ive recently been playing a 29 Rogue 1 Shadowdancer build that utilizes Feint. I stealth to an enemy and open up with feint, and when hes dead I will use feint on my next enemy to get in some sneak attacks. Then I just re-stealth rinse and repeat.
now, Improved uncanny dodge says that the enemy is immune to sneak attacks because they retain their dexterity to AC.
Will I be able to sneak attack someone with improved uncanny dodge if I successfully use Feint on them or am I just screwed?
Improved uncanny dodge?
Improved uncanny dodge?
"War does not determine who is right, it determines who is left"
Improved Uncanny Dodge specifically references: *Flanking* (..aka getting behind your character for classical "backstabs".)
I don't know if this proves-out for Feint (i.e. not effecting Feint attacks), but I can say this:
With a nearly full level Rogue, pretty much the only thing that could NOT be flanked would be a nearly full level Barbarian (or a similar Rogue).
(see the "specifics" section for calculation):
Improved Uncanny Dodge - NWN2Wiki, the Neverwinter Nights 2 wiki - Races, classes, skills, and more
I don't know if this proves-out for Feint (i.e. not effecting Feint attacks), but I can say this:
With a nearly full level Rogue, pretty much the only thing that could NOT be flanked would be a nearly full level Barbarian (or a similar Rogue).
(see the "specifics" section for calculation):
Improved Uncanny Dodge - NWN2Wiki, the Neverwinter Nights 2 wiki - Races, classes, skills, and more
I know what the feat does, it makes it so when normal characters lose their dexterity bonus to AC from being attacked by surprise or from an invisible attacker, a person with this feat does not.
my question is simply this : does it also prevent losing dexterity to AC after a successfull Feint?
my question is simply this : does it also prevent losing dexterity to AC after a successfull Feint?
"War does not determine who is right, it determines who is left"
..and my response is that it doesn't matter.Raumoheru wrote:
my question is simply this : does it also prevent losing dexterity to AC after a successfull Feint?
(..at least not with the build you used for example.)Now if you only have perhaps 10 levels of Rogue..
For the definitive answer to your question, my answer is that I don't know. HOWEVER:
You could test this with the "Battle of the Builds" against a similar high level rogue (or Barbarian if there is one). Make sure however that if it's against a high level Rogue that you have Bluff beyond their ability to Spot (which might require something different than the Rogue character you have proposed.. just for testing purposes).
Battle of the Builds, version 1.23.1 -- Neverwinter Nights 2 Vault