Ninja VMC Rogue

[Zhentarim]

Is this possible?

Would this allow me to overlevel sneak attack?

[grarrrg]

Probably not, ultimately up to your DM.


Ninja is basically a "super-archetype" of Rogue. "Alternate classes are standalone classes whose basic ideas are very close to established base classes, yet whose required alterations would be too expansive for an archetype. An alternate class operates exactly as a base class, save that a character who takes a level in an alternate class can never take a level in its associated class"

And VMC rules state "a character can’t take levels in the secondary class she gains from this variant."

So since Ninja is already basically a Rogue, you can't VMC Rogue.

[Zhentarim]

Probably not, ultimately up to your DM.


Ninja is basically a "super-archetype" of Rogue. "Alternate classes are standalone classes whose basic ideas are very close to established base classes, yet whose required alterations would be too expansive for an archetype. An alternate class operates exactly as a base class, save that a character who takes a level in an alternate class can never take a level in its associated class"

And VMC rules state "a character can’t take levels in the secondary class she gains from this variant."

So since Ninja is already basically a Rogue, you can't VMC Rogue.

Cool. I wondered if there was a way to get more than 10d6 sneak attack per die, and found a guide showing me other ways besides rogue vmc ninja—so even if this VMC isn’t allowed, I’ll have options.