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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 3074116" data-attributes="member: 15538">I think it's reasonable to suppose that someone who is not evil is a paid killer only as a sideline. That said, I think a finicky assassin could be Neutral, but they could not be a member of the Assassin class and organization as presented in the DMG. Those guys require their candidates to blood in, and are presumably willing to do anyone, any time. Also, you have to think about what kind of practice is required to develop a really good sneak attack, and who are used for subjects.For a neutral small A assassin, straight up rogue works well. As far as the PrC, the main abilities are sneak attack, sneaky spells, death attack, and poison. Of those, only poison and death attack are reasonably specific. A couple of other PrC's, including Dark Hunter, get Death Attack. Poison is largely limited to evil PrCs and some &quot;primitive&quot; types. Indiscriminate use of poison is evil, but poison itself does not seem to be evil. Some Always Good monsters have poison, and there is a poison spell. I think the question is, What non-evil organization would train someone in the manner that produces the Assassin PrC abilities? If you can answer that question, you have yourself a non-evil assassin. As it is, there are feats that reduce the potential risks of self-poisoning to nearly nothing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 3074116, member: 15538"] I think it's reasonable to suppose that someone who is not evil is a paid killer only as a sideline. That said, I think a finicky assassin could be Neutral, but they could not be a member of the Assassin class and organization as presented in the DMG. Those guys require their candidates to blood in, and are presumably willing to do anyone, any time. Also, you have to think about what kind of practice is required to develop a really good sneak attack, and who are used for subjects. For a neutral small A assassin, straight up rogue works well. As far as the PrC, the main abilities are sneak attack, sneaky spells, death attack, and poison. Of those, only poison and death attack are reasonably specific. A couple of other PrC's, including Dark Hunter, get Death Attack. Poison is largely limited to evil PrCs and some "primitive" types. Indiscriminate use of poison is evil, but poison itself does not seem to be evil. Some Always Good monsters have poison, and there is a poison spell. I think the question is, What non-evil organization would train someone in the manner that produces the Assassin PrC abilities? If you can answer that question, you have yourself a non-evil assassin. As it is, there are feats that reduce the potential risks of self-poisoning to nearly nothing. [/QUOTE]

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