Rakish Sneak Attack (Melee)

For the ranged version of this action see: Rakish Sneak Attack (Ranged)

Rakish Sneak Attack (Melee) is a Swashbuckler rogue weapon action which replaces normal Sneak Attack. 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 you have an ally within that range.

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

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage

Normal weapon damage

+

1d6 (1~6) Weapon

Details

Attack roll

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

Recharge: Per turn

At higher levels

For every 2 Rogue Levels above 1, your Sneak Attack deals an additional 1d6WeaponDRS damage, up to 6d6 at Level 11:

• 2d6WeaponDRS at Rogue Level 3
• 3d6WeaponDRS at Rogue Level 5
• 4d6WeaponDRS at Rogue Level 7
• 5d6WeaponDRS at Rogue Level 9
• 6d6WeaponDRS at Rogue Level 11

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Swashbuckler

Notes

(see notes from the normal version of  Sneak Attack (Melee))

Bugs

• The tooltip states 2 m / 7 ft, but the actual distance is 1.5 m / 5 ft.
• This is usable against an enemy combatant regardless of how many additional enemies are near it as long as those additional enemies are not within 1.5 m / 5 ft of the attacker.
  • If an ally of the attacker is within 1.5 m / 5 ft of the attacker, but is not within 1.5 m / 5 ft of the target, this attack will not be usable.