Comments on: Nerd Watching: Playing in the Dark with Knives

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:23:39 +0000

i agree with u Todd About the Edition 1 assasin as i play one too i remember i had followed the mark to a bar and while my allie distracted him and i had to poison his drink without anyone seeing. and another target i had followed down a lone alleyway that i learned he took to get home faster from his shop I hit him with a poisoned throwing dagger and my cloak of invisibility to slip away got me 10,000 G.P.

By: Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog » Has D&D become too classy?

Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog » Has D&D become too classy? — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:23:17 +0000

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By: Todd Bradley

Todd Bradley — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:09:32 +0000

From your description, it sounds like an assassin is still the kind of character who engages in battles and rolls for initiative like the rest of ‘em. I like the original D&D assassin concept more – someone who works solo to get into position for one single killing blow against an unsuspecting victim, but sucks in any sort of a regular fight.

By: Bartoneus

Bartoneus — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:08:23 +0000

I’m right there with you Nick, at first I was skeptical but then when I started reading the class I was very pleased. There is definitely some overlap with the Rogue, but I actually find the class a lot closer to the Avenger in the end except the shrouds introduce some great timing elements into combat that I really enjoy.

As for the Shadow power source, I’m really excited to see future classes simply because their powers are called “Hexes”, and I’m very confident we’ll be seeing the Necromancer make an appearance in this area.

I sent Mike Mearls a bunch of questions about the class, as he designed it, and you can see the Q&A here if you haven’t already: http://www.critical-hits.com/2009/09/16/in-depth-4e-assassin-and-qa-with-mike-mearls/

I will definitely be trying the Assassin out whenever I’m not DMing which will probably not be for a while!

By: Mike Kenyon

Mike Kenyon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:02:57 +0000

I have a beginner player in my group who loves the sneaky, stealthy types. She has been playing a rogue up till now, naturally, but she loved the idea of the assassin. Teleporting through shadow and becoming a shadow herself were the main draws. I don’t think I even told her about the attack herself. Fortunately, the group just entered the Shadowfell so there is a story element to the change.

As the DM, I liked reading the assassin class. The extra damage seems easier for her to understand and thus obtain compared to the rogue. It also seems excellent in the hands of an expert: timing the damage is entirely in the player’s hands.

We’re playing our first game of the year tonight. I can let you know how it goes :)