Thank you for a detailed response!
- I didn't know about the Speak with the Dead/Disguise Self trick, this makes me pick it over Tasha's for sure!
- I always get find familiar on Gale because it is one of the few you can't learn from scrolls and because of that I know that Aid indeed supports the spell very well. Raven is very powerful for the cause of performing sneak attacks, as you pointed out. It can also be used together with a mage hand as of now, so a solid choice.
- I think circlet of fire is best used to fuel powerful bonus actions! And even though the off-hand attack deals some damage for rogues, it doesn't benefit in terms of dmg from the attributes (it does for an off-hand crossbow but I think its a bug). Also low int seems to work poorly with this strat IMO. Does chromatic orb grant you a bonus action if you miss a fire blob as well? Like from the surface?
- I also thought about moderately armored, it is a very good choice, because +2 AC from a shield feels better to me than a sub-par damage you can squeeze from an off-hand attack.
Another thing we could consider here is yet another strong feature of the rogue in general - a Cunning Action: Dash
I think there is also a not that obvious reason why Moderately Armored fits best here. There were a lot of items introduced in the recent patches, and there is a category which benefits from Dash (and we so happily have it on a bonus action)! This can't be overlooked. And moderately armor grants us access to Speedy Lightfeet - making a bonus action dash an obligatory use for your bonus action. It is like a permanent +1 attack +1 damage on your sneak attacks every turn, and +1 attack and 1d8 damage every two turns!
It leaves me with a feeling that the spell we need to take should definately be a passive or a summon, because both our action and bonus action are preoccupied by fantastic rogue actions and their item synergies.
I wonder if it could be done from a completely different perspective though!
Last edited by neprostoman; 06/08/22 02:34 PM. Reason: typo
