I thought I remembered seeing an item like this. Anyone able to tell me where it is if it does indeed exist?
Magic Item Compendium.
Yep. Rogue's Vest, Magic Item Compendium, page 130, lower left hand side of the page. It also adds a +2 Competence Bonus to "Hide & Move Silently" (Stealth), and a +2 competence bonus on Reflex saves. It adds an extra 1d6 damage to Sneak Attack, Skirmish or Sudden Strike.
A quick search of the SRD didn't come up with a +X sneak attack weapon, but there's always Corrosive, Flaming, Frost & Shock.
If it's a home game you could talk to your GM, adding +1d6 sneak attack damage seems slightly less powerful than any of those, so making it a +1 enhancement isn't going to break the game.
actually slightly more powerful, as it'll contribute to a higher damage number, making it superior against DR and not as weak against outsiders who tend to have resist 5 to many elements.
still not going to break the game if its only on sneak attack, but its still more powerful than an elemental dice
Yeah but there's also enemies that are immune to elemental dice, and sneak attack has it's own restrictions for when it works, as opposed to the elemental enhancements which are always on.
Honestly, on a well made rogue/whatever, you're probably getting your sneak attack dice 90%+ of the time anyway ... so you're right, it's a bit more powerful, but It's so close I'd just ignore the difference.
I guess since we're advocating "Talk to your GM" here anyway, it's kinda up to them. My 2 cents is it'd be a +1 enhancement
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This feat might be helpful:
Accomplished Sneak Attacker
Helps with multiclass Rogues and any other class with sneak attack.
remember its in the rules (I dont remember where exactly) but your sneak attack can never go past half your lvl, so if your a rogue unless you DM home rules it the number of sneak attack dice you role cant be increased by items or feats
for example johnny no good is a 3rd lvl rogue therefore he has 2d6 for his sneak attack because of that rule if he got an additional 1d6 to his sneak attack, regardless where it came from his sneak attack would still be 2d6 not 3d6
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Although its not an item, the Sense Vitals spell from Dirty Tactics Toolbox might be a tool you could use.
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remember its in the rules (I dont remember where exactly) but your sneak attack can never go past half your lvl, so if your a rogue unless you DM home rules it the number of sneak attack dice you role cant be increased by items or feats
for example johnny no good is a 3rd lvl rogue therefore he has 2d6 for his sneak attack because of that rule if he got an additional 1d6 to his sneak attack, regardless where it came from his sneak attack would still be 2d6 not 3d6
Incorrect. You can get your sneak attack as high as you like, UNLESS you take the Accomplished Sneak Attacker feat. THEN you're capped at half your level. It's quite the trap feat.
There are seven classes that give sneak attack at level 1. You can stack them and have 7d6 sneak attack at level 7, but you'd only have a bab of 1 unless using unchained rules. (You probably can't get it by 7 actually, as 3 are prestige classes with pre-reqs)
Accomplished Sneak Attacker has a cap on it, but regular sneak has no such language.
In the same 3.5 release being discussed there was the Deadly Precision ability which added another d6 of sneak attack.
In pathfinder, you're stuck with a Training Weapon with Accomplished Sneak Attacker attached.
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Accomplished Sneak Attacker has a cap on it, but regular sneak has no such language.
Though you can play with your levels combined with the feat to jack up your SA. Technically at level 5 you could have 4d8 SA if you really wanted to.
First 3 levels of Slayer, taking Accomplished Sneak Attack at 3, then 1 level of Snakebite Striker & 1 level of Unchained Rogue with the Knife Master archetype.
Not an amazing build besides the SA, so I'd probably never play it, but it's fun to think about.
Maybe 3 levels of Snakebite Striker on a Feint build (also grabbing Flurry) and take Accomplished Sneak Attacker, and then straight Unchained Rogue, but that'd only but you 1/2 a die higher SA than straight rogue.
Getting into a "talk to your GM" territory, but an item that does for sneak attack what a Monk's robe does for Unarmed Strike and armor bonus or what the sash of the war champion does for a fighter's armor training and bravery seems to be a perfectly reasonable item.