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Originally Posted by Tarathiel
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awesome thread i love dnd, too bad i always had to be a DM and never got to be a player, in any case ive always allowed rogues to use sneak attack bonus's whenever they applied not just on the first attack, i play 3.0 with a few 3.5 rules thrown in there and this is how ive always interpreted the rule
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Ya the keyword is flat-footed. Anytime an opponent is flat footed sneak attack applies. First round attack by winning initiative and flanking are the two easiest ways. There are also spells that can help as well. If you have a smart wizard buddy that can cast grease on your opponents that also helps. Even a smart rogue can carry a bag of marbles and use them on an opponent and since most creatures have a horrible balance skill check they will be flat footed.
My Rogue died a few months back to a Wight. I tried a different class that my DM absolutely hated so he allowed me to bring my character back in. I got raised from the dead by an evil god and now have a custom half-undead template. He also let me switch classes and now I'm playing a swordsage which is one of the more powerful melee classes. I actually have to hold back a lot so I don't trivialize some of the encounters. The other players don't read much so don't optimize while I scoured the books for months picking up every little trick I could find hehe.