If a rogue has both advantage and disadvantage, and also an ally near their target, does sneak attack apply? Sneak attack doesn't apply if you have disadvantage, but I'm not sure if the two are supposed to cancel out meaning you have neither advantage nor disadvantage, or if you're still assumed to have both.
If a rogue has both advantage and disadvantage, and also an ally near their target, does sneak attack apply? Sneak attack doesn't apply if you have disadvantage, but I'm not sure if the two are supposed to cancel out meaning you have neither advantage nor disadvantage, or if you're still assumed to have both.
Yes, in that case Sneak Attack does apply. Having advantage and disadvantage at the same time cancels out all the effects of both.
If a rogue has both advantage and disadvantage, and also an ally near their target, does sneak attack apply? Sneak attack doesn't apply if you have disadvantage, but I'm not sure if the two are supposed to cancel out meaning you have neither advantage nor disadvantage, or if you're still assumed to have both.
Yes, in that case Sneak Attack does apply. Having advantage and disadvantage at the same time cancels out all the effects of both.
If circumstances cause a roll to have both Advantage and Disadvantage, the roll has neither of them, and you roll one d20. This is true even if multiple circumstances impose Disadvantage and only one grants Advantage or vice versa. In such a situation, you have neither Advantage nor Disadvantage.
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If a rogue has both advantage and disadvantage, and also an ally near their target, does sneak attack apply? Sneak attack doesn't apply if you have disadvantage, but I'm not sure if the two are supposed to cancel out meaning you have neither advantage nor disadvantage, or if you're still assumed to have both.
I think the OP was really trying to ask if he could still get Sneak Attack if an ally is next to his target in an instance where his advantage/disadvantage cancel themselves out.
The answer is YES. The wording on Sneak Attack says:
"You don’t need Advantage on the attack roll if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the target, the ally doesn’t have the Incapacitated condition, and you don’t have Disadvantage on the attack roll."
If you roll is a flat roll, regardless of competing advantage and disadvantage, and you have an ally near your target, you can get Sneak Attack.
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If a rogue has both advantage and disadvantage, and also an ally near their target, does sneak attack apply? Sneak attack doesn't apply if you have disadvantage, but I'm not sure if the two are supposed to cancel out meaning you have neither advantage nor disadvantage, or if you're still assumed to have both.
Yes, in that case Sneak Attack does apply. Having advantage and disadvantage at the same time cancels out all the effects of both.
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Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
You answered your own question.
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I think the OP was really trying to ask if he could still get Sneak Attack if an ally is next to his target in an instance where his advantage/disadvantage cancel themselves out.
The answer is YES. The wording on Sneak Attack says:
"You don’t need Advantage on the attack roll if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the target, the ally doesn’t have the Incapacitated condition, and you don’t have Disadvantage on the attack roll."
If you roll is a flat roll, regardless of competing advantage and disadvantage, and you have an ally near your target, you can get Sneak Attack.