No sneak attack with a short bow

Grimshackle
Level 2
2 years ago

I created a halfling rogue, and early in the game she was using a short bow, but never received sneak attack damage. The display would show that it was a sneak attack but only the damage die from the bow was ever rolled. Switching to a light crossbow seems to have fixed the issue which is fine since it's better than a short bow. Maybe this is because the short bow has the same damage die as sneak attack?

DiceWrangler
Level 10
2 years ago

Did your normal damage kill the creature before the damage from Sneak Attack was rolled? The game seems to stop rolling damage once the target is dead; which is a bummer because there is no such thing as overkill!