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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 5752020" data-attributes="member: 54846">And in those days people wanted to play Drow because they wanted to be Drizzt. I.e. the lone good guy of an otherwise evil race. Now I think most people play drow for the stats.I would at least disagree with one of those.I don't think anyone is glossing over THE ASSASSIN. Most popular culture relating to the Assassin glorifies that character even as he murders others for hire. Assassins are the main characters, the heroes, of movies like &quot;The Professional&quot; &quot;The Mechanic&quot; &quot;Columbiana&quot; &quot;Wanted&quot; &quot;The Big Hit&quot; &quot;Lucky Number Sleven&quot; &quot;The Whole Nine Yards&quot; &quot;Mr. and Mrs. Smith&quot; &quot;Grosse Point Blank&quot; &quot;Smoking Aces&quot; &quot;Hero&quot; &quot;Hitman&quot; &quot;Pulp Fiction&quot; &quot;The Bourne Trilogy&quot; and others I'm missing. Not to mention the video games &quot;Assassin's Creed (up to 4 now)&quot; and I'm not sure how many Hitman games there are. Not to mention an untold number of novels. Just like how mafia guys get glorified even as they murder each other, often in cold blood. No one is glossing there. I mean hell, the show &quot;Dexter&quot; is about a serial killer, the hero of the series, who graphically murders other killers and that show is up to season 5! Thing is, while their class may say assassin, they are rarely propositioned in-game to engage in murder for hire. That presents several problems for DMs (only one of which is the moral issues involved in killing for hire). And just because one has the class name Assassin does it necessarily mean that they are killing for hire. I just started a game where my character, an assassin, is about hunting down and murdering (or bringing to justice, but often murdering) horrible criminals - slavers, murderers, rapists, etc. The character is styled more to the Punisher or Dexter than a hitman.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 5752020, member: 54846"] And in those days people wanted to play Drow because they wanted to be Drizzt. I.e. the lone good guy of an otherwise evil race. Now I think most people play drow for the stats. I would at least disagree with one of those. I don't think anyone is glossing over THE ASSASSIN. Most popular culture relating to the Assassin [I]glorifies that character even as he murders others for hire[/I]. Assassins are the main characters, the heroes, of movies like "The Professional" "The Mechanic" "Columbiana" "Wanted" "The Big Hit" "Lucky Number Sleven" "The Whole Nine Yards" "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" "Grosse Point Blank" "Smoking Aces" "Hero" "Hitman" "Pulp Fiction" "The Bourne Trilogy" and others I'm missing. Not to mention the video games "Assassin's Creed (up to 4 now)" and I'm not sure how many Hitman games there are. Not to mention an untold number of novels. Just like how mafia guys get glorified [I]even as they murder each other, often in cold blood[/I]. No one is glossing there. I mean hell, the show "Dexter" is about a serial killer, the hero of the series, who graphically murders other killers and that show is up to season 5! Thing is, while their class may say assassin, they are rarely propositioned in-game to engage in murder for hire. That presents several problems for DMs (only one of which is the moral issues involved in killing for hire). And just because one has the class name Assassin does it necessarily mean that they are killing for hire. I just started a game where my character, an assassin, is about hunting down and murdering (or bringing to justice, but often murdering) horrible criminals - slavers, murderers, rapists, etc. The character is styled more to the Punisher or Dexter than a hitman. [/QUOTE]

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