Rakish Audacity

Rakish Audacity is a passive feature available to Swashbuckler rogues which grants a scaling bonus to initiative and relaxes some of the requirements for triggering Sneak Attack.

Description

You gain a +2 bonus to initiative rolls. This scales with your rogue level.

You no longer need Advantage to trigger Sneak Attack as long as you are within 1.5 m / 5 ft of the target and don't have Disadvantage.^{[See: Bugs]}

At higher levels

• At rogue level 5, the initiative bonus increases to +3.
• At rogue level 10, the initiative bonus increases to +4.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Swashbuckler

Bugs

• The description regarding Sneak Attack is incorrect. See  Rakish Sneak Attack (Melee) /  Rakish Sneak Attack (Ranged) for additional information.