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I didn't want this path to be balanced with other Assassin's paths. I wanted it to address some problems in the assassin's core mechanics, to see if it can make a reasonably good character at paragon and epic (heroic assassins are pretty much fine). I understand that barbarians may be easier to...

Thanks for the comments. Finishing sequence is more or less similar to Storm of Blades or Hurricane of Blades, but a barbarian just uses a standard action to unleash all the attacks and can do that every encounter (and maybe more if he can re-use the power), while the Scion has to spend all of...

Hello, after writing the Assassin's Handbook on WotC's D&D CharOp forum I started to conceive the idea of a more strikery assassin and came up with a Paragon Path, based on the enchantment called "Last Word" that Orcus used to kill some gods (as told in the 2ed Dead Gods boxed set). I would...

Hello Keefe, to whom shall I send an e-mail to ask to be part of the beta-testing?

Me too. And I hope they'll give some real support to the original assassin (and the move to hardback can be a good sign...).

I would like to see something with the same feeling of the Red Steel box. I loved it.

I think that if you keep an eye on the extra feats they take you shouldn't have too many problems. Another "combo" that could be pretty powerful is that of a revenant with Fierce Vitality and Ghostly Vitality that can be really resilient.

And I want a program that runs on my holo-deck to really play my PC. plus regular free pizza deliveries at every session...

I'm not sure that all broken powers are for Cleric, but you have a good point here. My feeling is that, being HP the ultimate resource in D&D, powers that directly impact HP can easily become broken and the Cleric's powers often have an effect on HP.

It's a wonderful power for any Str-based character (Barbarians, Straladins, Str-based Clerics, melee Rangers, Fighters, but also rogues with secondary Str). It's often worth to multiclass into sorcerer just to take it. A fighter can put melee monster in a difficult situation as they'll have to...

Spectral Assailants (Assassin 13th level encounter power) is broken. Only DM fiat (i.e. putting a limit to the number of free actions you can take in a round) will stop this power from insta-killing monsters when coupled with damage areas. On WotCs Character Optimization forum there's a thread...

I would also suggest to look for solos with multiple turns (like the behir). They have a larger-than-life pool of actions and with some lackeys support will be perfect for a large group.

Then it should be ok. The most critical moment is usually the beginning of the first round (and even more the surprise round if there's any). Probably I'm too sensible about this mateer because our master (my wife) is well known for rolling high on initiative and we suffered of several "massacre...

Be careful with monsters that have immobilize, daze, stun or dominate powers (this will happen later in the game). The impact of action denial or domination is bigger on small parties. I almost always DM for three players and we have seen this effect. With only 2 PCs you'll have to take that...

I agree. Just be careful that for some monsters group initiative can be a big advantage. Monsters that get additional bonuses when they gang-up on a target are very dangerous with group initiative, as PCs may not be able to the disengage before doom is spelled over them.

Hope you don't have revenants in your party. Otherwise a simple feat will be enough to overcome most of the drawbacks (just don't deliver killing blows and concentrate on weakening unbloodied target). Would be a fantastic item for a Bleak Cabal assassin...

There's also some "stealth errata" going on. The Shadow Knives assassin power has been changed from the original version in Dragon without any update being posted.

And if you take Son of Mercy as your paragon path you can pile up some more Wis damage bonus.

From the experience I had with our group I guess you can do well even if a full-fledged leader is missing as long as you build the party in a proper way. We played with paladin, fighter, wizard and archer ranger. The fighter multiclassed into cleric for some more healing and we didn't experience...

PHB3 is the only one we use a lot. Our group is small (3 players) and hybrid classes help us in covering more roles.