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you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. This allows you to make two attacks with your Attack action, or you must have gained an additional action from another source, such as action surge or haste described above.
There are a few niche ways a rogue can get more attack for example if they have haste cast on them. As Fattsgalore said, where other classes get extra attack, rogues get extra damage as they level tahnks to sneak attack.
Rogues with extra attack is both flavorful and makes their combat more dynamic. The rogue class isn’t just supposed to represent thieves and assassins. It is supposed to represent the swashbuckling fencer, the pirate swordsman, the swift striking ninja, and the noble duelist.
Do Rogues Get Extra Attack in D&D 5e? Rogues do not gain the Extra Attack feature in D&D 5e. Instead of multiple attacks, Rogues deal heavy damage with their Sneak Attack feature .
Rogues have sneak attack and that is their way of scaling attack damage rather than getting extra attack. You can fight with 2 light weapons if you want and use your bonus action for a second attack if you miss with the first.
Sneak Attack. Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe's distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.
Many melee Rogues commonly use two-weapon fighting to deliver an additional attack as a bonus action, but outside of providing a second opportunity for Sneak Attack if the primary-hand attack misses, this provides little in the way of meaningful damage.
Allowing an additional crossbow attack as a bonus action gives you a backup option if you fail to deliver a Sneak Attack on your first attack, and unlike two-weapon fighting, you get to apply your ability modifier to damage with the additional attack.
Mostly true, but there are a few special cases where you can achieve more than two sneak attacks per round. Scout rogues could do this for example. A cavalier18/rogue2 could als potentially sneak attack on every turn. I don't know why you would do this, but theoretically it's possible.
The Cunning Action feature, for example, allows a rogue to take a bonus action. You can take a bonus action only when a special ability, spell, or other feature of the game states that you can do something as a bonus action.