Post by sabregirl on May 8, 2008 0:31:58 GMT
This is my assassin's build. It is based on the old devcrit master. but morphed into something slightly different. A lot of people seemed to be stunned I had built an assassin with similar capabilities of opening locks, searching and disarming traps to that of a rogue. You give up some offensive capabilities (AB) for being able to fulfill most of the aspects of a rogue, but you can still mortal strike fairly well. There might be a better way of pulling this off by avoiding going weapon master and focusing on assassin daggers but I haven't looked through it in detail.
This build works very well and does decent damage even when not getting an MS. This build has made it through to single demi and opened and searched everything in nessus. Basically, the build would only work with half kyton or some other race that gives free hide skill and dex. And if you use something other than half kyton you'll have to give up something important.
Starting Stats (after half-kyton)
Base race: human
(starting class - Rogue, Alignment - any evil)
STR 8
DEX 18 (22)
CON 14 (18)
WIS 10 (14)
INT 14
CHA 8
Stat points
all DEX
Level Progression
01: Rogue(1): Strong Soul, Expertise
02: Rogue(2)
03: Assassin(1): Weapon Finesse
04: Assassin(2)
05: Assassin(3)
06: Assassin(4): Spring Attack
07: Assassin(5)
08: Assassin(6)
09: Assassin(7): Weapon Focus: Rapier
10: Assassin(8)
11: Assassin(9)
12: Assassin(10): Whirlwind Attack
13: Rogue(3)
14: Weapon Master(1): Weapon of Choice: Rapier
15: Weapon Master(2): Toughness
16: Weapon Master(3)
17: Weapon Master(4)
18: Weapon Master(5): Blind Fight
19: Weapon Master(6)
20: Weapon Master(7)
21: Assassin(11): Shield
22: Assassin(12)
23: Assassin(13)
24: Assassin(14): Great Dexterity I, Great Dexterity II
25: Assassin(15)
26: Assassin(16)
27: Assassin(17): Improved Critical: Rapier
28: Assassin(18): Great Dexterity III
29: Assassin(19)
30: Assassin(20): Great Dexterity IV
31: Assassin(21)
32: Assassin(22): Great Dexterity V
33: Assassin(23): Armor Skin
34: Assassin(24)
35: Assassin(25)
36: Assassin(26): Great Dexterity VI, Great Dexterity VII
37: Assassin(27)
38: Assassin(28)
39: Assassin(29): Great Dexterity VIII
40: Assassin(30): Great Dexterity IX
Legendary Feats
Legendary hardened soul
Epic Will
Epic Fort
Epic Skill Focus Discipline
Great Dexterity X
ESF Search
ESF Disarm Trap
Skills
Discipline (to 23 on WM levels), Tumble, Hide, Disarm Trap, Search, Open Lock, UMD,
last one free choice of listen, PP, CA, set trap etc. I went with pick pocket.
Weapon
basically you're stuck with rapiers due to rogue restrictions and goin wm with assassin dagger is a waste of time iirc.
Saves
Had to skimp on saves due to feat tightness. At single demi they are:
fort - 61
refl - 79
will - 59
-S
This build works very well and does decent damage even when not getting an MS. This build has made it through to single demi and opened and searched everything in nessus. Basically, the build would only work with half kyton or some other race that gives free hide skill and dex. And if you use something other than half kyton you'll have to give up something important.
Starting Stats (after half-kyton)
Base race: human
(starting class - Rogue, Alignment - any evil)
STR 8
DEX 18 (22)
CON 14 (18)
WIS 10 (14)
INT 14
CHA 8
Stat points
all DEX
Level Progression
01: Rogue(1): Strong Soul, Expertise
02: Rogue(2)
03: Assassin(1): Weapon Finesse
04: Assassin(2)
05: Assassin(3)
06: Assassin(4): Spring Attack
07: Assassin(5)
08: Assassin(6)
09: Assassin(7): Weapon Focus: Rapier
10: Assassin(8)
11: Assassin(9)
12: Assassin(10): Whirlwind Attack
13: Rogue(3)
14: Weapon Master(1): Weapon of Choice: Rapier
15: Weapon Master(2): Toughness
16: Weapon Master(3)
17: Weapon Master(4)
18: Weapon Master(5): Blind Fight
19: Weapon Master(6)
20: Weapon Master(7)
21: Assassin(11): Shield
22: Assassin(12)
23: Assassin(13)
24: Assassin(14): Great Dexterity I, Great Dexterity II
25: Assassin(15)
26: Assassin(16)
27: Assassin(17): Improved Critical: Rapier
28: Assassin(18): Great Dexterity III
29: Assassin(19)
30: Assassin(20): Great Dexterity IV
31: Assassin(21)
32: Assassin(22): Great Dexterity V
33: Assassin(23): Armor Skin
34: Assassin(24)
35: Assassin(25)
36: Assassin(26): Great Dexterity VI, Great Dexterity VII
37: Assassin(27)
38: Assassin(28)
39: Assassin(29): Great Dexterity VIII
40: Assassin(30): Great Dexterity IX
Legendary Feats
Legendary hardened soul
Epic Will
Epic Fort
Epic Skill Focus Discipline
Great Dexterity X
ESF Search
ESF Disarm Trap
Skills
Discipline (to 23 on WM levels), Tumble, Hide, Disarm Trap, Search, Open Lock, UMD,
last one free choice of listen, PP, CA, set trap etc. I went with pick pocket.
Weapon
basically you're stuck with rapiers due to rogue restrictions and goin wm with assassin dagger is a waste of time iirc.
Saves
Had to skimp on saves due to feat tightness. At single demi they are:
fort - 61
refl - 79
will - 59
-S