Is Assassin just a gimmick class?

[Jhonny G]

Had vague memories of a powerful assassin-like build I made a long time ago, so I decided to go for something similar. After reaching level 14 though (Rogue8/Assassin6), I'm having a really hard time seeing the usefulness of this prestige class and wish I had stayed pure Rogue instead.

1. Death attack is pretty much useless as most bosses are immune to paralyze and a waste against minions as they die in two hits anyway.

2. Use Poison is also pretty much useless for a dex build as the risk for failure is super low. (pretty sure it also overwrite other magical weapon effects)

3. Uncanny Dodge is capped at 3, not to mention Rogues already have those.

4. Only recieves half the skill points per level of a Rogue.

5. Ghostly Visage, Darkness, and Invisibility can only be used once per day. ONCE! A total joke compared to the alternatives.

So yeah.. I have kinda reached an impasse on whether to continue on with this toon or simply delete it and start over. Any thoughts on the subject will be most welcome.

[xunlaiAgent]

2. Use Poison is also pretty much useless for a dex build as the risk for failure is super low. (pretty sure it also overwrite other magical weapon effects)

That dex check is silly anyway. How hard can it possibly be to coat a weapon with poison??

[Shiroi Ren]

Publicado originalmente por xunlaiAgent:

That dex check is silly anyway. How hard can it possibly be to coat a weapon with poison??

IRL it would require specialized weapon if you want to use majority of poisons. Otherwise you need special poison to put it on your blade which would require... INT check and not DEX one. =)

[xunlaiAgent]

Publicado originalmente por Shiroi Ren:

Publicado originalmente por xunlaiAgent:

That dex check is silly anyway. How hard can it possibly be to coat a weapon with poison??

IRL it would require specialized weapon if you want to use majority of poisons. Otherwise you need special poison to put it on your blade which would require... INT check and not DEX one. =)

I agree, INT check would make sense.

[Tesseract]

It's almost worse in pnp in some ways: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/3e_SRD:Poison#Perils_of_Using_Poison

[jimbobslimbob]

Assassin got some much needed buffs in NWN 2 - and I wish we could get a similar treatment with a revisit to this game. It got HiPS at level 8, for instance: https://nwn2.fandom.com/wiki/Assassin

[Chauci 𐛧]

In Singleplayer:
Edit the class and grant yourself HIPS on lvl8 (3.5 rules) ;) http://www.d20srd.org/srd/prestigeClasses/assassin.htm

[jimbobslimbob]

@Ser Pounce A Lot - did Assassin's get HiPS at level 8 in 3rd Ed - or was that added for 3.5?

[wendigo211]

Publicado originalmente por jimbobslimbob:

@Ser Pounce A Lot - did Assassin's get HiPS at level 8 in 3rd Ed - or was that added for 3.5?

3.5, they don't get it in 3rd edition

[jimbobslimbob]

That's a shame. Thanks for the info.!