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Sleight of hand in combat (lemmy.nz)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am running a Tabaxi rogue that is currently 4th level.

In a recent fight, purely to piss off the leader of a band of thugs, my character ran in the 20ft and lifted his gold pouch (lucky roll 19, for a total of 26), then proceeded to bonus action disengage. The feline agility racial ability allows me to double speed for a round, so was able to disengage to a distance of 40ft.

The DM was totally ok with this, I didn't actually do any damage and I "wasted" my turn for flavor and fun.

I get that you can't use slight of hand to perform a disarm, but what is are your thoughts on lifting daggers/arrows/spell components etc....which are not being held by an enemy?

This could be very OP if I'm allowed to steal a wizards components pouch, rendering them significantly less of a threat.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Lmao the thought of a rogue yoinking a wizards component pouch and neutering a difficult encounter is so good it would be allowed at my table! But only once....

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

All my wizards stay double pouched up. Gotta keep that burner.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What kind of wizard doesn’t keep a backup focus/pouch though? Stealing it before combat though? Totally viable.

Not all spells require material components.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Not all spells require material components.

Totally true; there are some massively powerful spells that don't have components. But it could make a big difference to the right encounter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Not during combat, but before combat we stole a party member's component pouch once in the hopes they'd get killed without it. They had a powerful cloak that was kinda a running curse in the group, whoever had the cloak was destined to be murdered by another party member seeking to claim it