Editing Yagura:SRD:Assassin

=Assassin=
{{quote|I kill people. Individually, you are a person. Collectively, I think you count as people.}}

An assassin is a master of the art of killing, a vicious weapon honed by experience and inclination to learn the myriad ways to end a life. Unlike common warriors or rogues, an Assassin does not study various fighting arts or muddle his training with martial dirty tricks, he instead studies the anatomy of the various creatures of wildly different anatomies and forms of existence, and he uses this knowledge to place his blows in areas vital for biological or mystical reasons. Stealth and sudden violence are his hallmarks, and various exotic tools and killing methods become his tools.

While most societies consider assassination to be a vile art, or at best a dishonorable or unvalorous one, the reasons that drive these killers vary. Cold-hearted mercenaries share a skill set with dedicated demon-hunters, differing only in the application of their skills. Only the most naïve student of ethics believes that all killing is evil, or that nobility cannot be found in a mercifully quick death. 

===Making an Assassin===

The most obvious strength of the Assassin is their ability to hand out incredible amounts of damage. BUT. They may only use Death Attack, at most, every other round and their Medium BAB makes it a little uncertain about whether or not the attack will hit. Their spellcasting can be very useful and interesting--Color Spray is a good spell to have at very low levels, because it can remove an enemy from a fight in one action. The various Image illusion spells can be put to creative use, and Invisibility and Greater Invisibility can be used to let the Assassin get a Death Attack off every other round.

'''Abilities:''' Intelligence and Dexterity.

'''Races:''' Any

'''Starting Gold:''' 6d4 x 10 gp (150 gp)

'''[[Yagura:SRD:Race Descriptions#Starting Age|Starting Age]]:''' As [[Yagura:SRD:Rogue|Rogue]]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Table: The Assassin
Hit Die: d6
|-
! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | [[BAB|Base<br/>Attack Bonus]]
! colspan="3" | [[Yagura:SRD:Saving Throw|Saving Throw]]s
! rowspan="2" | Special
! colspan="10" | [[#Spells|Spells per Day]]
|-
! [[Yagura:SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fort]] || [[Yagura:SRD:Saving Throw#Reflex|Ref]] || [[Yagura:SRD:Saving Throw#Will|Will]]
! 1<sup>st</sup> || 2<sup>nd</sup> || 3<sup>rd</sup> || 4<sup>th</sup> || 5<sup>th</sup> || 6<sup>th</sup>
|- 
|1st|| class="left" | +0 || +2 || +2 || +0
| class="left" | [[#Poison Use|Poison Use]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +3d6, [[#Personal Immunity|Personal Immunity]], [[#Spellcasting|Spellcasting]]
|—||—||—||—||—||—
|- 
|2nd|| class="left" | +1 || +3 || +3 || +0
| class="left" | [[#Uncanny Dodge|Uncanny Dodge]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +4d6
|0||—||—||—||—||—
|- 
|3rd|| class="left" | +2 || +3 || +3 || +1
| class="left" | [[#Hide in Plain Sight|Hide in Plain Sight]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +5d6
|1||—||—||—||—||—
|- 
|4th||class="left" | +3 || +4 || +4 || +1
| class="left" | [[#Cloak of Discretion|Cloak of Discretion]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +6d6
|2||0||—||—||—||—
|- 
|5th||class="left" | +3 || +4 || +4 || +1
| class="left" | [[#Trapfinding|Trapfinding]], [[#Trapmaking|Trapmaking]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +7d6
|3||1||—||—||—||—
|- 
|6th||class="left" | +4 || +5 || +5 || +2
| class="left" | [[#Palm Weapon|Palm Weapon]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +8d6
|3||2||—||—||—||—
|- 
|7th||class="left" | +5 || +5 || +5 || +2
| class="left" | [[#Full Death Attack|Full Death Attack]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +9d6
|3||2||0||—||—||—
|- 
|8th||class="left" | +6/+1 || +6 || +6 || +2
| class="left" | [[#Nerve of the Killer|Nerve of the Killer]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +10d6
|3||3||1||—||—||—
|- 
|9th||class="left" | +6/+1 || +6 || +6 || +3
| class="left" | [[#Improved Uncanny Dodge|Improved Uncanny Dodge]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +11d6
|3||3||2||—||—||—
|- 
|10th||class="left" | +7/+2 || +7 || +7 || +3
| class="left" | [[#Skill Mastery|Skill Mastery]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +12d6
|3||3||2||0||—||—
|- 
|11th||class="left" | +8/+3 || +7 || +7 || +3
| class="left" | [[#Poisonmaster|Poisonmaster]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +13d6
|3||3||3||1||—||—
|- 
|12th||class="left" | +9/+4 || +8 || +8 || +4
| class="left" | [[#Personal Immunity|Personal Immunity]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +14d6
|3||3||3||2||—||—
|- 
|13th||class="left" | +9/+4 || +8 || +8 || +4
| class="left" | [[#Exotic Method|Exotic Method]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +15d6
|3||3||3||2||0||—
|- 
|14th||class="left" | +10/+5 || +9 || +9 || +4
| class="left" | [[#Personal Immunity|Personal Immunity]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +16d6
|3||3||3||3||1||—
|- 
|15th||class="left" | +11/+6/+6 || +9 || +9 || +5
| class="left" | [[#Killer’s Proof|Killer's Proof]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +17d6
|3||3||3||3||2||—
|- 
|16th||class="left" | +12/+7/+7 || +10 || +10 || +5
| class="left" | [[#Exotic Method|Exotic Method]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +18d6
|3||3||3||3||2||0
|- 
|17th||class="left" | +12/+7/+7 || +10 || +10 || +5
| class="left" | [[#Death by a Thousand Cuts|Death by a Thousand Cuts]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +19d6
|3||3||3||3||3||1
|- 
|18th||class="left" | +13/+8/+8 || +11 || +11 || +6
| class="left" | [[#Mind Blank|Mind Blank]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +20d6
|3||3||3||3||3||2
|- 
|19th||class="left" | +14/+9/+9 || +11 || +11 || +6
| class="left" | [[#Exotic Method|Exotic Method]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +21d6
|3||3||3||3||3||3
|- 
|20th||class="left" | +15/+10/+10 || +12 || +12 || +6
| class="left" | [[#Killing Strike|Killing Strike]], [[#Death Attack|Death Attack]] +22d6
|3||3||3||3||3||3
|- class="noalt"
| colspan="41" class="skill" |
'''Class Skills <!-- ([[Skill Points::6]] + [[Yagura:SRD:Intelligence|Int]] modifier per level, &times;4 at 1st level)'''<br/>
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Balance Skill|Balance</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Bluff Skill|Bluff</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Climb Skill|Climb</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Strength|Str]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Concentration Skill|Concentration</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Constitution|Con]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Craft Skill|Craft</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Diplomacy Skill|Diplomacy</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Disable Device Skill|Disable Device</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Disguise Skill|Disguise</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Gather Information Skill|Gather Information</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Hide Skill|Hide</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Intimidate Skill|Intimidate</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Jump Skill|Jump</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Strength|Str]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Knowledge Skill|Knowledge</span> (all skills, taken individually) ([[Yagura:SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Listen Skill|Listen</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Wisdom|Wis]])
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Move Silently Skill|Move Silently</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Perform Skill|Perform</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Profession Skill|Profession</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Search Skill|Search</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Sense Motive Skill|Sense Motive</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Sleight of Hand Skill|Sleight of Hand</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Spellcraft Skill|Spellcraft</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Spot Skill|Spot</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Survival Skill|Survival</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Swim Skill|Swim</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Strength|Str]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Tumble Skill|Tumble</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Use Magic Device Skill|Use Magic Device</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Charisma|Cha]]).
|} -->

====Class Features====

As an assassin, all of the following are class features. 

'''Weapon and Armor Proficiency:''' You are proficient with all simple weapons, light martial weapons, repeating crossbows, and hand crossbows. At first level, you gain proficiency with one Exotic Weapon of your choice. You are proficient with Light Armor but not with shields.

'''<span id="Spells">Spells</span>:''' 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Table: Assassin Spells Known
|-
! rowspan="2" | Level || colspan="10" | Spells Known
|-
! 0&nbsp;&nbsp; || 1<sup>st</sup> || 2<sup>nd</sup> || 3<sup>rd</sup> || 4<sup>th</sup> || 5<sup>th</sup> || 6<sup>th</sup>
|- 
| 1st || 4 || — || — || — || — || — || — 
|- 
| 2nd || 5 || 2 || — || — || — || — || — 
|- 
| 3rd || 6 || 3 || — || — || — || — || — 
|- 
| 4th || 6 || 3 || 2 || — || — || — || — 
|- 
| 5th || 6 || 4 || 3 || — || — || — || — 
|- 
| 6th || 6 || 4 || 3 || — || — || — || —
|- 
| 7th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 2 || — || — || — 
|- 
| 8th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 3 || — || — || — 
|- 
| 9th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 3 || — || — || — 
|- 
| 10th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 2 || — || — 
|- 
| 11th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 3 || — || — 
|- 
| 12th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 3 || — || — 
|- 
| 13th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 2 || — 
|- 
| 14th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 3 || — 
|- 
| 15th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 3 || — 
|- 
| 16th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 2 
|- 
| 17th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 3 
|- 
| 18th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 3 
|- 
| 19th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 
|- 
| 20th || 6 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 
|}


'''<span id="Spellcasting">Spellcasting</span>''' You are an Arcane Spellcaster with the same spells per day and spells known progression as a [[Yagura:SRD:Bard|Bard]], except that you gain no more than three spell slots per level. Your spells known may be chosen from the Sorcerer/Wizard list, and must be from the schools of [[Yagura:SRD:Divination School|Divination]], [[Yagura:SRD:Illusion School|Illusion]], or [[Yagura:SRD:Necromancy School|Necromancy]]. 
To cast an assassin spell, you must have an Intelligence at least equal to 10 + the Spell level. The DC of your spells is Intelligence based and the bonus spells are Intelligence based.

'''<span id="Poison Use">Poison Use</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' You may prepare, apply, and use poison without any chance of poisoning yourself.

'''<span id="Death Attack">Death Attack</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' You may spend a full-round action to study an opponent who would be denied a Dexterity bonus if you instead attacked that target. If you do so, your next attack is a Death Attack if made within 1 round. A Death Attack inflicts a number of extra dice of damage equal to your assassin level plus two dice, but only if the target is denied a Dexterity Bonus to AC against that attack. A target with a Dexterity score of 0 or less is always considered to be denied their Dexterity bonus for the purposes of qualifying for a Death Attack study round or attack. Special attacks such as a coup de grace may be a Death Attack. Assassins are well trained in eliminating magical or distant opponents, and do not have to meet the stringent requirements of a sneak attack, though if you have both sneak attack and death attack, they stack if you meet the requirements of both. As long as the victim is denied a Dexterity bonus against attacks from you during the study action and the attack itself, it counts as a death attack. You may load a crossbow simultaneously with your action to study your target if you have a Base Attack Bonus of +1 or more.

'''<span id="Personal Immunity">Personal Immunity</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At levels 1, 5, 7, and 12 you choose 4 poisons to which you are totally immune, regardless of the strength of the poison. At level 14 you become immune to all poisons.

'''<span id="Uncanny Dodge">Uncanny Dodge</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 2nd level you can react to danger before your senses would normally allow you to do so. You retain your Dexterity bonus to AC (if any) even if you are caught flat-footed or struck by an invisible attacker. However, you still lose your Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized.

'''<span id="Hide in Plain Sight">Hide in Plain Sight</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 3rd level you can hide in unusual locations, and may hide in areas without cover or concealment without penalty. You may even hide while being observed. This ability does not remove the -10 penalty for moving at full speed, or the -20 penalty for running or fighting.

'''<span id="Cloak of Discretion">Cloak of Discretion</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 4th level you are protected by a constant [[Yagura:SRD:Nondetection|Nondetection]] effect, with a caster level equal to your character level.

'''<span id="Trapfinding">Trapfinding</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 5th level you can use the Search skill to locate traps when the task has a Difficulty Class higher than 20. Finding a non-magical trap has a DC of at least 20, or higher if it is well hidden. Finding a magic trap has a DC of 25 + the level of the spell used to create it.
You can use the Disable Device skill to disarm magic traps. A magic trap generally has a DC of 25 + the level of the spell used to create it.
If you beat a trap’s DC by 10 or more with a Disable Device check you can study a trap, figure out how it works, and bypass it (with your party) without disarming it.

'''<span id="Trapmaking">Trapmaking</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 5th level you learn to build simple mechanical traps in out of common materials. As long as you have access to ropes, flexible material like green wood, and weapon-grade materials like sharpened wooden sticks or steel weapons, you can build an improvised trap in 10 minutes. You can build any non-magical trap on the "CR 1" trap list that doesn’t involve a pit. These traps have a Search DC equal to 20 + your character level, have a BAB equal to your own, and are always single-use traps. You may add poison to these traps, if you have access to it, but it will dry out in an hour.

'''<span id="Palm Weapon">Palm Weapon</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 6th level you learn to conceal weapons with supernatural skill. Any weapon successfully concealed with Sleight of Hand cannot be found with divination magic.

'''<span id="Full Death Attack">Full Death Attack</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 7th level if you study an opponent to perform a Death Attack, you can make a full attack during the next round where every attack inflicts Death Attack damage as long as the target was denied a Dexterity bonus to AC against the first attack in the full attack action.

'''<span id="Nerve of the Killer">Nerve of the Killer</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]): ''' At 8th level you gain a limited immunity to compulsion and charm effects. While studying a target for a Death Attack, and for one round afterward, you gain a +2 resistance bonus to all saves and [[Yagura:SRD:Spell Resistance|spell resistance]] equal to 10 + your character level. 

Additionally, this effect blocks any attempt to possess or to exercise mental control over you (including enchantment (charm) effects and enchantment (compulsion) effects that grant the caster ongoing control over the subject, such as ''dominate person''). The protection does not prevent such effects from targeting you, but it suppresses the effect for the duration of the this ability. If this ability ends before the effect granting mental control does, mental control again becomes possible. Likewise, this ability keeps out a possessing life force but does not expel one if it is in place before the spell is cast.

'''<span id="Improved Uncanny Dodge">Improved Uncanny Dodge</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 9th level you can no longer be flanked. This defense denies another character the ability to sneak attack by flanking you, unless the attacker has at least four more levels in a class that provides sneak attack than your character level. 

'''<span id="Skill Mastery">Skill Mastery</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 10th level you become so certain in the use of certain skills that you can use them reliably even under adverse conditions. When making a skill check with Climb, Disable Device, Hide, Move Silently, Search, Spellcraft, Use Magic Device, Use Rope, or Swim, you may take 10 even if stress and distractions would normally prevent you from doing so. 

'''<span id="Poisonmaster">Poisonmaster</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 11th level you learn alchemic secrets for creating short-term poisons. By expending an entire healer’s kit worth of materials and an hour of time, you can synthesize one dose of any poison. This poison degrades to uselessness in one week.

'''<span id="Exotic Method">Exotic Method</span>:''' At 13th, 16th, and 19th level you learn an exotic method of killing from the list below. Once chosen, this method does not change. The same method can be selected multiple times, increasing the number of times per day it can be used.
:* ''<span id="Carrier">Carrier</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Sp]]):'' Three times per day, you can cast ''[[Yagura:SRD:Contagion|contagion]]'' as a swift action spell-like ability.
:* ''<span id="Poison of the Cockatrice">Poison of the Cockatrice</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Sp]]):'' Twice per day, you can cast ''[[Yagura:SRD:Flesh to Stone|flesh to stone]]'' as a swift action spell-like ability.
:* ''<span id="Killer Faerie Arts">Killer Faerie Arts</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Sp]]):'' Twice per day, you can cast ''[[Yagura:SRD:Polymorph|polymorph other]]'' as a swift action spell-like ability.
:* ''<span id="Proxy Assassin">Proxy Assassin</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Sp]]):'' Twice per day, you can cast ''[[Yagura:SRD:Summon Monster VII|summon monster vii]]'' as a spell-like ability. This effect lasts 10 minutes.
:*''<span id="Death By Plane">Death By Plane</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Sp]]):'' Once per day, you can cast ''[[Yagura:SRD:Plane Shift|plane shift]]'' as a spell-like ability.
:* ''<span id="Dimesional Rip">Dimesional Rip</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Sp]]):'' Once per day, you can cast ''[[Yagura:SRD:Implosion|implosion]]'' as a spell-like ability. The duration of this effect is three rounds.
:* ''<span id="New School">New School</span>:'' you may now choose spells known from a new school of magic, or from the cleric or druid spell list but limited to the schools of magic to which you already have access.

'''<span id="Killer’s Proof">Killer’s Proof</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 15th level you learn to steal the souls of those you kill. If you are holding an onyx worth at least 100 GP when you kill an enemy, you may place their soul (if any) within the gem as if you have cast ''soul bind'' on the target at the moment of death.

'''<span id="Death by a Thousand Cuts">Death by a Thousand Cuts</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 17th level you have learned to kill even the hardiest of foes by reducing their physical form to shambles. Every successful Death Attack inflicts a cumulative -2 Dexterity penalty to the victim. These penalties last one day.

'''<span id="Mind Blank">Mind Blank</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 18th level you are protected by a constant ''[[Yagura:SRD:Mind Blank|mind blank]]'' effect.

'''<span id="Killing Strike">Killing Strike</span> ([[Yagura:SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 20th level your Death Attacks bypass your victim’s DR and hardness. Additionally, rolls of a 6 on your Death Attack damage dice explode infinitely, and every Death Attack that threatens a critical hit automatically confirms and grants an additional +2d6 Death Attack damage dice.