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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 5273555" data-attributes="member: 1956">This is the RAW. So it is clear that you can choose to apply sneak attack extra damage or not after rolling the initial damage of the attack.In my understanding, strictly by RAW, you know if the opponent is dead by your attack or not only after the damage is actually applied.Step1) Hit.Step2) You roll damage for that power.Step3) You decide if you will apply extra damage from SA or not.Step4) You either roll SA dice or not. Then calculate the final damage.Step5) Damage applied.Step6) The foe may die, or not.So basically, you cannot ask "Hey DM, is that enough to kill him?" before actually rolling SA extra damage dice and applying total damage to the target.But many DMs, and even some writers in WotC, encourage players to record the total amount of damage inflicted to each of the targets. And DM announces when a monster is bloodied. So often, you can know if your damage without SA is enough to kill the foe or not.Other DMs are more open and may just tell if your initial damage is enough to kill it or not. And actually, this too is not against RAW indeed, because each DM has his own right to reveal whatever information he wants to reveal.</blockquote>