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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 3084367" data-attributes="member: 14041">Shining Blade is a Prestige Class in Complete Divine.EDIT:  Oh and to show you how an Assassin could work:A PC in my game had been going into bars and starting fights, and in sometimes killing people.  The city was based on commerce, so while he could have been sued or fined, the laws weren't like a normal city.  However, I decided that one of the bars he was in was a Union bar, and that they hired and assassin to get him.  A few sessions later while the PCs were in the market place a barber appealed to the PCs vanity and offered to give him a shave and hair cut.  The hair cut was first, then the shave.  A long straight razor.  Needless to say the barber was the assassin.  I did allow the PC and an ally that was waiting his turn a Sense Motive to see that the Barber was up to something (I rolled for them).  The ally made it, but the assassin made his move anyway.  The PC  succeeded in his save against the death attack, but did succumb to the Str sapping poision that was on the blade.  Given the presetablished rules about who the healers were willing to heal and when, the PC was in bad shape for a while, but the others rounded up his assailant and collected a reward.  Taught the PC, and player a lesson.  Basically I think the assassin is either meant to be NPC only, or played meant to shine in non-combat situarions useing trickery.</blockquote>