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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 488135" data-attributes="member: 141">Mongoose's Assassin booklet is cheap, but you don't get a lot with it.The equipment section is good, and I like the rules for concealing a weapon, but I don't like its poison rules.  And its take on Assassin as a base class is awfully bland.  It gets sneak attack damage as a rogue, an exotic weapon proficiency every 6 levels, and some abilities which give small bonuses to skills such as disguise, hide and move silently, craft poison, and conceal poison (in food or drink).  Only 4 skill points, no evasion or uncanny dodge, and no rogue special abilities.Whispers of Death is better for PC characters.  A rogue (or rogue/fighter) can pick up levels of Mask and Shadow-Stalker and do quite well- and without spells.If you are interested in NPC assassins, check out Crimson Contracts from Bastion.  The classes there range from too weak (comparable to NPC classes like expert and warrior) to too strong (NPC villains only).  The new poisons, diseases and magical devices are quite good.  Crimson Contracts has got quite a dark feel to it, though.  It is also the most expensive.  It would be better than Whispers for high level or high powered characters.</blockquote>