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WingsOfSteel
Nov 13, 2007

Even Dr. Octopus can learn something from the Internet!

tsob posted:

There's presumably some higher level figures at work here too, given their assailant had 3 attacks. Multiple attacks aren't a rogue thing either, from a quick Google. So it's presumably multiclassed to have sneak attack and a third attack. Fighters don't get it till the 11th level, so a multiclass fighter would need at least 11 levels fighter and 1 level rogue to get that set of skills? It's no wonder that assailant nearly killed Lars in one hit, nat 20 or no, if they're level 12 while Lars is level 3. If there is a level 12 enemy around can they even beat it in a straight up fight? Will they have to outsmart them to have any chance?

NPCs in 5e don't, and generally shouldn't, follow the same rules as PCs. There are plenty of stat blocks that are able to make more attacks than a PC of an equivalent level would be able to. In the Appendix to Volo's Guide to Monsters, there's an NPC statblock for a "Master Thief" that has rogue abilities (cunning action, evasion, sneak attack 1/turn, and uncanny dodge) but also a multiattack that allows it to swing 3 times with a shortsword. It's CR 5, which is a deadly fight for 3 level 3 PCs and tough but certainly not unwinnable for a group of 6. Whatever Brennan is using isn't exactly that stat block (for one, the mysterious stranger used a rapier), but it probably isn't a wildly different threat level.

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WingsOfSteel
Nov 13, 2007

Even Dr. Octopus can learn something from the Internet!

DeathSandwich posted:

He's never really played Bard on screen has he? He'd be great for that.

Fantasy High Sophomore Year: After Fabian loses his champion subclass, he respecs as a battlemaster fighter/bard multiclass, and it rules.

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