Take the tour ×  I have an encounter coming up where my PCs will
face a high level rogue. Naturally, I'd like to use his sneak
attack ability, but I've never played a rogue before so I'm
light on experience.  From the rules, I see that sneak attack
damage is applied when:    1. The rogue's target would be denied
a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a
Dexterity bonus or not)   2. The rogue flanks her target.  For
#1, is there a list of non-magical situations/conditions where a
target would be denied a Dex bonus to AC? Is there a page in the
PHB that includes this, that I'm just not finding?
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down vote accepted  I did some more research online and it seems
some situations/conditions, where a target is denied its dex
bonus to AC, are:    1. Blinded   2. Cowering   3. Flat-Footed
(target hasn't yet acted in combat)   4. Attacker is Invisible
5. Stunned   6. Paralyzed   7. Helpless   8. Pinned via Grapple
9. Acrobatics to Cross