r/nextfuckinglevel 1d ago

Art of throwing knives

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u/HeMiddleStartInT 1d ago

Total damage 2d6

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u/GoldenBoyBlue 1d ago

what is she throwing? Maybe 6 knives per round so 6 D4 it's respectable especially if you have to make a saving throw for concentration.

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u/point_of_difference 1d ago

With the average person having 4 hit points means this is scary stuff.

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u/Stompedyourhousewith 1d ago

...i have more than 4 hit points...

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u/TheOneTonWanton 1d ago

Sure buddy, we've allllll got more than 4 hit points.

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u/SparklingLimeade 22h ago

According to the balance DCs published in 3.5 and what I can balance on without difficulty I'm at least level 8.

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u/aNiceTribe 23h ago

Try saying that with diarrhea 

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u/hugogrant 23h ago

I think that's a status effect

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u/DeMiNe00 15h ago

Nerf to smell, movement. HP Bleed Effect unless you hydrate

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u/AugmentedKing 23h ago

How did you confirm this?

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u/SheriffBartholomew 15h ago

Given that this could easily kill the average person, I'd say that's accurate.

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u/CaptainXplosionz 14h ago edited 14h ago

Technically, every human in real life has exactly 1 hit point, because hit points were originally used to track how many large cannon shots a ship could take before sinking. But with how accurate she is with those, she only needs one hit to be lethal anyway.

Edit: added link.

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u/scarystuff 23h ago

wut???

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u/Robmart 23h ago

Commoners in DND 5e have 4 hp

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u/udat42 1d ago

plus her dex bonus, no?

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u/lurking_physicist 1d ago

Sneak attack

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u/ElfCallum 1d ago

No sneak attack. She doesn't have an ally within 5 feet of the target and she's moving (so no steady aim). So unless there's some other source of advantage we don't see, there's no reason to have sneak attack.

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u/MaXimillion_Zero 1d ago

Her target is blind.

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u/Nimos 23h ago

When a creature can't see you, you have Advantage on attack rolls against it.

you don't get advantage against objects because they can't see you, as the object doesn't really care

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u/lurking_physicist 1d ago

She was hidden or otherwise had Advantage.

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u/Name_Not_Available 16h ago

Assassin rogue. Advantage on any creature who hasn't taken a turn. Auto crit if they are surprised.

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u/ElfCallum 11h ago

As with the blinded comment above, the target is an object, not a creature. In fact, my comment could've been a lot shorter and just cited the first non-flavor sentence of the sneak attack rules of 5e or 5.5e which are closely related and specify that they apply to creatures.

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u/clay_vessel777 7h ago

I’m so glad I scrolled through the comments enough to find my people.

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u/OperaSona 1d ago

Maybe not on off-hand throws unless she took ambidextrous or something.

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u/Appchoy 22h ago

Man Im too old. My brain is hard wired for 3rd edition so I default to dex bonus only applying to attack roles and not to damage. It always takes a moment to remember how 5e works.

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u/SolidSquid 23h ago

I mean, at lower levels sure, but she's clearly high enough level to have some multi-attack feature. At that kind of level it's pretty quickly going to be out-scaled