Hassasin (13 FTR / 7 WM / 40 AS)

[diemex]

“The Hassasin”

Many subrace options are viable. I chose Thri-Kreen for strider and to free up two feats (Armor Skin and Ambideterity).

Your base race should be human for the extra feat, but you can always take more fighter levels pre-epic if you need to squeeze some feats in.


Human (Thri-Kreen)
STR 10 DEX 18 CON 12 WIS 8 INT 15 CHA 8 (selected at start)
STR 10 DEX 20 CON 12 WIS 10 INT 13 CHA 6 (after subrace mods)

Level Progression ( 1-13 FTR / 14-20 WM / 21 – 60 AS )

PreEpic Feats (in order taken is bonus feat)

Dodge, Weapon Finesse, Mobility, Expertise, WP Exotic, WF Kukri, Spring Attack, Whirlwind Attack, Two Wpn Fighting, Improved Two Wpn Fighting, IC Kukri, Toughness, Blind Fight, WOC Kukri, Gr Fort, Improved Expertise

Epic Feats

EWF Kukri, Prowess, Epic Fort, GR Dex 1-6 (2 are bonuses)

Skill point allocations
[cc] 4 Intimidate (asap) save rest till lvl 20
At lvl 20 take 23 Discipline and [cc] 11 Hide 11 M/S
At lvl 21 take 20 Tumble and start taking 5 whenever possible
At lvl 26 take 28 UMD and max for rest of build
At lvl 34-37 take 5 ea lvl of spellcraft for +4 save vs spells.

Legendary Feats
GR DEX 7-10
GR CON 1-2

Naked stats @ 40

AB 48, AC 33, HP 400
Saves F/W/R 27 / 16 / 32
+4 vs spells + 2 traps +5 poison
10 d 6 death attack + improved crit multiplier + improved threat range

@ 40 DC for dev crit would be 39 (assuming +12 Dex from items)
@ 50 DC is 44 @ 60 DC is 48

If you dont dev-crit kill.... you can still hit for increased crit + death att dmg. Provided you are in a party attacking non crit immune mobs that are not focused on you.

Solo vs crit immune would be very difficult.

Thats my HG assasin build.

[mishimayukio]

You need 30 assassin levels not including LLs to get dev crit.

[diemex]

Crap... thats not what the description on the forum or the ability book says.


"-At level 30, an assassin with a total strength or dexterity of 42 (base plus up to +12 from items) can acquire a scabbard that lets them 'hone' weapons, from someone or something."


Nothing mentioned in the descriptions that the 30 levels had to be assasin levels not including LLs. That completely invalidates this build.

Hrm... well not really. I guess you could just swap AS for Rogue... but then its basically just a Halfling Death build.

[Balduvard]

I told him to change it, really, I did...you just can't see it.

balduvard said:

Deadly Attacks:

Both STR-based and DEX-based assassins may gain the ability to do killing blows.

-At level 30, an assassin with a total strength or dexterity of 42 (base plus up to +12 from items) can acquire a scabbard that lets them 'hone' weapons, from someone or something. They may only have one honed weapon at a time, but may switch which one it is once per rest. Honed weapons become linked to the assassin, and may not be dropped. A honed weapon delivers devastating criticals, after a fashion. Whenever it hits, it rolls again, and if THAT roll is a hit, and is in the critical threat range, whoever it hit must roll a fortitude save vs. a DC of 20 + the assassin's DEX or STR modifier (whichever is higher) + 1 for every 2.5 Legendary Levels the character has. If they fail, and they are not crit immune, they die instantly. Only melee weapons may be honed.

Regarding the context, "At level 30" means Assassin level 30, not character level 30.

[diemex]

Ah well...... at least I found out now before investing time into 30 levels of pure uselessness.


Not at all, look at the bigger picture.


Doh, I meant to quote you, apologies. =0