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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5699510" data-attributes="member: 6669384">My wife recommended a book to me that I've been thoroughly enjoying.  Many of you may have read it.  It's called Assassin's Apprentice.I won't give any spoilers that aren't inherent in the title, but the premise is fascinating.  The King makes references to "the diplomacy of the blade", and his personal assassin is a man who isn't at all evil.  He explains to his new student that he kills when he has to.  He will also teach to blind, deafen, cause a debiliting cough, a weakness in the limbs or impotence on occasion. One task hs set to his apprentice was to cause a visiting noble's horse to develop a limp so he'd have to stay a few days longer for it to recover.  On another occasion he has the boy slip a little something into a teapot so a particular noble's favorite servants would develop "loose bowels" for a few days, and some other servant would have to tend to the noble until they recovered.It paints a whole different picture of the profession, as a subtle manipulator of events rather than simply as a killer.Sadly, the D&D rules don't allow for this type of character, one who kills to protect the stability of the country, or causes selective inconveniences to selected individuals for the best of reasons.Any thoughts on how to work a character like this, within the rules and without inviting abuse?</blockquote>