with his &quot;off hand&quot;, points it at the troll, says a magic word and ....Sneak attack or no?I'd say it has to be, ignoring Squire James's reasoning, because the rogue - even though he isn't attacking with his rapier this round - still threatens with it.Moreover, he *must* still threaten with it because, otherwise, you get into all kinds of logical problems in other situations (a thrown dagger and quickdrawn sword, for instance).So, good on you, Hawk, for finding an interesting application of the rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 1802338, member: 23094"] Let me go back to the original poster's question. We have a warrior who is standing next to a troll, hacking at it with his longsword. Standing directly across the troll from the warrior is a rogue, poking at it with his no-doubt-finessed rapier. The troll is, currently, flanked, and the rogue is scoring sneak attacks each round. In round 6, he pulls his wand of acid splash from his belt with his "off hand", points it at the troll, says a magic word and .... Sneak attack or no? I'd say it has to be, ignoring Squire James's reasoning, because the rogue - even though he isn't attacking with his rapier this round - still threatens with it. Moreover, he *must* still threaten with it because, otherwise, you get into all kinds of logical problems in other situations (a thrown dagger and quickdrawn sword, for instance). So, good on you, Hawk, for finding an interesting application of the rules. [/QUOTE]

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