Re: Light underground and surprise.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:28 pm
No, I don't know of a BTB reference that locks this down. It seems to be a gray area that's open to interpretation. I did find the Sage Advice question/answer, in Dragon 139:sepulchre wrote:Philotomy, I'm not in disagreement with this reading, but I have always found a measure of ambiguity or obscurity in how to read a thief's additional attack when surprising from behind. Do you know of a BTB reference for that reading. To be honest I prefer your reading, but I know players who would interpret each additional attack/surprise segment as a backstab...
That's probably as close to official as we'll get (even though it's an answer under Skip Williams' byline).Dragon 139 Sage Advice wrote:If a thief using two weapons makes a back attack, does he get his to hit and damage modifiers for both weapons?
The + 4 to hit and the damage multiplier only apply to the first blow; the second weapon gets the +2 to hit modifier for a rear attack but no damage modifier. The same holds true if the thief gets multiple attacks due to surprise.
