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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 112980" data-attributes="member: 413">I said that catching your target flat-footed is not a requirement for sneak attack.&nbsp; Denying him his dex bonus is(and catching him flat-footed is one way of doing that).&nbsp; You called flat-footed a &quot;required parameter for sneak attack&quot;(your words, not mine).&nbsp; Anyway...I'm not trying to tick you off or be rude or even single you out as the sole offender...lots of people use &quot;flat-footed&quot; as equal to &quot;denied dex bonus&quot;...they are not the same.&nbsp; They are two very specific and seperate conditions.I am trying to tell you(and others who read this) that if you are going to give rules advice, you need to be very precise in your terminology.&nbsp;&nbsp; You were giving examples of how to achieve a sneak attack but it was coming across(to me anyway) as the _requirements_ for sneak attack.&nbsp; My concern here is not whether or not I upset you, but to make sure newbies are set on the right track to understanding the rules.&nbsp;&nbsp; A better way of answering the question would would have been to say something like:&quot;Since the target would be denied his dex bonus for ALL the iterative attacks, sneak attack damage would apply to all of them(assuming the target has discernable anatomy, is living, is not concealed and is subject to critical hits).&quot;Your answer just seemed confusing to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 112980, member: 413"] I said that catching your target flat-footed is not a requirement for sneak attack. Denying him his dex bonus is(and catching him flat-footed is one way of doing that). You called flat-footed a "required parameter for sneak attack"(your words, not mine). Anyway...I'm not trying to tick you off or be rude or even single you out as the sole offender...lots of people use "flat-footed" as equal to "denied dex bonus"...they are not the same. They are two very specific and seperate conditions. I am trying to tell you(and others who read this) that if you are going to give rules advice, you need to be very precise in your terminology. You were giving examples of how to achieve a sneak attack but it was coming across(to me anyway) as the _requirements_ for sneak attack. My concern here is not whether or not I upset you, but to make sure newbies are set on the right track to understanding the rules. A better way of answering the question would would have been to say something like: "Since the target would be denied his dex bonus for ALL the iterative attacks, sneak attack damage would apply to all of them(assuming the target has discernable anatomy, is living, is not concealed and is subject to critical hits)." Your answer just seemed confusing to me. [/QUOTE]

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