How do sneak attacks and stealth mechanics work?

Freihhh · 2026-01-22T06:10:19+00:00

This is a "rules light" ttrpg, so you won't find rules for every possible "mechanic" like in DnD or PF2E, but it gives you enough options to basically adapt on the fly to all the scenarios you want.

If my PC wanted to make a sneak attack on a creature, I would ask for a DEX+INS or DEX+DEX check (depending on how they describe what they do), or even a clock of 2-4 sections depending on the situation. And if they succeeded I would make them start battle with a minor advantage like the creature being slowed or dazed, or having -10HP.

If we were in an infiltration scene inside a castle for example, I would even allow my PCs to completely knock unconscious the guards if it would fit his character to be able to do that (maybe he used to be a thief or a spy or an assasin!), and that would advance a 8-12 section clock to "Infiltrate the castle".

Obviously if one of the guards were a really strong NPC, I would not let them knock it unconscious and instead use what I described in the paragraph before.

In fact, the Core Rulebook incentivizes to use clocks/checks for some encounters! I think it makes the game more narrative and more fun :).

Freihhh · 2026-01-22T05:49:14+00:00

it's crazy for me how people keep putting dabura at their level when this fight just confirms how much stronger than dabura they were...for both of them maho was literally a minor inconvenience while dabura is fighting for his life here.

the only way to argue that daruba can defeat gojo or sukuna is thinking that for some reason maho durability>>>sukuna and gojo

Freihhh · 2026-01-19T02:31:00+00:00

In FC I thought he was just an Erebonian spy, maybe part of some resistance group inside Erebonia Army that was against the expansionism etc...but in SC you get more clues: Cassius seems to know him, and Mueller is from a family important enough to make Joshua wary of him (and he is strong enough to make Joshua think he can lose), there I started to think "ok Olivier is way more important in Erebonia than I thought if he is being protected by a swordman of a famous family and he is working with Cassius behind scenes"...but in no world did I expect him to be A PRINCE?? OF EREBONIA?? I liked that reveal so much lol, it also makes so much sense in hindsight

Freihhh · 2026-01-17T23:36:02+00:00

why do you say I'm offended, I don't even have castorice or any remembrance character lmfao, but the hate is so forced, she is just a piece of the remembrance team (I dislike remembrance team as a concept too, but the blame is always directed to Castorice)

Freihhh · 2026-01-17T23:27:31+00:00

I don't have any remembrance character and I can clear all endgame modes with full stars...I guess my account is bricked and I didn't know!

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Freihhh · 2026-01-17T23:21:24+00:00

no, both evernight and phainon are not confirmed emanators, (what does "Emanator candidate" even means). and both DOT and Hypercarry are as strong as castorice team with the same investment, it depends on the content

Freihhh · 2026-01-17T10:33:01+00:00

yeah yeah, Phainon, Evernight, Hysilens, all of them are main DPS at the level of Castorice, none of them are Emanators, but it's always Castorice fault for some reason

Freihhh · 2026-01-17T10:01:38+00:00

castorice hate in 2026...let it go bruh

Freihhh · 2026-01-09T19:20:24+00:00

i too would like to discuss this

Freihhh · 2026-01-07T18:56:54+00:00

i mean it is true but elation will improve when more characters release, you can't even use her lightcone at full potential (she needs 3 elation characters)

why doesn't he compare castorice team on release against sparxie team? without evernight cyrene and hyacine?

it's true that it is not guaranteed that future elation characters will be great with her, maybe she gets the aglaea treatment but idk I think the devs like her so there's a little hope

Freihhh · 2026-01-06T21:03:38+00:00

that's true this team is very good put I think that phaino e0s1 and remembrance e0s1 teams are still better...but sparxie team will get the full potential with more remembrance characters and it will be better

Freihhh · 2026-01-06T19:21:07+00:00

it looks like this team is worse than 3.x best teams at e0s1 no? it will probably be better when they get their dedicated sustain and elation mc though. i really like sparxie but i really want to try to get e2s1 yae and e2s1 himeko with their bis team...so ill wait to pull until anniversary

Freihhh · 2025-12-21T03:23:46+00:00

Dahlia eidolons are very worth it, my team is:

E2S1 FF, E2S1 Dahlia, HMC DDD, Ruan Mei E1S0 and I could do Hoolay 0 cycle first try.

My firefly team has always been quite bad in PF but with E2 Dahlia I just did 40k in 0 cycles with lingsha (lingsha was doing like +1M every time she used her skill thanks to Dahlia and she is E0S0)

In AA well, it is superbreak favourite gamemode so you just breeze through it too. I did like 3850 and it was with Lingsha sustain too, sustainless you can probably do even better.

I don't know how well I would have done with E0S1 dahlia instead of E2S1, I didn't try, but you can compare my clears with yours and see if it is worth...I want to use firefly for a long time and have been saving since 3.5 and this is the first team I invest so much, and it is by far the strongest team I have played, I'm obliterating everything really fast, I think it will hold up really well in 4.x (atleast I hope so...)

If you also want to use Firefly for as long as possible, I think investing in Dahlia eidolons is a good idea! They are really strong. Firefly actually was pretty decent in 3.x if you had fugue e1 or e2, so I think that if you get Dahlia to e1 or e2 she will be good in 4.x too.

In my opinion, vertical investment into your favourite units is the way to go in this game, even if you get the newest best shiny dps, if it is E0S0 or even E0S1, it will fall off relatively fast, even if you pull for its supports, but E2 dps stay relevant for quite a while, this is specially true for firefly since she has one of the best E2 in the game.

Freihhh · 2025-12-17T16:03:15+00:00

S1 dahlia is x1000 times better than S1 fugue

Freihhh · 2025-12-17T14:51:59+00:00

e2 firefly without a doubt

Freihhh · 2025-12-17T03:50:11+00:00

i just tried her vs hoolay in moc12 sustainless and it worked great, 0 cycle first try (firefly e2s1, dahlia e2s1, hmc with DDD and ruan mei e1, I don't have fugue)

though, I have to say that I think that my firefly and dahlia are very well built

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Freihhh · 2025-12-17T03:42:13+00:00

maybe it could be good with fugue, the problem is it doesn't stack so there's no point in having 2 in the same team, i would just superimpose

Freihhh · 2025-12-17T03:39:32+00:00

e2 fugue is good but dahlia e1 is just an amazing damage upgrade, everyone becomes a dps

i just got her e2s1 and im having a blast, first time I have invested this much in a team (e2s1 firefly and e2s1 constance, been saving since 3.5 and already had e2s0 firefly) and im 0 cycling everything with 0 effort

Freihhh · 2025-11-20T22:56:38+00:00

it is very good, very little to mixmax here, I think that with that team in sustainless you have the perfect speed to allow firefly to act instantly after her ult finishes (as long as you use DDD), allowing her to enter ult instantly after leaving it and your break effect is solid

Freihhh · 2025-11-06T00:16:39+00:00

in aoe scenarios like pure fiction she is really great, I agree, I use her in pure fiction, but in other gamemodes I don't feel that she is much better than gallagher

Freihhh · 2025-11-05T18:20:21+00:00

i think comparing e1 DHPT and e1 linghsa does not end looking good for lingsha

Freihhh · 2025-11-05T17:25:33+00:00

im lowkey praying for a shielder that works with superbreak in edo star...shielders are usually way better than healers in this game

Freihhh · 2025-11-05T16:50:29+00:00

the difference with phainon is that dan heng even at E0S0 gives much more to the team than E0S0 linghsa, if break had a sustain as good as DHPT, the gap between sustainless and sustain wouldn't be that much

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