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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5793724" data-attributes="member: 52734">I wouldn't call that &quot;take the fighter on directly&quot;, myself.&nbsp; That's dirty fighting, not &quot;honorable combat&quot;. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I don't know about 4E, but 1E-3E certainly allows you fight dirty and do more than massive damage via knife attack, and you usually don't need special rules to do it* (though you might need some equipment at times, such as blinding powder).&nbsp; It does, however, depend on the DM being open to more than the school of &quot;I swing my sword&quot; combat methodology.* You can do some of these tricks as follows:1E -&nbsp; special equipment, magic items or DM fiat2E -&nbsp; called shots, special equipment (especially Complete Thief &amp; Aurora's Whole Realm guide), magic items or DM fiat3E -&nbsp; feats (Complete Adventurer, Complete Scoundrel), special equipment (Arms &amp; Equipment), magic items of DM fiat4E -&nbsp; powers?I don't think it'd be bad policy, but you do have to be careful on how it is allowed so it doesn't become SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) to handle every enemy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 5793724, member: 52734"] I wouldn't call that "take the fighter on directly", myself. That's dirty fighting, not "honorable combat". :) I don't know about 4E, but 1E-3E certainly allows you fight dirty and do more than massive damage via knife attack, and you usually don't need special rules to do it* (though you might need some equipment at times, such as blinding powder). It does, however, depend on the DM being open to more than the school of "I swing my sword" combat methodology. * You can do some of these tricks as follows: 1E - special equipment, magic items or DM fiat 2E - called shots, special equipment (especially Complete Thief & Aurora's Whole Realm guide), magic items or DM fiat 3E - feats (Complete Adventurer, Complete Scoundrel), special equipment (Arms & Equipment), magic items of DM fiat 4E - powers? I don't think it'd be bad policy, but you do have to be careful on how it is allowed so it doesn't become SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) to handle [I]every[/I] enemy. [/QUOTE]

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