Sneak Attack and Charging questions!

[Benn Roe]

If a creature is essentially blinded due to being in an area of darkness without darkvision, are they vulnerable to sneak attacks?

Can you sneak attack on a charge?

Say, I'm riding a creature with fly speed 60 feet, may I charge a creature on the ground? Does it work as normal, ie. I move 120 feet (while descending) and make a single attack?

I get +2 to attack when charging, but do I also get an additional +1 for higher ground when charging with a mount?

My mount doesn't also get an attack on a charge if it has natural attacks, right?

Thanks!

[A Man In Black]

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If a creature is essentially blinded due to being in an area of darkness without darkvision, are they vulnerable to sneak attacks?

Yes. Per the Environmental Rules, a creature who cannot see due to darkness is blind, and per the Condition summary a blind character loses its dex bonus to AC.

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Can you sneak attack on a charge?

Yes, as there is no rule saying that you cannot.

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Say, I'm riding a creature with fly speed 60 feet, may I charge a creature on the ground? Does it work as normal, ie. I move 120 feet (while descending) and make a single attack?

Yeah, same deal.

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My mount doesn't also get an attack on a charge if it has natural attacks, right?

It still gets to attack. The quick summary of mounted combat is that movement counts for you both, but your standard action is your own. Charges are a little weird, because you're both charging, but you are both considered charging and both do get a single attack (barring pounce or whatnot).

[James Risner]

A Man In Black wrote:

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Can you sneak attack on a charge?

Yes, as there is no rule saying that you cannot.

He could misunderstand.

You can only get Sneak Attack on Charge if your target is a valid Sneak Attack target (denied Dex or flanked when you finish your charging movement.)

[Benn Roe]

Right. Yeah, I know that. I wasn't expecting to get sneak attack damage just for charging. I was just wondering whether or not sneak attack damage was possible on a charge. (:

I've put together a dark stalker hexblade 2/blackguard 6 riding a wyvern fiendish servant for a pit battle I'm playing in tonight. And I just wanted to make sure I can spend my preparation round shrouding myself in deeper darkness and flying 30 feet up, then on the next round charge at my enemy, dealing 3d6+21 from my lance (with the help of feats) + 4d6 sneak attack damage + 2d6 channel negative energy (channeled via a feat) + poison + an attack from the wyvern. And then if that doesn't kill them, dismount so the wyvern and I can start making full attacks.

[JoelF847]

Benn Roe wrote:

If a creature is essentially blinded due to being in an area of darkness without darkvision, are they vulnerable to sneak attacks?

Yes, but only if you can see in the darkness - since you can't sneak attack a creature that has concealment.

[neceros]

Now, do you mean darkness the spell or darkness in general?

[Hayato Ken]

To deal sneak attack in dim light you need low-light vision.
In darkness you need darkvision. This is true for the darkness spell too, but consider it is fixed to a point. In deeper darkness you can´t see unless youre a devil or something.

There is a feat though which lets you ignore concealment for sneak attack though, quite handy.
You could take the scout archetype too, which lets you deal sneak attack once a round on a charge specifically.

[Gilfalas]

Benn Roe wrote:

And then if that doesn't kill them, dismount so the wyvern and I can start making full attacks.

Should'nt be any need to dismount. It is a relatively simple ride check to have your mount attack with you.

If the darkness allows you to sneak attack it still will after the first round unless they counter it somewhow.

[Frankthedm]

You can deal sneak attack on a charge, but charge makes you go "to the closest space from which you can attack the opponent." not to the most advantageous space from which you can attack the opponent. You don't ever pick the square you charge to. In the event there was more than one space you could possibly charge to, the rules RANDOMIZE which square you have to charge to.

"Closest Creature: When it's important to determine the closest square or creature to a location, if two squares or creatures are equally close, randomly determine which one counts as closest by rolling a die."