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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 288517" data-attributes="member: 259">First, Eccles, I'll share my cardinal rule for reading these forums:Ignore the tweakers.Anyone who responds in an aggressive, ad hominem manner is really not worth your time.Second, count me in with the others who say this tactic isn't overpowered.&nbsp; I had a PC use it IMC on occasion, and it didn't mess things up at all.&nbsp; Honestly, it's not particularly easy to get ranged sneak attacks at low levels; at high levels, you can use flasks of acid or alchemist's fire to do ranged touch sneak attacks, and you can get iterative attacks with them (with the right feats).The one point you made that gives me pause is that it's bizarre to get a sneak attack when you hit someone's shield.&nbsp; However, I think it's a little weird that a ray of frost that hits the corner of my large wooden shield would do as much damage to me as one that hit my torso.&nbsp; I guess we have to chalk it up to magic.If you don't just chalk it up to magic -- if you house rule the sneak attack part -- you may want to house rule other ranged touch attacks so that they take shields into account.&nbsp; How, after all, do I take full damage from a Melf's Acid Arrow that strikes my shield?Good luck with your game!Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 288517, member: 259"] First, [b]Eccles[/b], I'll share my cardinal rule for reading these forums: [i]Ignore the tweakers[/i]. Anyone who responds in an aggressive, ad hominem manner is really not worth your time. Second, count me in with the others who say this tactic isn't overpowered. I had a PC use it IMC on occasion, and it didn't mess things up at all. Honestly, it's not particularly easy to get ranged sneak attacks at low levels; at high levels, you can use flasks of acid or alchemist's fire to do ranged touch sneak attacks, and you can get iterative attacks with them (with the right feats). The one point you made that gives me pause is that it's bizarre to get a sneak attack when you hit someone's shield. However, I think it's a little weird that a ray of frost that hits the corner of my large wooden shield would do as much damage to me as one that hit my torso. I guess we have to chalk it up to magic. If you don't just chalk it up to magic -- if you house rule the sneak attack part -- you may want to house rule other ranged touch attacks so that they take shields into account. How, after all, do I take full damage from a Melf's Acid Arrow that strikes my shield? Good luck with your game! Daniel [/QUOTE]

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