It's taken me a couple of weeks to cogitate on this, because convention-rush and con-crud and the hustle of getting back to a normal work schedule, among other things.
During a scenario at GenCon, a GM running a table said that rogues/Slayers/anyone with precision damage only got that for *one* attack for a given round.
This is where my confusion comes in:
The rogue's attack deals extra damage anytime her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the rogue flanks her target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and increases by 1d6 every two rogue levels thereafter. Should the rogue score a critical hit with a sneak attack, this extra damage is not multiplied. Ranged attacks can count as sneak attacks only if the target is within 30 feet.
The rogue's attack deals extra damage anytime her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the rogue flanks her target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and increases by 1d6 every two rogue levels thereafter. Should the rogue score a critical hit with a sneak attack, this extra damage is not multiplied. Ranged attacks can count as sneak attacks only if the target is within 30 feet.
In the given scenario the target was flanked and the rogue in question had attack iterations. Wouldn't the sneak attack damage apply to all of the attacks (but no criticals) or none of them?
A different case (but one that might have contributed to confusion on the issue) is that a rogue attacking from invisibility will usually only get sneak on the first attack (if invisibility was the only thing granting them sneak in the first place).
I got my first (and so far only , knock on wood) kill from a pair of two weapon fighting rogues full flank attacking a magus.
They're ALL sneak attacks.
This problem has been around for a long time....
Here's a thread from four years ago...
This is a possibility. I'm relatively new to PFS play, but the GM in question has been around a few years.
This is also not an attack, as my forum - name indicates, I'm just trying to find out what the rule is.
Thanks to everyone for the responses so far.
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This is a general rules question, not PFS specific.
That said, the GM was in error, for flanking, all attacks qualify for sneak attack. If you were not flanking, and instead were invisible, or under a stealth effect, you would break that effect after the first hit, and then subsequent attacks would not benefit from sneak attack.
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This FAQ explains that scorching ray and spells that have simultaneous attack rolls only get one instance of sneak attack.
By virtue of needing that FAQ, that means that it is normal to get sneak attack on every qualifying hit, and therefore every qualifying hit you had should have gotten sneak attack.
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By virtue of needing that FAQ, that means that it is normal to get sneak attack on every qualifying hit, and therefore every qualifying hit you had should have gotten sneak attack.
No. You can NOT assume that a FAQ was actually necessary to clear up an ambiguity or error. There are several examples where the rules really are clear but some insanely pedantic people try to rules lawyer themselves into an advantage.
Not disagreeing with you about sneak attack, mind.
