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Originally posted by erleni:    Heroic Tier Powers 1st level at-will powers: Executioner's noose: all in all superior to Inescapable Blade. Range is better, damage is similar or better as you add your Dex bonus, you can pull and slow for added control. Nightstalker could find it useful to...

Originally posted by erleni: Guild training Deciding your guild training is one of the most important moments in creating your assassin. As both trainings will give you a substantial bonus in one area you will most likely optimize your feats and powers in order to exploit that bonus. Let's...

Originally posted by erleni: Getting started Baseline mechanics (HP, Surges and proficiencies): Hit points: 10+ constitution at first level, 4 for each level afterwards. This is as low as you can get and will condition your entire career and development. Never forget that. Surges: 6 + Con...

Originally posted by erleni: All Along The Crooked Way - An Assassin's Handbook "It's done. You've sold a part of your soul to the Shadow and taken its mark" the shadow creatures said. "What will come now?" asked the assassin, still trembling after the ritual. "It's up to you". "The Path...

Originally posted by erachima: Reserved for sample builds.   Camelot Driveby: Goliath Charger Assassin Note: This is an extremely boring High Score build. I wouldn't suggest playing it outside of a oneshot, and that as something of a joke. Build Premise Race: Goliath Guild: Night Stalker...

Originally posted by erachima: Trappings of Death: Weapons and Gear for Assassins   Weapons and Implements Holy Symbols Symbol of Victory (9+, PHB1) - Free action point on a crit, for you or an ally, and you're a damn good critfisher once you're going. When it comes to holy symbols, this is...

Originally posted by erachima: Assassin Class Feats Heroic Tier Assassin Feats Assassin's Challenge (D385) - Requires Paladin. The first part of this feat does literally nothing, since MCing or Hybridizing Paladin already lets you use Holy Symbols freely, and the second part is +1 damage to...

Originally posted by erachima: Visions of Oblivion: Epic-Tier Assassination Techniques As an epic-tier Assassin, your insight has grown beyond mortal concepts of "life" and "death", you can now see how to end the existence of angels, demons, gods and stars. Compared to paragon, the Assassin's...

Originally posted by erachima: Reserved for Epic Destiny coverage.

Originally posted by erachima: Visions of Death: Paragon-Tier Assassination Techniques It's taken patience and hardship to make it this far, but the efforts have finally payed off: you truly see death. At paragon tier, the Assassin gets dramatically better at damage dealing, thanks to two key...

Originally posted by erachima: Scouring the World's Secrets: Paragon Path Options for Assassins As an Assassin enters the paragon tier, they're faced with a conundrum: what to MC? The Assassin's in-class PPs are miserable, so it's nigh-obligatory to look outside the class for more damage here...

Originally posted by erachima: Visions of Weakness: Heroic Tier Assassination Techniques You can see death, or at least the path towards it, but you still have a great deal to learn. The heroic tier Asassin does have some attack powers worth using, but they're mostly situational and mediocre...

Originally posted by erachima: Examination of the Self: Your Aptitude for Assassination Before you can see how others must die, you must see if you are fit to kill them. The Assassin's skillset is both elitist and egalitarian: there are few born able to achieve the true potential of the...

Originally posted by erachima: Visualize the Kill: The Underpinnings of Assassination The Assassin class has four class features, three of which can be switched out for alternate versions and none of which are even remotely internally balanced. In keeping with its title, this guide will ignore...

Originally posted by erachima: Look Very Carefully: The Shroud Assassin's Handbook This is the law of life and death: Nothing is permanent but impermanence. When even life and death have passed away, nirvana will be bliss. —Samurai Executioner To become an Assassin, you must first learn to...

Originally posted by mkill: III Target numbers So, how much damage should a build do to be good? How much AC should a build have to survive? Let's look at average monster numbers to see what you will be up against. There are guidelines for monster stats in DMG p. 184 The average monster has...

Originally posted by mkill: The Art of Striking -- A beginner's guide to the Striker role -- You've read the build guide for making the perfect Rogue, Ranger, Warlock, Avenger, Sorcerer or Barbarian. Good. Now let's talk about how to use your character in the game to be effective. ShanFR...

Originally posted by mkill: The Art of Defending -- A beginner's guide to the Defender role -- This article aims to take a step back from typical character building handbooks. Instead of focusing on the intricacies of picking feats and powers, I'll concentrate on how to put your defender into...

Originally posted by PestilenceX: Warpriest   Here is a quick summary of the different domains of the warpriest in rough order of general effectiveness with thanks to GelatinousOctahedron from who I shamelessly borrowed it from ;) index Oghma: It starts out well and I think its the most...

Originally posted by PestilenceX: Some cheatsheets for when you want to quickly look something up. Index of Gods and their Domains index Avandra: Change, Freedom, Luck Bahamut: Hope, Justice, Protection Corellon: Arcana, Skill, Wilderness Erathis: Civilization, Creation, Justice Ioun...