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2020-08-09, 03:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Elven Accuracy on a Straight Roll
Let me set a situation.
I'm a half elf rogue with sneak attack and elven accuracy.
My buddy is a warlock with devil sight.
We're fighting a warlock also with devil sight who drops a darkness on us not realising my buddy can see.
My buddy knowing i do more damage uses help.
Next i attack.
By RAW i get advantage on the roll from help and disadvantage because i cant see my target so i roll a single D20
Now i technically have disadvantage (but its counteracted by advantage) so i don't get sneak attack.
However i technically have advantage (counteracted by the disadvantage) so could i reroll the D20 if i wanted to?
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2020-08-09, 04:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-09, 04:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Elven Accuracy on a Straight Roll
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2020-08-09, 08:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-10, 01:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Elven Accuracy on a Straight Roll
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2020-08-10, 12:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-10, 12:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Elven Accuracy on a Straight Roll
Yes.
Advantage and disadvantage cancel. You don't have both, the rules specifically state that in cases where they cancel you have neither.
In this case, a rogue obviously can not get advantage no matter how many circumstances of it there might be, however, they also don't have disadvantage. This means that they may still sneak attack if other conditions for fulfilling it are met (like having another opponent of the target within 5' of the target).
P.S. I don't see what the relevance of Elven Accuracy is to the question though ...Last edited by Keravath; 2020-08-10 at 12:29 PM.
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2020-08-10, 12:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-10, 12:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-10, 12:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-10, 04:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Elven Accuracy on a Straight Roll
You do not "technically" have either advantage or disadvantage. You just have neither.
In this case, you can sneak attack as long as a creature hostile to your target is within 5 feet of your target and isn't incapacitated and you are using a finesse or ranged weapon. You can't, however, benefit from elven accuracy.~ Composer99
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2020-08-11, 04:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Elven Accuracy on a Straight Roll
EA doesn't give advantage. IF a character already has advantage on an attack roll AND they have the Elven Advantage feat then they can choose to re-roll one of the two die they rolled for advantage.
If you don't have advantage from some specific source ... Elven Advantage doesn't do anything.
In the case of a character with conditions that would provide both advantage and disadvantage on a die roll ... they are considered to have neither so again Elven Advantage does not apply.Last edited by Keravath; 2020-08-11 at 04:07 PM.