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Message: <blockquote data-quote="awesomeocalypse" data-source="post: 4957377" data-attributes="member: 85641">It may help to think of it in terms of a "team" dynamic, because d&d is a team game, and the temperament of a given hero generally has much less to do with the role the heroes play in the world than does the direction they choose to take as a team.In most fiction featuring a heroic team that works together to defeat their enemies or solve problems, each hero tends to embody a certain archetype. Roles like "the heroic leader" or "the brain" show up again and again in different genres and different media, and are represented to some extent by the classes themselves (allowing that anyone can roleplay a character to be anyone they want them to be)--played true to stereotype, wizards are "the brains" while classes like paladins are "the heroic leaders".One of those recurring tropes is "the badass". The ruthless antihero who often clashes with the others (especially the leader) and who employs darker methods than the others, but who at the end of the day is absolutely on the side of right and there when you need him. Batman is like this. So is Wolverine. They're the white hats who kinda look like black hats if you squint in the right light. But they still function as integral and effective parts of teams that are about as heroic as it gets.The badass is a popular role for lots of players for every class, but it is especially suggested by a few classes, primarily strikers. The Avenger aka Batman with a holy symbol, the Rogue who is a direct descendant of a class literally alled the "thief", the Warlock whose faustian fluff is more suggestive of a villain than a hero...all of these are classes that push players in the direction of playing "the badass" within their team.The assassin clearly fits into that role. Batman and Wolverine aren't assassins...but both trained with assassins at key points in their development, and they both employ methods we might associate with an assassin-like character (granted, Batman does not kill, but he's basically a ninja with supertech in every other way. Wolverine when he's feeling sneaky is 100% like an assassin). It isn't hard to picture an assassin character who employed completely ruthless methods to take down evil, but who was nevertheless at the end of the day firmly on the side of right and of his teammates.</blockquote>

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