Rakish Sneak Attack (Critical Hit)

This article is about the reaction to trigger Rakish Sneak Attack on a critical hit. For the non-critical hit version, see Rakish Sneak Attack (reaction).

Rakish Sneak Attack (Critical Hit) is a Swashbuckler rogue reaction. This ability allows the rogue to exploit an enemy's distraction and deal extra damage to their vulnerable spots with melee weapons. The weapon must have the finesse property, but can still utilise Strength if it is higher than Dexterity.

Description

Deal extra damage to a foe you have  Advantage against. You can also use this attack without Advantage if there are no other combatants within 2 m (7 ft) of the target, or if there are no other combatants within 5 m (17 ft) and you have an ally within that range.

You can't use this attack if you have  Disadvantage.

Properties

Damage: 2~12

2d6⁠Weapon

 Recharge: Per turn

At higher levels

For every 2 rogue levels above 1, your Sneak Attack deals an additional 1d6⁠⁠Weapon damage, up to 6d6 at level 11:

• 4d6⁠⁠Weapon at level 3
• 6d6⁠⁠Weapon at level 5
• 8d6⁠⁠Weapon at level 7
• 10d6⁠⁠Weapon at level 9
• 12d6⁠⁠Weapon at level 11

Technical details

UID

Interrupt_SneakAttack_Rakish_Critical

Interrupt Contexts

OnCastHit

Enable Contexts

OnActionResourcesChanged, OnEquip

 Stack

SneakAttack

Notes

• See Rakish Sneak Attack (Melee) for additional information.
• In-game, the damage numbers do not reflect the doubled damage dice from a critical hit. They are reflected here.