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<blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 9257452" data-attributes="member: 27957">You're taking Assassin out of context. Look at what the other Rogue subclasses get at 3rd level. Thief gets no damage increase, Swashbuckler only gets a new way to activate Sneak Attack that doesn't increase their maximum output, and Arcane Trickster only gets a minor damage increase if your DM lets you take Booming Blade.Assassinate is not the One Shot, One Kill ability of a master Assassin to take down even the toughest foes when catching them by surprise. That's what Death Strike at 17th level is supposed to be. Assassinate is the ground floor, the introductory taste of what you're eventually going to achieve. It's still more of a direct damage increase than anyone else gets.Now, does it feel a bit thin compared to the utility of what Thief gets, or the spellcasting of Arcane Trickster? Maybe. That's a personal judgment call, and if you do feel that way, then Assassin probably isn't right for you. That's okay, plenty of other fish in the sea. But there's no room in the class budget for a significant damage increase at 3rd level. Not on top of getting another Sneak Attack die. Ain't no one getting that big a power spike that early.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kurotowa, post: 9257452, member: 27957"] You're taking Assassin out of context. Look at what the other Rogue subclasses get at 3rd level. Thief gets no damage increase, Swashbuckler only gets a new way to activate Sneak Attack that doesn't increase their maximum output, and Arcane Trickster only gets a minor damage increase if your DM lets you take Booming Blade. Assassinate is not the One Shot, One Kill ability of a master Assassin to take down even the toughest foes when catching them by surprise. That's what Death Strike at 17th level is supposed to be. Assassinate is the ground floor, the introductory taste of what you're eventually going to achieve. It's still more of a direct damage increase than anyone else gets. Now, does it feel a bit thin compared to the utility of what Thief gets, or the spellcasting of Arcane Trickster? Maybe. That's a personal judgment call, and if you do feel that way, then Assassin probably isn't right for you. That's okay, plenty of other fish in the sea. But there's no room in the class budget for a significant damage increase at 3rd level. Not on top of getting another Sneak Attack die. Ain't no one getting that big a power spike that early. [/QUOTE]

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