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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4956598" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>One should never shine the light on one's own shady profession.</p><p></p><p>From my own gaming experience, to avoid being ganked by goody-2 shoes comrades, those who have played thieves and assassins who wanted that fact to remain concealed often had euphemisms for their PC's chosen profession.</p><p></p><p>"I'm a<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs down (n)" data-smilie="23"data-shortname="(n)" />...</p><p></p><p>legitimate businessman</p><p>honest merchant</p><p>information broker</p><p>marksman</p><p>trick-shot specialist</p><p>secret policeman</p><p>neighborhood tough guy</p><p>stand-up fellah</p><p>regular bloke</p><p>deft hand with a dagger</p><p>spyhunter</p><p>herald</p><p>traveling salesman</p><p>counterterrorist</p><p>specialist</p><p>warden</p><p>bounty hunter</p><p>government agent</p><p>the monarchy's left hand</p><p></p><p>and other such phrases.</p><p></p><p>This all reminds me of the brother of one of our old family friends. He got his bro an interview with his agency. The interviewer asked</p><p></p><p>"Have you ever killed anything?"</p><p></p><p>"Well, I've killed bugs and other vermin."</p><p></p><p>"Anything bigger?"</p><p></p><p>"Ummm...I did hit a deer once."</p><p></p><p>"Anything...slightly smaller than that?"</p><p></p><p>"No, I can't say that I have."</p><p></p><p>"Well, thank you very much, but I don't think you're what we're looking for at this time."</p><p></p><p>Now, I've personally never met the man. He's <em>always</em> traveling...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>As for Assassin adventures & PCs in particular, I've always thought that an Assassin is perfectly suited for a player who can't make all of the sessions. While his PC is away, you run his PC as a PBP adventurer. While the party takes the <em>obvious</em> path to the sanctum sanctorum of the BBEG, the absent Assassin finds his own way...and then appears at the climactic final battle just in time to backstab him at a crucial moment!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4956598, member: 19675"] One should never shine the light on one's own shady profession. From my own gaming experience, to avoid being ganked by goody-2 shoes comrades, those who have played thieves and assassins who wanted that fact to remain concealed often had euphemisms for their PC's chosen profession. "I'm a(n)... legitimate businessman honest merchant information broker marksman trick-shot specialist secret policeman neighborhood tough guy stand-up fellah regular bloke deft hand with a dagger spyhunter herald traveling salesman counterterrorist specialist warden bounty hunter government agent the monarchy's left hand and other such phrases. This all reminds me of the brother of one of our old family friends. He got his bro an interview with his agency. The interviewer asked "Have you ever killed anything?" "Well, I've killed bugs and other vermin." "Anything bigger?" "Ummm...I did hit a deer once." "Anything...slightly smaller than that?" "No, I can't say that I have." "Well, thank you very much, but I don't think you're what we're looking for at this time." Now, I've personally never met the man. He's [I]always[/I] traveling...:eek: As for Assassin adventures & PCs in particular, I've always thought that an Assassin is perfectly suited for a player who can't make all of the sessions. While his PC is away, you run his PC as a PBP adventurer. While the party takes the [I]obvious[/I] path to the sanctum sanctorum of the BBEG, the absent Assassin finds his own way...and then appears at the climactic final battle just in time to backstab him at a crucial moment! [/QUOTE]
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