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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5783917" data-attributes="member: 87792">I have a simple algorithm for whether I like a class: are there more things you can do with the addition than you could before without hard coded niche protection?&nbsp;The monk extends the range of the game - you can do things with a monk you can't do with any other class and it doesn't bend the game double so it's handy for the game. Of course it doesn't fit all settings - but that's setting specific and it's easier to remove a class than add one. And the 1e monk was abysmal.&nbsp;The assassin on the other hand doesn't normally appear to do anything that a properly specialised rogue or thief can't or shouldn't. It makes a much better kit or build than class. The 1e assassin was a slightly specialised thief. The 3e Assassin was effectively a rogue-by-prestige-class. (That said the pre-essentials 4e assassin as a teleporting smokebombing ninja is something else and it's just a pity about it being mechanically weak; the e-Assassin should just be a collection of rogue powers).&nbsp;Edit: And the Monk makes a better Assassin than the Assassin.&nbsp; A fast and mobile class that can be made sneaky and kill with its bare hands?&nbsp; That's an assassin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5783917, member: 87792"] I have a simple algorithm for whether I like a class: are there more things you can do with the addition than you could before without hard coded niche protection? The monk extends the range of the game - you can do things with a monk you can't do with any other class and it doesn't bend the game double so it's handy for the game. Of course it doesn't fit all settings - but that's setting specific and it's easier to remove a class than add one. And the 1e monk was abysmal. The assassin on the other hand doesn't normally appear to do anything that a properly specialised rogue or thief can't or shouldn't. It makes a much better kit or build than class. The 1e assassin was a slightly specialised thief. The 3e Assassin was effectively a rogue-by-prestige-class. (That said the pre-essentials 4e assassin as a teleporting smokebombing ninja is something else and it's just a pity about it being mechanically weak; the e-Assassin should just be a collection of rogue powers). Edit: And the Monk makes a better Assassin than the Assassin. A fast and mobile class that can be made sneaky and kill with its bare hands? That's an assassin. [/QUOTE]

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