Balanced trade in for Assassin Spells? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Balanced trade in for Assassin Spells? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
bjorntfh
02-09-05, 06:31 PM I'm playing a ninja who's going to take the Assassin prestige class. Would it be balanced to give up assassin spells in exchange for having Assassin levels stack with Ninja levels for determining you Ki pool and Ki abilities?
stamhaven
02-09-05, 09:47 PM I'd think that's fine or reducing the assassin sneak attack to sudden strike
bjorntfh
02-09-05, 10:05 PM I see no problem with reducing sneak attack to sudden strike. My goal was to be a ninja with Death Attack and the rest of the abilities are either a) extraneous, such as poison use or b) just part of what I get normally, like sneak attack (which is noticably better than sudden strike.)
RadicalTaoist
02-09-05, 10:27 PM Actually, you'd get more mileage and better use out of the Assassin spells than you would from extra uses of ki power. You'd be nerfing your character quite a bit imho.
bjorntfh
02-09-05, 10:43 PM I know, I just don't want a spell using character, I want something much more "mundane." (Okay, I know Ki isn't mundane, but I just don't want spells as much.)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
bjorntfh 02-09-05, 06:31 PM	I'm playing a ninja who's going to take the Assassin prestige class. Would it be balanced to give up assassin spells in exchange for having Assassin levels stack with Ninja levels for determining you Ki pool and Ki abilities?
stamhaven 02-09-05, 09:47 PM	I'd think that's fine or reducing the assassin sneak attack to sudden strike
bjorntfh 02-09-05, 10:05 PM	I see no problem with reducing sneak attack to sudden strike. My goal was to be a ninja with Death Attack and the rest of the abilities are either a) extraneous, such as poison use or b) just part of what I get normally, like sneak attack (which is noticably better than sudden strike.)
RadicalTaoist 02-09-05, 10:27 PM	Actually, you'd get more mileage and better use out of the Assassin spells than you would from extra uses of ki power. You'd be nerfing your character quite a bit imho.
bjorntfh 02-09-05, 10:43 PM	I know, I just don't want a spell using character, I want something much more "mundane." (Okay, I know Ki isn't mundane, but I just don't want spells as much.)