Originally Posted by mrfuji3
OP asked for sneak attack to be usable with all weapons. This is strictly a buff to primarily rogues and multiclassed martials. My (partly facetious, admittedly) argument is that: since casters are overall buffed compared to martials in BG3, sure let's also give martials a buff to help counteract that! I'm not comparing the power of the individual ability that is Sneak Attack to any specific other class ability. And as GWF is a feat implemented in BG3, there's no reason to set it aside. (Even if we did, none of the above premises change. It's still a strict buff for rogues).
Let's assume for the sake of argument spellcasters were buffed for BG3. Perhaps Larian thought they needed buffing, If you think they didn't need buffing, or that they were buffed too much, that's another argument.

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Do you disagree with any of the premises above? And if not, do you think that giving rogues the ability to sneak attack with all (including heavy) weapons would make them too strong in BG3 or wouldn't be enough of a buff? You've specifically said that [paraphrased] "allowing sneak attack with any non-heavy weapons wouldn't be much of a buff;" do you still think so if we include heavy weapons, along with GWF and any other heavy-weapon related ability?
How many times do I have to say that as a PnP DM, I'm fine with it. If it were a trivial change for BG3, fine, But nothing is trivial about changing a computer program as big and complex as BG3 undoubtedly is. As I mentioned above, too little bang (because it's a minimal buff) for too much buck. And, as I said, if the change makes it so that it applies only to one-handed weapons, it's no buff at all. So the only way it's worthwhile is if the change allows 2-handed weapons to sneak attack. Once we get to that point, then we can then say "OK, now, do we think it's too much of a buff since now we can combine sneak attack with GWF." One issue at a time. I have no idea if sneak attack with GWF is too powerful. As I mentioned, I would allow it in a PnP game to see it in action before passing final judgment.