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Sneak Attack of Opportunity
« on: July 13, 2012, 08:35:08 AM »
Is there any reason this is an Epic feat, other than that it was published as one?  Is it broken to hand out to non-epic characters?
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Re: Sneak Attack of Opportunity
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2012, 09:27:27 AM »
As with most non-caster epic feats, no to both.
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Re: Sneak Attack of Opportunity
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2012, 12:15:03 PM »
I'd probably still have high prereq's for it, though.  A Daring Outlaw with a spiked chain and combat reflexes, polymorphed into something with reach could get a whole lot of sneak attacks.  When I played a low-level combat reflexes focused character (~3rd level) I got 5 attacks in one round, and nearly killed most of the guys the DM was sending after us.

As I'm getting well into the mid-levels of running my 10th level Gestalt game, I'm finding a lot of the monsters don't hold up, really at all.  Most CR 10-12 creatures have AC's of 20-23.  My party Barbarian hits at +20/+20/+15 while hasted and raging.  My Tiger-Wildshaped-Druid//Sorcerer hits at +15/+15/+15/+15/+10 when pouncing, assuming he doesn't dump a 4th level spell for +4 to hit and +4d4 to damage with each attack.

Yes, I know I'm dealing with a gestalt party, but the bonus damage all the time makes a whole lot of monsters unfeasible.  Last night I was just looking at the CR 10 Spell Weaver.  AC 18, with 36 hp's, and it casts as a 12th level sorcerer.  I don't care that it can cast two or more spells simultaneously (6 total levels at a time).  With the exception of Mirror Image and displacement "stacking," my PC's would tear this apart in 2 rounds, tops.

Round 1: Wizard does area dispel (possibly removing some images, which each take a caster level check), Sorcerer tags any remaining mirror images with magic missile, Beguiler lays a targeted dispel on the spell weaver.
Round 2: All out attack on the spell weaver, including a pounce by the Druid, hitting it an average of ~4 times for 1d8+6 (or 3)+3d4 damage each time (66 average damage).

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Re: Sneak Attack of Opportunity
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2012, 12:23:20 PM »
Dragon#340. Non-epic version.
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Re: Sneak Attack of Opportunity
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2012, 12:38:57 PM »
Dragon#340. Non-epic version.

Hey, thanks!  Some of those are pretty nice feats.
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Re: Sneak Attack of Opportunity
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2012, 03:05:00 PM »
That Dragon Sneak Attack of Opportunity really should require more.

Sneak attack + Thicket of blades + Spiked Chain + Craven . . . so many sneak attack die and built in extra damage.


I'm not even sure if I want to ask my DM about taking this feat (he's pretty damn liberal and will allow any source or even homebrew if it's balanced.

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Re: Sneak Attack of Opportunity
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2012, 09:22:09 PM »
It can be nasty... but it's still limited to once per round...
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