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RinVindor Hunter-Nin
Joined: 16 Feb 2016 Posts: 206 Location: Florida
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Dairius_Chi Situationally Useful
Joined: 02 Jun 2010 Posts: 2633
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:55 am Post subject: |
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The rule Frankto doled out some time back (unsure exactly where) is that the attack has to originate from you to apply Sneak Attack dice, or precision damage in general. An example he gave was that Ishi Shuriken no Jutsu would NOT benefit since you are ninja-ing/telekinesis-ing the rocks from nearby at the target.
So Kage Nui, which originates from the shadow(s) used as a source rather than you personally throwing needles formed from shadow, would not benefit following those guidelines.
Another thing to take into account is even in core d20, attacks such as Scorching Ray which make multiple attacks as part of a single action, only apply Sneak Attack to one ray/missile/attack, so any such jutsu that let you make X attacks at your highest attack bonus would also only benefit from Sneak Attack the first. I suppose you could call out you want the 2nd or Xth attack to benefit, rather than the first, but it would have to be declared before making the attack rolls, or assumed to be the first, and thus wasted on a miss. |
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Athildur Sexually progressive Valkyrie
Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 3197 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:04 am Post subject: |
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The reasoning is because with attacks originating from you (thrown weapons, ray attacks, etc) you are the one doing the (precision) aiming.
With kage nui, you're trying to aim the needles from a distance, which would not allow you the level of precision required for sneak attack damage.
That is purely a GM-type 'flavor' decision though, as technically the rules don't really care about where the attack roll comes form. _________________ Oy, this is going to be troublesome *sigh* |
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AzothCrow Genin
Joined: 15 Apr 2014 Posts: 43
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 11:16 am Post subject: |
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A decent rule of thumb is; if you make an attack roll as a part of the jutsu, yes. If not, no. |
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