Strength increases melee to-hit and damage, and increases carrying capacity, which plenty of DMs don't even track. It's also worth pointing out that Dexterity is a much, much better ability than Strength. Sneak Attack, Favored Enemy, Inspire Courage, and many more all add flat damage. They therefore scale better with flat increases to damage, which are much more numerous in 3.5 than in 5e. Dexterity is mandatory for Two-Weapon Fighting feats, and Weapon Finesse works with natural weapons, which means that overall Dex-based builds can have many more attacks than Str-based builds. Pathfinder 1e-a D&D 3.5e spin-off-made that official, even. Though it’s not a wholly uncommon houserule to allow Weapon Finesse to apply to combat maneuvers when performed using a weapon.So while a monk may well want Weapon Finesse, they probably also want rogue, so that kind of becomes a moot point. Monk 1st and 2nd are solid levels, but there is little reason to stay a monk after that-which means a monk is going to want to multiclass and rogue is a very attractive option (among Core options, that is) for doing so. The odd one out is, again, the monk-but the monk is a deeply weak class. Even the barbarian and ranger, who likely will use light armor, prefer Strength (when melee, in the ranger’s case): barbarians because of rage, and rangers because their combat style bonus feats allow them to ignore the Dexterity requirements on two-weapon fighting, allowing them to do two-weapon fighting while retaining full Strength for accuracy and damage. Alternative options are minimal, and most of the other weapon-wielding classes want to be Strength-based with a two-handed weapon: two-handed attacks deal more damage (1½×Str to damage, doubled bonuses from Power Attack) and don’t necessarily require additional feats (as Dexterity does in Weapon Finesse and the Two-Weapon Fighting line), plus most such classes have proficiency in heavier armors. (Intuitive Attack, from Book of Exalted Deeds, is like Weapon Finesse for Wisdom instead of Dexterity, and may be even better for monks, but it has the same lack-of-damage issue.)Īll that said, for the most part, in Core 3.5e, rogues are the only ones making really good use of Weapon Finesse. Weapon Finesse allows a monk to drop Strength, which helps a lot. That is simply more ability scores than the game supports no character can be good in four different scores and stay good at them. For instance, a monk needs Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, and Wisdom. Multiple Ability Dependency is a huge issue in 3.5e, and Weapon Finesse can mitigate it. Most of these are Strength-based (even if you have Weapon Finesse¹), but there are still options you can pursue, and at lower levels, even just the Improved feats give a large +4 bonus. Again, Tome of Battle is the star here, though even core, anyone can do the kinds of things that only battlemaster fighters can do in 5e. You can also get other ability scores to damage-swashbucklers get Intelligence, a bunch of things can do Charisma (even multiple times over), and so on.Ĭompared to 5e, 3.5e has a bit more options for doing things other than damage with an attack. There are ways to get Dexterity to damage-Shadow Blade from Tome of Battle is the best, easiest way, but there are a fair few others that are either pricier or more conditional, but still functional. Might not be what you meant by “non-rogue” but worth knowing. The product page is available for informational purposes only.There are other damage riders beyond sneak attack, and rogues aren’t the only ones that get sneak attack in the first place. The product is out of stock and will not be available in the future. You can sign up for an availability notification by clicking "Notify when in stock". The product is not currently available for order. We do not usually keep this product in our warehouse. + "Delivery time is temporarily unknown". Just place your order and we will deliver it within the given time frame. You can sign up for an arrival notification by clicking "Notify when in stock". The exact arrival date is not available, but we are expecting the product to be back in stock during the stated month. This is an estimated date when we are expecting the product to be back in stock. We cannot specify when this item will be back in stock. ![]() ![]() + The item is in stock and ready to be shipped. The product availability information is always up to date.
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