u/Manner6

Emilia is supposed to look identical/very similar to Satella, which AFAIK was part of Flugel's party, but Shaula never makes any remarks about her appearance.

I was expecting she would call her Satella or at least talk like she also knew her but... So far nothing, she treats her as a stranger just like the others, which makes me think she might still have another secret rule that is even more important than the others she disclosed.

No idea if the LN adresses that or if I'm just getting ahead of myself, but it sure seems weird to me with the most popular theory being that Satella is Emilia.

After having a player play an Assassin Rogue from lvl 9 to 14, I've seen that he rarely, if ever uses his cunning strikes.

Maybe it's just his way of playing, but I think that it just feels bad to take away from the rogue's already meager damage to (maybe) inflict some condition.
I thought about just giving him a resource called... Cunning,

He has Cunning equal to his lvl, he can spend Cunning instead of sneak attack dice to apply the effects of the cunning strikes.

It would recharge after a long rest.

I personally think that's pretty neat, the Rogue deserves some love in combat, I think it would feel pretty good to blind or daze someone while still doing their normal damage.
And if they succeed on the saving throw, well, at least you're still doing normal damage.

Any thoughts on why I shouldn't give him that?