If I recall from 3.5e, You could only perform a sneak attack against creatures that have vital points, therefore you couldn't use sneak attack against a jelly cube for example. On 5e that doesn't seems to have any restriction, there's? You can use it against everything? I find it unrealistic and hard to describe, you know what I mean? "You sneaked upon behind the jelly and without it realizing it you pierced it very hard with your rapier"? lol
If I recall from 3.5e, You could only perform a sneak attack against creatures that have vital points, therefore you couldn't use sneak attack against a jelly cube for example. On 5e that doesn't seems to have any restriction, there's? You can use it against everything? I find it unrealistic and hard to describe, you know what I mean? "You sneaked upon behind the jelly and without it realizing it you pierced it very hard with your rapier"? lol
5e realized "lol, your character is totally useless for this encounter" isn't great game play.
That's because you are being a little too literal with your sneak attack description. In order to generally get Sneak Attack in 5e, you either have to have advantage on the attack roll, be hidden from your target, or have an ally in melee combat with your target. In these instances, a "sneak attack" doesn't always have to be about hitting very vital areas, similarly to a critical hit. It could just be that through surprise or teamwork, you have gotten the upper hand on you target and your attack is just more effective.
In your ooze example, maybe you take advantage of it shifting to avoid an attack from your ally to strike in such a way to cause it to loose structural integrity at the right moment. Or you catch it by surprise and it is unable to withstand the shock of your early attack.
Basically, you have to divorce the idea of "sneak attack" being a "back sab" and more just think of it as an advantageous attack against a distracted foe.
Sneak Attack in 5E doesn't have any target limit or restriction everything can be ''strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction'' as the feature says.
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If I recall from 3.5e, You could only perform a sneak attack against creatures that have vital points, therefore you couldn't use sneak attack against a jelly cube for example. On 5e that doesn't seems to have any restriction, there's? You can use it against everything? I find it unrealistic and hard to describe, you know what I mean? "You sneaked upon behind the jelly and without it realizing it you pierced it very hard with your rapier"? lol
5e realized "lol, your character is totally useless for this encounter" isn't great game play.
That's because you are being a little too literal with your sneak attack description. In order to generally get Sneak Attack in 5e, you either have to have advantage on the attack roll, be hidden from your target, or have an ally in melee combat with your target. In these instances, a "sneak attack" doesn't always have to be about hitting very vital areas, similarly to a critical hit. It could just be that through surprise or teamwork, you have gotten the upper hand on you target and your attack is just more effective.
In your ooze example, maybe you take advantage of it shifting to avoid an attack from your ally to strike in such a way to cause it to loose structural integrity at the right moment. Or you catch it by surprise and it is unable to withstand the shock of your early attack.
Basically, you have to divorce the idea of "sneak attack" being a "back sab" and more just think of it as an advantageous attack against a distracted foe.
Sneak Attack in 5E doesn't have any target limit or restriction everything can be ''strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction'' as the feature says.