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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolfwood2" data-source="post: 3887955" data-attributes="member: 39394">Death Attack /= Sneak Attack.  You have to study a target for at least 3 rounds withotu the target knowing you are a threat before you can death attack.The OP can get into Assassin at Beguiler 5, but I recommend going Beguiler 6 to get those tasty 3rd level spells.As an Assassin, you have three big concerns:1. How do I study the target for 3 rounds and then get in close without being detected as a threat?2. How do I make a successful hit when I attack?3. How do I make my getaway if the target doesn't die?  (Or if he does die.)A Beguiler has lots of ways to do the first one.  They can go the disguise route and pretend to be someone harmless, palming a dagger via slight of hand.  Or they can use Invisibility and Zone of Silence to get in close unobserved.Number 2 is tougher.  On humanoid targets, you want to do everything you can to catch the target out of armor (and flatfooted).  You can also get True Strike as a first level assassin, casting it silently with a lesser metamagic rod (or inside your zone of silence, but positioning is tricky).Number 3 isn't purely a matter of mechanical builds, but of in-character planning and resourcefulness.</blockquote>