Anyone played or DMed the assassin class in 5e? Is it balanced? Is it a popular class with players? –with DMs? Can it be multiclassed with a priest? Opinions wanted. Thanks! pic.twitter.com/owdMsshDtq
— Bruce HEARD (@Ambreville) September 28, 2019
With surprise, you get a second action which enables you to slay your mark? I'm not familiar with 5e mechanics.
— Bruce HEARD (@Ambreville) September 28, 2019
With surprise, you get a second action which enables you to slay your mark? I'm not familiar with 5e mechanics.
— Bruce HEARD (@Ambreville) September 28, 2019
Multiclassing is an option in the Player’s Handbook (page 163), and if allowed in a game you can be multiclass levels of cleric and rogue of you have 13+ in both Wisdom and Dexterity.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) September 28, 2019
Assassin + Way of Shadows = Ninja
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) September 28, 2019
WWaaay to overpowered IMO – they create a one shot kill to everything. I’ve seen an assassin take out a whole troop before any of the other characters could act.
All assassin PCs have made the game unfavorable and unenjoyable for _other_ players.
1 player character as an assassin eliminated an entire troop in one turn before the rest of the party did anything? Please explain their build and any homebrew, I think you’re exaggerating or lying.
The Assassin subclass features of Assassinate and Death Strike rarely ever come into play. They are powerful when they do, but rarely ever do. It’s a high opportunity cost versus a subclass like Battlemaster that gets consistently great value at any point.