Touch attacks with Sneak damage?

[Messiah]

Can an attacker score sneak attack damage with a touch attack?

For example, can a rogue/wizard make a successful shocking grasp attack on a creature he flanks and gain the benefit of any sneak attack damage he is allowed?

 

[Unseelie]

Yes

 

[AGGEMAM]

Yes, and may also crit. Check the TnB, page 79, for a full description.

 

[kreynolds]

What Unseelie and AGGEMAM said.

Welcome to the boards, Messiah.

 

[AGGEMAM]

Oh yeah, welcome to the board. Enjoy.

 

[AuraSeer]

It works with ranged touch attacks, too. This leads to silliness like high-level rogues taking one level of sorcerer, and doing 1d3+10d6 damage with Ray of Frost.

[typo]

 

[IceBear]

It works with ranged touch attacks, too. This leads to silliness like high-level rogues taking one level of sorcerer, and doing 1d3+10d6 damage with Ray of Frost.

[typo]

The same high level rogue could probably shoot a couple of arrows instead doing 1d8+10d6 points of damage EACH too. Granted, the touch attack is easier to make, but probably not so much that it's unbalanced. I don't see the big deal. You either have rogues doing a lot of damage with sneak attacks or not.

IceBear

 

[Hypersmurf]

It works with ranged touch attacks, too. This leads to silliness like high-level rogues taking one level of sorcerer, and doing 1d3+10d6 damage with Ray of Frost*.

* doubled against creatures with the Fire subtype

Silliness, of course, is in the eye of the beholder.

-Hyp.

 

[IceBear]

Yeah, that's the only part that I don't like. It makes sense (I guess), but that does unbalance it.

IceBear

 

[IceBear]

Sorry, double post