Arcane Assasins [Archive] - Wizards Community

Arcane Assasins [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Albetros
03-19-07, 08:07 PM Hi all,

I'm currently a 2nd level Diviner. I have the maximum amount of ranks in hide and move silenty. I want to eventually take the assaisin prestige class, should I take a level of rogue and max out the skills at levels 6 and 7, or should I give up. I always thought the idea of an assasin who could sling big damage spells was pretty sweet.
The_Shaman
03-19-07, 09:57 PM Hi all,

I'm currently a 2nd level Diviner. I have the maximum amount of ranks in hide and move silenty. I want to eventually take the assaisin prestige class, should I take a level of rogue and max out the skills at levels 6 and 7, or should I give up. I always thought the idea of an assasin who could sling big damage spells was pretty sweet.

It is okay, but assassin is mostly for rogues as it has a separate progression. Your character just won't get much bang out of it, I'm afraid, although it is an option. There are other classes for you if you want to do it better, though.. If you have 1-2 rogue levels, daggerspell mage can be almost as good and lets you keep most of your casting - top it with some arcane trickster and you're set. If you're in the Realms, btw, consider joining the Imaskari Vengeance Takers. It's a pity that spellcasting is only 5/10 (although I'd ditch 1-2 spell-like abilities and make it at least 6/10, it's not overpowering), but it can be quite useful for a mage. Also, there's the Unseen Seer from CMage, which can also combine spellcasting with some footpadding.
Nat_20
03-19-07, 10:03 PM One of my players did something like what your talking about, but he went wiz/rouge and used the wiz spells for buffs and cool effects to get to targets... he was an interesting gnome

One thing he did was use mage hand to open somecurtains and distract some guards to kill a nobal, but he needed silent spell and still spell to cover his casting... but he did the job
runestar
03-20-07, 08:49 AM I suppose you could go diviner/assassin/ultimate magus...

But you should be better off just going pure diviner, or entering a spellcasting prc. At higher lvs, spellcasters make much better assassins than the assassin prc...;)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Albetros 03-19-07, 08:07 PM	Hi all, I'm currently a 2nd level Diviner. I have the maximum amount of ranks in hide and move silenty. I want to eventually take the assaisin prestige class, should I take a level of rogue and max out the skills at levels 6 and 7, or should I give up. I always thought the idea of an assasin who could sling big damage spells was pretty sweet.
The_Shaman 03-19-07, 09:57 PM	Hi all, I'm currently a 2nd level Diviner. I have the maximum amount of ranks in hide and move silenty. I want to eventually take the assaisin prestige class, should I take a level of rogue and max out the skills at levels 6 and 7, or should I give up. I always thought the idea of an assasin who could sling big damage spells was pretty sweet. It is okay, but assassin is mostly for rogues as it has a separate progression. Your character just won't get much bang out of it, I'm afraid, although it is an option. There are other classes for you if you want to do it better, though.. If you have 1-2 rogue levels, daggerspell mage can be almost as good and lets you keep most of your casting - top it with some arcane trickster and you're set. If you're in the Realms, btw, consider joining the Imaskari Vengeance Takers. It's a pity that spellcasting is only 5/10 (although I'd ditch 1-2 spell-like abilities and make it at least 6/10, it's not overpowering), but it can be quite useful for a mage. Also, there's the Unseen Seer from CMage, which can also combine spellcasting with some footpadding.
Nat_20 03-19-07, 10:03 PM	One of my players did something like what your talking about, but he went wiz/rouge and used the wiz spells for buffs and cool effects to get to targets... he was an interesting gnome One thing he did was use mage hand to open somecurtains and distract some guards to kill a nobal, but he needed silent spell and still spell to cover his casting... but he did the job
runestar 03-20-07, 08:49 AM	I suppose you could go diviner/assassin/ultimate magus... But you should be better off just going pure diviner, or entering a spellcasting prc. At higher lvs, spellcasters make much better assassins than the assassin prc...;)