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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2166191" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>And your assassin can do all of these things, particularly if he takes the stealth path (Granted he's forced in his choices for his three special ability, but HIPS is arguably better for a stealth-rogue than any of the ones you didn't give, and if he really wants the other rogue special, he can go back and take up to 10 in Rogue) because he already has five levels in Rogue. He's equivalent to the rogue at everything except that he is missing out on approximately 2 skill points per level (why 2 and not 4? Because he basically gets a free rank in Intimidate and Sense Motive every level) and Improved Uncanny Dodge (although he can take 3 more levels in Rogue to pick this up, or even sacrifice HIPS if he really wants it), and he gets 2d6 additional Sneak Attack for his trouble, not to mention the equivalent of four epic feats at once at level 10 (a huge gain). I had a Player once who made something called the &quot;Incantrix Test.&quot; The Incantrix test states that anything that gives you more epic feats than Incantrix before becoming epic without appreciable loss is overpowered as a PrC because Incantrix is at best on the edge of the brink. This assassin PrC gives 6 epic feat equivalents (2d6 SA more than a Rogue, and 4 typeless stat boosts).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 2166191, member: 29014"] And your assassin can do all of these things, particularly if he takes the stealth path (Granted he's forced in his choices for his three special ability, but HIPS is arguably better for a stealth-rogue than any of the ones you didn't give, and if he really wants the other rogue special, he can go back and take up to 10 in Rogue) because he already has five levels in Rogue. He's equivalent to the rogue at everything except that he is missing out on approximately 2 skill points per level (why 2 and not 4? Because he basically gets a free rank in Intimidate and Sense Motive every level) and Improved Uncanny Dodge (although he can take 3 more levels in Rogue to pick this up, or even sacrifice HIPS if he really wants it), and he gets 2d6 additional Sneak Attack for his trouble, not to mention the equivalent of four epic feats at once at level 10 (a huge gain). I had a Player once who made something called the "Incantrix Test." The Incantrix test states that anything that gives you more epic feats than Incantrix before becoming epic without appreciable loss is overpowered as a PrC because Incantrix is at best on the edge of the brink. This assassin PrC gives 6 epic feat equivalents (2d6 SA more than a Rogue, and 4 typeless stat boosts). [/QUOTE]

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