Pummeling Style = Functioning Rogue?


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Okay not really. That spot is taken by ninja/slayer/investigator. But...

After going from a pummeling style thread to a stealth thread, I had this revelation, if it works. So help me make it work forums!

Pummeling style + Pummeling charge + sneak attack.

Perhaps not ideal, as to qualify without a dip anywhere the rogue has to be at least level 16, so its not exactly early that it is even possible.

Asides from two-weapon builds that people already wonder about, how does pummeling style work with sneak attack? When sneak attacking from stealth, the first attack gets to add sneak attack dice. Pummeling style is a single attack, but does the damage of multiple. Would the multiple attack rolls part of the feat get sneak attack damage? Should they?

If that part is a yes, let us find the ways to maintain stealth on a charge in as many conditions as possible.


I don't know if they get it for every dice, but scout and skulking slayer are good options to sneak attack off of a charge.


You could get sneak attack from every attack just fine. Every single attack gets its damage, including bonus dice, and if you crit you just calculate as if all attacks were crit, without multiplying bonus damage or precision damage.

Have fun ninja'ing the boss with 1 unarmed hit :P


using it with scout archetype would work well. Probably worth a 2 lv dip in MOMS monk and/or unarmed fighter.

If you wanted to use weapons though, you could also do scout with Perfecdt style + the throwing house.. If valid for your games.


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Pummeling style is one attack, even if it has more than one roll involved in the attack. As such, sneak attack damage is applied only once to the entire attack, not to each roll.


You pool damage, this include any damage, including bonus damage dice from sneak attack, flaming weapon, precision damage...


I read "normal pool of damage" as in all the stuff you normally do on a attack. Which, if your a scout and charged in (or flanking) is all the sneak attack as well.


Halfling rouge scoute , one level monk dip. i think that will work

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