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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 6633403" data-attributes="member: 5100">I'm not sure there's a rule at that level of explicitness. I'll you my opinion, though.The off-hand attack is a bonus action dependent on what you do for your standard action. You must fully resolve the standard action before you can even start the bonus action.Even if it was part of the same action (per fighter), each attack is resolved in serial, fully and completely, before the next is begun. I would never allow a high-level Fighter to roll three attacks and damage at once and then decide which to assign to which of multiple opponents (the third attack was minimum damage, so I'll apply it to the kobold, but the other two go against the dragon).The way it functionally works, at my table:Rogue: I want to sneak attack the ogre.DM: Okay. Roll to hit.The rules don't require the declaration before the attack, so I'd let a rogue with a threatening ally save it for the first successful attack of the round. The absolute latest I'd let the rogue decide, though, is right before rolling damage -- sneak attack is part of the damage roll. If the rogue is gaining advantage through stealth, though, no way. The first attack ends stealth in all but corner cases, so you would no longer be eligible for sneak attack, anyway, even if you missed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 6633403, member: 5100"] I'm not sure there's a rule at that level of explicitness. I'll you my opinion, though. The off-hand attack is a bonus action dependent on what you do for your standard action. You must fully resolve the standard action before you can even start the bonus action. Even if it was part of the same action (per fighter), each attack is resolved in serial, fully and completely, before the next is begun. I would never allow a high-level Fighter to roll three attacks and damage at once and then decide which to assign to which of multiple opponents (the third attack was minimum damage, so I'll apply it to the kobold, but the other two go against the dragon). The way it functionally works, at my table: Rogue: I want to sneak attack the ogre. DM: Okay. Roll to hit. The rules don't require the declaration before the attack, so I'd let a rogue with a threatening ally save it for the first successful attack of the round. The absolute latest I'd let the rogue decide, though, is right before rolling damage -- sneak attack is part of the damage roll. If the rogue is gaining advantage through stealth, though, no way. The first attack ends stealth in all but corner cases, so you would no longer be eligible for sneak attack, anyway, even if you missed. [/QUOTE]

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