Oxbox says:
Constablebrew says:
Oxbox says:
I will wait for them to come close with my javelin at the ready. Would I get sneak Attack with the javelin?Ox, you could use your karmabit daggers and attack someone adjacent to anyone else.
Someone had thrown around the word finess for the javelin. I just wanted to know my options. And Bryn doesn't need someone adjacent... He likes it much better when they are alone...
Sneak Attackers, I'm aware of the rule that says you can apply the Sneak Attack to any opponent who has someone adjacent to him. That makes sense in a lot of cases, but in this case the layout of the battlefield (battlepool?) and the circumstance seem to stretch that rule at least close to absurdity.
It seems that the idea of Sneak Attack with the adjacent opponent assumes or paints the picture of the Rogue moving around and twisting/weaving with some freedom of movement to capitalize on positional shifts of the target as the target fights the other opponent (most often the Rogue's ally).
In this case, you guys are trying to hold a position to cut off more avenues of approach (and thereby more attackers) for each man. AND each of you, including Rogue Bryn, are getting swarmed by multiple attackers even in that stance. It is just not convincing to me that a guy could stave off 2-3 dudes swarming him directly from multiple angles, and he shifts over somehow through the mix to a different guy and gets a boosted Attack on that separate opponent. I just think the bad guys have so many numbers and will flood the space so fully that all you can do is try to hit the guys that are attacking you.
BUT ...that being said, I don't want to blast through written rules and screw characters out of published capabilities that they are counting on, especially not in threatening life-or-death situations. I'm thinking this situation is one that qualifies.
So thinking of how a Sneak Attack might work, I could envision Bryn moving around and dodging his own Attackers (just regular AC, not the Dodge Action) and then he is paying close attention to his own opponents who are pressed up closest to his buddy next door (and other people's opponents too) all the while, looking for some bad guy who is just a little more exposed. Though when he is covered up, he may not be able to physically shift and melee exploit every special opening with a melee stab stab, he could theoretically get off a opportunistic javelin shot. That would be a ranged attack, DEX based, and the Tcho-Tcho band launcher does not suffer Disadvantage at the "point blank" 5' range. So I think it may allow for this special application.
So, Ox. For TR1, with the Ready Action first to get the positioning right, I would say that Bryn could fire the first Javelin in a way that exploits some Deep One's shifting through the tight squeeze of the group's defensive formation, and thereby get the Sneak Attack boost on the Javelin as a Ranged Attack.
We'll play it by ear in future rounds. Maybe there will be options to keep reloading (Bonus Action) and firing Sneak Attack javelins. And I could see more feasibility of spacing options that allow classic backstabbing knife Sneak Attacks later if you guys can thin this Deep One mega-swarm out and give Bryn some area and space to be shifty within.
So when possible, let me know what you think and send Bryn's final version of TR1 Action. I'm going to move on to BR1 opponent counter attack later today.
