WHAT IF Thief Rogue’s Hands are Actually Faster
Channel: Funky Dungeon Master
Date: 2022-04-19

I think the Thief Rogue's Fast Hands is an underwhelming ability. While it brings fun and creativity to the table, Fast Hands is almost always worse than Hide, Dash, Disengage, or Steady Aim, which a Rogue can already do.

Click for Treantmonk's analysis of the Rogue subclasses and why Thief Rogue is bad: https://youtu.be/2DWhaYEB8-w?t=3575
I think RPGBOT's analysis of the Thief Rogue is too lenient, but for the sake of transparency, I still include it. I don't think the Fast Hands feature deserves a blue rating. It is orange/green at best: https://rpgbot.net/dnd5/characters/classes/rogue/subclasses/

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Thief Rogue simple balancing fix for D&D 5e from Thien's Balance Homebrew series:

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**Fast Hands (3rd level)**
[original text]
Starting at 3rd level, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your thieves’ tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action.

[in addition to the original text, the ability now has one additional paragraph]
Additionally, once on your turns, you can choose to use an additional bonus action. You can do so a number of times equal to your Rogue level and regain all your expended uses after finishing a long rest.
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I'm an avid consumer of D&D optimization content like Treantmonk and RPGBOT. And I want to use that knowledge to make the game more fun for optimizers and non-optimizers alike. Thus, born the Thien's Balance Homebrew series for D&D 5th edition 🥂: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOlGNxI48E1xaHdQJCdVRNd0fcSf-aBqT

By making all the player options balanced, I hope to remove trap options for players that don't like to worry much about the nitty-gritty game mechanics. Also, when all the player options are roughly equivalent in power, we can worry a bit less about picking a powerful option and more about which option brings out the flavor we want.

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