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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7509922" data-attributes="member: 20564">A bit of clarification - you mention only the triggers to get it, but &quot;always on&quot; also seems to imply it would apply to more than one attack per round.&nbsp; What is your intention there?Assuming it's still only a single attack a round, it's a decent buff to the rogue.&nbsp; Perhaps the simplest would just be to say &quot;once per turn you do this extra damage&quot;.&nbsp; That gives a bonus of no conditions, but removes a bonus of triggering during other people's turns - mechanically balanced and simplified as much as it can be.All of that said, I wouldn't do it.&nbsp; First, it changes the feel of the feature.&nbsp; It's not that you can take advantage of distraction/someone not looking at you to get the right shot, now it's just a numerical bonus.&nbsp; Second, it takes away interesting tactical choices.&nbsp; You can always use it.&nbsp; No shooting your second choice target because that's the one engaged.&nbsp; No sneaking in (for advantage) so that you can get a sneak attack even if your allies aren't close.&nbsp; Third, It takes away the teamwork part - where your allies are engaging certain foes so you can sneak attack them, or casting debuffs that grant advantage knowing you'll really shine.In other words, there's a reasonable give-&amp;-take simplification you can do to keep it reasonable mechanically balanced, but taking away the needed triggers makes the feature less interesting both for the player and the other players and more just a &quot;math add&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7509922, member: 20564"] A bit of clarification - you mention only the triggers to get it, but "always on" also seems to imply it would apply to more than one attack per round. What is your intention there? Assuming it's still only a single attack a round, it's a decent buff to the rogue. Perhaps the simplest would just be to say "once per turn you do this extra damage". That gives a bonus of no conditions, but removes a bonus of triggering during other people's turns - mechanically balanced and simplified as much as it can be. All of that said, I wouldn't do it. First, it changes the feel of the feature. It's not that you can take advantage of distraction/someone not looking at you to get the right shot, now it's just a numerical bonus. Second, it takes away interesting tactical choices. You can always use it. No shooting your second choice target because that's the one engaged. No sneaking in (for advantage) so that you can get a sneak attack even if your allies aren't close. Third, It takes away the teamwork part - where your allies are engaging certain foes so you can sneak attack them, or casting debuffs that grant advantage knowing you'll really shine. In other words, there's a reasonable give-&-take simplification you can do to keep it reasonable mechanically balanced, but taking away the needed triggers makes the feature less interesting both for the player and the other players and more just a "math add". [/QUOTE]

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