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Is there? I think it's really the same thing- if you only have the PHB, Assassin's don't even have this ability. If you chose to play an Assassin, based on the writeup in the PHB, you are missing nothing, nor do you expect anything more. It only becomes available if the DMG is also owned...

Basically, if your DM decides they don't want to deal with it, they can simply not use it, and you'd never know otherwise. What we'd call an "optional rule" now, like how Oathbreaker Paladins were in the 2014 DMG, except with an extra layer of Gygaxian opaqueness so not only would a player not...

It seems strange to us, but you have to remember, a lot of concepts we take for granted now hadn't been worked out yet, and Gary was only human (even if he came off as a tyrannical curmudgeon at times in his writing). Imagine if the Assassin as a class existed today. You'd expect some things...

Indeed, if you decide before 9th level to try and learn how to use poisons, you can spend all the money and time needed to do so, and automatically fail for not knowing you haven't met the prerequisites!

I remember an example of that from the Book of Exalted Deeds in 3e. Still it's neat to see.

Or 3X2(9YZ)4A, for that matter.

Logopolis! Nothing like some good old Block Transfer Computations, huh?

You know, for a Chaotic Evil Succubus, Sabine is a loving and supporting girlfriend.

Not that this should be a problem for an Evil class like Assassins!

I can only assume Gary had some funny thoughts about players using poison.

Bards. Multiclassing. Psionics.

In my current game, I've had 8ish sessions, roughly 4.5 hours long (some shorter, some longer). The core party members, who make almost every session, are currently level 7, and the stragglers are level 6. I would expect after 56 sessions, if the game continues at it's current pace, a year...

The last time I had a character die, it definitely was the DM's fault. He had found an online conversion of a powerful Earthdawn enemy, a Wormskull Horror. The fight had two phases- the monster's human disguise and some minions (not Minions, though it was a 4e game). It was rough, but then...

Of course, those numbers don't reflect what's going on in all settings. According to the 2e Forgotten Realms Adventures book, the city of Arabel has a total population of 24,600 people. Going by the World Builder's Guidebook, we'd expect there to be, say, 1,845 NPC's with class levels in that...

A couple 2e books took a stab at it. These are taken from the World Builder's Guidebook

Rant Warning! While the Monk class can encompass a wide swath of non-Asian warriors, the fact is, the class has always been very heavily coded and marketed as "Kung Fu Guys", I mean, look at most of the Monk art that's been produced over the years. Or the need for some older editions to add...

Good old Chessex dice. Especially FIRE dice! (My players hate them, lol).