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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 5816269" data-attributes="member: 5868">I prefer the 1E assassin (or the ultimate: 1/2 orc cleric/assassin!).The assassin should:- Have a number of skills in common with the rogue (stealth, disable device)- Have the ability to disguise him/herself as another race/class- Have better weapon and armor  proficiency and combat ability than the rogue- Be adept at trap-setting and poison use- Be nonmagical as a base class, but with class options or multi-classing able to pick up some magical skillsTo distinguish from the rogue, I'd restrict trap-setting to the assassin, and not give the assassin a number of the social and knowledge skills the rogue gets.  I'd also use different mechanics between the two classes for backstab/sneak attack to keep them thematically different.</blockquote>