I am running a Tabaxi rogue that is currently 4th level.
In a recent fight, purely to piss off the leader of a band of thugs, my character ran in the 20ft and lifted his gold pouch (lucky roll 19, for a total of 26), then proceeded to bonus action disengage. The feline agility racial ability allows me to double speed for a round, so was able to disengage to a distance of 40ft.
The DM was totally ok with this, I didn't actually do any damage and I "wasted" my turn for flavor and fun.
I get that you can't use slight of hand to perform a disarm, but what is are your thoughts on lifting daggers/arrows/spell components etc....which are not being held by an enemy?
This could be very OP if I'm allowed to steal a wizards components pouch, rendering them significantly less of a threat.
Lmao the thought of a rogue yoinking a wizards component pouch and neutering a difficult encounter is so good it would be allowed at my table! But only once....
All my wizards stay double pouched up. Gotta keep that burner.
What kind of wizard doesn’t keep a backup focus/pouch though? Stealing it before combat though? Totally viable.
Not all spells require material components.
Totally true; there are some massively powerful spells that don't have components. But it could make a big difference to the right encounter.
Not during combat, but before combat we stole a party member's component pouch once in the hopes they'd get killed without it. They had a powerful cloak that was kinda a running curse in the group, whoever had the cloak was destined to be murdered by another party member seeking to claim it