Hi EVeryone!
I have the pre-rolled halfling rogue in my party currently and I dont really undeerstand the sneak attack under the Rogue abilities in the 5e players handbook page 96. It says you can deal an etra 1d6 damage on turns where your have the advantage on an attack roll... how do you "have advantage" on the attack roll? Is this refering to the initiative roll total compared to the creature's? If so is that initiative roll repeated each round?
Thanks!
Maddie
Advantage is something completely different than initiative- it's a general bonus that the DM or certain spells or abilities can award you for being in, well, "advantageous" positions. On the flip side, "disadvantage" is a general penalty that works pretty much like advantage but oppositely.
"Advantage" allows you to roll a d20 (attack roll, saving throw, skill or ability check) twice, and use the better result.
"Disadvantage" forces you to roll a d20 twice, and use the worse result.
Getting "advantage" and "disadvantage" at the same time causes them to cancel out, meaning you roll normally, and you aren't considered to "have advantange" or "have disadvantage" if you have both. Additionally, you cannot have more than 1 instance of advantage or disadvantage on a roll - having advantage twice is no different than having it once, and even if you have advantage 3 times over, one condition imposing disadvantage is enough to cancel them all out, causing the die roll to be made normally.
Advantage and disadvantage are granted to specific rolls - such as "You have advantage on saving throws versus poison" (Dwarven race feature), or "You have advantage on Charisma checks" (friends spell, or interacting with somebody you have "charmed").
Some ways to get advantage on attack rolls (in order to Sneak Attack) are:
attack from hiding (usually only with ranged weapons)
attack a prone target (only for melee attacks)
attack while invisible
have an ally use the "Help" action to grant you advantage on your next attack roll
In addition to "advantage," keep in mind that a Rogue may Sneak Attack any creature if your ally is within 5' of the target and you don't have "disadvantage." So, for a close-combat Rogue, advantage isn't a strict requirement as long as you have allies helping you.
This question is more suited to the Rules forum.
That said, your halfling has this awesome ability called Naturally Stealthy that lets her hide behind someone that is bigger than her (like, every other pregenerated character). When a creature can't see her, she has Advantage on attack rolls against that creature. So, all she has to do is hide behind her friends and throw daggers to get her sneak attack. It's not always that easy, but I'll leave that up to you to work around. 
Also, halflings have Advantage on saving throws against beind frightened. So, if the DM ever has her make a saving throw against something related to Fear, she had Advantage and gets to roll 2 D20 and pick the higher of the two results. Pretty cool.
Either way...just my 2 cp
2Chlorobutanal wrote:
Rogues can use the sneak attack once per turn. I am assuming this means once per game turn (10 minutes) rather than once during their 'turn' to attack.
Am I unduly limiting myself to 1/10 of my potential sneak attacks?
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