Rakish Sneak Attack (Ranged)

This article is about the ranged version of the attack. For the melee version, see Rakish Sneak Attack (Melee).

Rakish Sneak Attack (Ranged) is a Swashbuckler rogue weapon action. This ability allows the rogue to exploit an enemy's distraction and deal extra damage to their vulnerable spots with ranged weapons.

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: 2~12

Normal weapon damage

+ 2d6⁠Weapon

Details

 Ranged Weapon Attack Roll

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Recharge: Per turn

At higher levels

For every 2 Swashbuckler levels above 3, Rakish Sneak Attack deals an additional 1d6⁠⁠Weapon damage, up to 6d6 at level 11:

• 3d6⁠⁠Weapon at level 5
• 4d6⁠⁠Weapon at level 7
• 5d6⁠⁠Weapon at level 9
• 6d6⁠⁠Weapon at level 11

Technical details

UID

Projectile_SneakAttack_Rakish

Spell flags

CannotTargetItems, CannotTargetTerrain, HasHighGroundRangeExtension, IsHarmful, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Swashbuckler

Notes

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

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.
  • The TargetConditions for an attack with Advantage erroneously references a Melee Weapon Attack, and as such this attack will not be usable even with Advantage if the above conditions are not also met.
• Rakish Sneak Attack is able to apply twice on a single attack in real time outside of combat. This is done by directly using the Rakish action with sneak attack set to ask.