Timeline for As a DM, how do I assassinate (or attempt to assassinate) one of my PCs within 5e RAW?
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| Dec 7, 2023 at 12:54 | comment | added | ShadowRanger | @StephanKolassa: The rules for critical hits very explicitly say that sneak attack dice are doubled, they actually use it as part of the example for how the attack's damage is doubled on a crit. | |
| Feb 16, 2022 at 8:41 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | Thanks, that makes sense... I'll need to dig into the rules to figure out whether sneak attack is doubled on crits, that makes rogue builds even worse killing machines... | |
| Feb 15, 2022 at 23:37 | comment | added | Ryan C. Thompson | @StephanKolassa AFAIK sneak attack is also doubled by the critical hit, giving the additional 4d6. (I don't believe the poison damage is doubled, bit if it is, I think the total becomes 40d6+6.) | |
| Feb 15, 2022 at 21:10 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | I don't quite see how you got the 26d6+6 damage from the assassin. Two shortsword attacks, both critical, give us twice 2d6+3, the poison damage adds two more 7d6, but sneak attack (another 4d6) happens only once per turn, yielding 22d6+6. Did you perhaps count the sneak attack twice? | |
| Feb 15, 2022 at 3:52 | comment | added | Ryan C. Thompson | @order That sounds like the makings of another good answer. Although actually keeping someone in a suffocating state for several rounds is not trivial. | |
| Feb 15, 2022 at 0:45 | comment | added | order | You may wish to discuss suffocation rules, which are quickest and deadliest. | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 19:26 | vote | accept | Fogcutter | ||
| Feb 14, 2022 at 19:19 | comment | added | Fogcutter | Thanks Ryan, your answer helped me consolidate my thoughts into what I wanted to accomplish. If I can customize an Assassin NPC I'm hoping that I can run an encounter that would get my PC to half or quarter health or even incapacitate. I think that would get the effect/drama I'm going for without outright killing the character. | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 18:44 | history | edited | Ryan C. Thompson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 14, 2022 at 18:37 | history | answered | Ryan C. Thompson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |