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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arcane Runes Press" data-source="post: 1038675" data-attributes="member: 402">To me, this argument always seems to come down to strict definitions versus broad interpretations.In other words, do you see the word assassin and read "person who kills for money", or do you see the word assassin and read "person focused on the silent kill". In my experience, the people asking whether an assassin can be good are using the broad interpretation of the word. I've got no problem with that, personally. D&D is all about broad archetypes, and stripped of it's flavor text, the assassin PrC is nothing but a set of numbers and abilities which combine to make a very efficient killing machine, albeit of a different sort than the Barbarian or Arcane Archer or Weapon Master.In a typical D&D world, filled as it is with evil priests and demons and devils and dragons and immortal liches and vampires and assorted other always Evil beastie-bugaboos, I have no problem envisioning an implacable, stealthy Good aligned slayer of absolute Evil. He's got all the skills of an assassin - no fortress is barred to him, and he has studied his foes so carefully that he can slay with a single blow - but he's proactive, killing not for money, but because he knows that demons and devils and the undead can never, ever be redeemed, only destroyed. In that context, yes, an "assassin" can be Good. Patrick Y.</blockquote>