Create an "Assassin"
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If you're looking to kill something fast, a scry-and-fry Wizard would probably be best if the target isn't protected from divinations and teleportation. A spellcaster with one of the Skill Tricks and stuff like Still Spell, Silent Spell, and Eschew Materials can kill stuff while "hiding" in plain sight (i.e. VIP walks with an escort into the busy market streets, and then his head blows up and the civilians scatter screaming and running around while the Wizard pretends to be scared and flees the scene).
If you're talking about stealth, nothing quite beats a Whisper Gnome Ghost, or a Whisper Gnome with some way of becoming incorporeal. Tack on Psychic Warrior and Ranger for the ability to use wands that give you a +20 bonus to hide before Compression's bonuses and you've become nearly undetectable. Then add Slayer or Occult Slayer for immunity to stuff like Arcane Sight and become fully undetectable
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If you're talking about stealth, nothing quite beats a Whisper Gnome Ghost, or a Whisper Gnome with some way of becoming incorporeal. Tack on Psychic Warrior and Ranger for the ability to use wands that give you a +20 bonus to hide before Compression's bonuses and you've become nearly undetectable. Then add Slayer or Occult Slayer for immunity to stuff like Arcane Sight and become fully undetectable
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The real answer, I suppose, is that with creativity, any class can be a good assassin. Even a Paladin, under the right circumstances.
My personal choice:
LG/LN/LE Soulknife/PsiWar or Psion/Kensai
CG/CE/CN Soulknife/PsiWar or Psion/(Pyro/Cryo/Electro/Sono/Aceto)Kineticist.
Can wear armor or do without, passes every security check for weapons, spell foci, material components or spellbooks, can't be disarmed, versatile self-buffs, and his weapon simply gets better and better...
Potential to do ability damage (depending on build) to spellcasting stats makes him dangerous to any class.
The chaotic version can approach under flag of truce and kill mere instants later.
Expanded Knowledge gives him access to powers that help his offense, defense or even escaping ability.
Decision between PsiWar or Psion is based on personality- is the guy a big bad combatant w/lots of feats or a flexible killer?
When I play PCs like this, I always think of:
My personal choice:
LG/LN/LE Soulknife/PsiWar or Psion/Kensai
CG/CE/CN Soulknife/PsiWar or Psion/(Pyro/Cryo/Electro/Sono/Aceto)Kineticist.
Can wear armor or do without, passes every security check for weapons, spell foci, material components or spellbooks, can't be disarmed, versatile self-buffs, and his weapon simply gets better and better...
Potential to do ability damage (depending on build) to spellcasting stats makes him dangerous to any class.
The chaotic version can approach under flag of truce and kill mere instants later.
Expanded Knowledge gives him access to powers that help his offense, defense or even escaping ability.
Decision between PsiWar or Psion is based on personality- is the guy a big bad combatant w/lots of feats or a flexible killer?
When I play PCs like this, I always think of:
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Herobizkit
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For a non-magical "assassin", I'd go Monk/Rogue all the way. You'll want that ability to fight people without weapons, and with a complementary set of skills, you can max out your stealth abilities without worrying about multi-class restrictions.
For a magical one, Bard/Druid. As an assassin, this combination has everything you need.
For a magical one, Bard/Druid. As an assassin, this combination has everything you need.
evilgamer13
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For your wizard assassin I also like the silent still eschew combo, but if you can add in heavy armor proficiency (no arcane spell failure for the stilled spell) just to allay suspicion. Another one is a silent still sleep spell and then a ku-dygra on the unconscious foe.
InVinoVeritas
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Just ask the Nameless Assassin.
(Or a Ninja.)
A teleporting mage with a Phantasmal Killer is probably my choice. This can also be approximated by sending a hezrou against your foe. Hezrou teleports in, nauseates the target, and grapple/rends the target to death, then teleports/gaseous forms out.
(Or a Ninja.)
A teleporting mage with a Phantasmal Killer is probably my choice. This can also be approximated by sending a hezrou against your foe. Hezrou teleports in, nauseates the target, and grapple/rends the target to death, then teleports/gaseous forms out.
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TarionzCousin
Second Most Angelic Devil Ever
I GM'ed a non-D&D game wherein one player had a nice contingency spell cast upon himself. When he died, one square mile of super-heated plasma exploded directly over his corpse--just high enough for the PC who killed him to look up and say "Uh oh."
Dead: no save.
Edit: this was for a Highlander-type game where only one player could be alive at the end.
Dead: no save.
Edit: this was for a Highlander-type game where only one player could be alive at the end.
Like I said above, nobody expects a Paladin to be an assassin, even though in the right cases, they can do the job.
However, consider a high-level rogue disguised as a Paladin, with the right magical devices to conceal his alignment, intent, and if need be, his identity.
That target is dead.
However, consider a high-level rogue disguised as a Paladin, with the right magical devices to conceal his alignment, intent, and if need be, his identity.
That target is dead.
Woas
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Well lets see, first I'd come up with a theme for the assassin and then make a flow chart of questions that build off the last one.
Is it a he or she? Lets say a woman.
What type of social level is she from? I dunno. The first thing that comes to mind is a high-class woman from a bad noble line. So a Murder-Princess so to speak.
How does she kill? I'm thinking a mix of seduction and poisons. Sort of like a classic Bond girl.
How skilled is she at her deadly art? I'm not thinking very good. She's a lot better at the seduction. In fact her poisons are supplied to her.
Ok and from that I'd be ready to actually give her stats. She would probably be an Aristocrat NPC with a strong bluff, diplomacy and either slight of hand (seems to rogue-ish though) or disguise checks. And thats one assassin down, which could be a world different from any other infinite types of assassins that I could come up with, since assassin is just a job title.
Is it a he or she? Lets say a woman.
What type of social level is she from? I dunno. The first thing that comes to mind is a high-class woman from a bad noble line. So a Murder-Princess so to speak.
How does she kill? I'm thinking a mix of seduction and poisons. Sort of like a classic Bond girl.
How skilled is she at her deadly art? I'm not thinking very good. She's a lot better at the seduction. In fact her poisons are supplied to her.
Ok and from that I'd be ready to actually give her stats. She would probably be an Aristocrat NPC with a strong bluff, diplomacy and either slight of hand (seems to rogue-ish though) or disguise checks. And thats one assassin down, which could be a world different from any other infinite types of assassins that I could come up with, since assassin is just a job title.
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