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title: Distracting Attack
description: "Ranks: 1 XP Cost: 25 Learn Time: 20 Skill Point Cost: - Self-Teach :No Pre-Requisite: 115+ XP; Sneak Attack Debarment: - Limitation: Rogue Talent Rarity: Rare Description: A rogue with this ability can make Sneak Attacks with subtle flourishes that…"
url: "https://wiki.xadune.com/?docs=skills-332"
updated: "2025-11-16"
category: Skills / Combat Ability
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# Distracting Attack

Ranks: 1

XP Cost: 25

Learn Time: 20

Skill Point Cost: -

Self-Teach :No

Pre-Requisite: 115+ XP; Sneak Attack

Debarment: -

Limitation: Rogue Talent

Rarity: Rare

Description:

A rogue with this ability can make Sneak Attacks with subtle flourishes that disorient and distract her enemy once per event per two levels of the rogue. When she hits a creature with a melee attack that is a Sneak Attack damage, she can forgo the additional damage to cause the creature to suffer a “Knockdown, Stun”. Some creatures may be immune to distracting attack.