is sneak attack and 'death attack' cumulative?

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is sneak attack and 'death attack' cumulative?

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Just wondering... if you play a rogue/assasin character is the rogue sneak attack and assasin 'death attack' cumulative?...

additionally is it possible to get two prestige classes (for eg. rogue/assasin/shadow dancer ?

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Last I checked they are.

Not in NS4.
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I thought they were, havent experimented in NS4, if they arent, then they SHOULD be..
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They should stack. I always used a ranger/assassin/rogue (or sd) combo. Having it stack helps tremendously, as rogues do so little damage face to face. The tradeoff for going assassin is getting none of the rogue bonus feats (improved evasion! Slippery mind!) and as such they shouldn't be hampered by doing less damage. Everyone and their brothers has true seeing, so spells like invis and improved invis have less usefulness despite the 50% conceal...then remembering that everyone has dispels too.
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Re: is sneak attack and 'death attack' cumulative?

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RogueMD wrote:Just wondering... if you play a rogue/assasin character is the rogue sneak attack and assasin 'death attack' cumulative?...


Yes they stack for the purpose of damage but different classes sneak/death attack does not stack for the purpose of qualifying for the increased sneak attack epic feat.

RogueMD wrote:additionally is it possible to get two prestige classes (for eg. rogue/assasin/shadow dancer ?
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No because the server would be overrun with bard/harper/shadowdancers if you were allowed two prestige classes.
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Post by Cobol »

correct me if im wrong.. but didnt NS4 modify the trueseeing spell so rogues and shadowdancers has a better chances at there checks ?
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Post by Bob »

If I'm understanding what you're asking correctly - cast True Sight has been modified to an improved version of See Invisibility (with a Spot bonus), but it doesn't improve the death attack checks, only allows a character to use stealth more effectively (and therefore gets sneaks off more often).

To improve the DC checks on the death attack, you need more assassin levels and higher Int.
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