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Whispers of Death: A Sourcebook for Assassin Characters
Publisher: Sundered Blade Games
by David L. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/15/2005 00:00:00

I make it a point to read up on assassins and frankly, this beats quite a lot of published stuff.

The PDF starts with 4 prestige classes. While not something I really like, the Shadowblade and Shadowstalker comes close. Each of the four sort of cover a particular aspect of the assassin and are pretty nicely fleshed out.

Feats come next, and I wish there were more. Nicely balanced I think, and only 2 or 3 of them being restricted to assassin characters (out of about a dozen of them).

Then comes some equipment. Mundane stuffs that aid the assassin, but nothing I haven't thought of, so nothing spectacular here. Although it's nice to have some stats to compare mine against.

Then comes the best part. Asassin styles. It's sort of like a training ladder, where you buy ranks with XP and time. The XP cost is pretty hefty at the higher ranks but you do gain some nice intersting abilities depending on your chosen style. This really helps in diversifying assassin characters. There's even a style for good assassins!

The second best part of the whole thing are the 4 assassin organisations (each corresponding to one of the presented prestige classes). Not very detailed, but enough background and stats to give a rather solid impression to work on, should more specificity be needed. They're also general enough to fit in most settings. Each of them has a table of suggested class advancements to indicate the flavour of the organsiation. One of them also has a gauntlet to run through before initiation. Nice touch.

And finally, some new interesting assassin spells, magic items, an artifact, and character sheets to round out the whole product. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: There's not much to not like.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: No bookmarks. No illustration (except for one not-very-nice image of a potion bottle or jug).<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>



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Whispers of Death: A Sourcebook for Assassin Characters
Publisher: Sundered Blade Games
by Jeremy S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/18/2003 00:00:00

It is really cool, well worth the price!

I just can't wait until my character qualifies for the two Assassin prestige classes that I have in store for him, the Shadowstalker and the Sniper (a very cool combination, that added to his being a crossbow-wielding Thief-Acrobat).



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Whispers of Death: A Sourcebook for Assassin Characters
Publisher: Sundered Blade Games
by Jim S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/14/2002 00:00:00

An excellent resource, really. I would have given it a 5, but that rating is used too cheaply in reviews here, so I'll give it a four. Some things that I liked:

The prestige classes are very modular- one focusses on disguise and deception, and slipping poison surreptitiously into the target's food or drink. Another puts a lot of emphasis on hiding and moving silently, and gets hefty bonuses to do so. Another is a sniper, and can use sneak attacks and death attacks at range. And so on. One prestige class seems a little over-powered, but on the whole they seem very solid.

Good, balanced feats like Blink of an Eye (reduces the hide penalty after a diversion to only -5 instead of -10), or Flat-Bladed Strike (can do subdual damage with sneak attacks).

Equipment includes silenced armor (quieter, but stiffer- increases the armor penalty for balance, tumble and escape artist checks), footpads (padded footware, gives a penalty to climb checks). Reservoir rings, needle crossbows, weapon black- good, balanced, well-priced items.

Assassin "Styles"- a few extra tricks, many of which come with downsides, but which cost experience points to take, and are time-consuming and expensive to learn. An interesting idea- the best comparison in the standard rules is how a wizard can research a new spell or craft a new magic item, and thereby acquire a bit more flexibility and distinctiveness.

Sample organizations with particular "paths"- the order in which a character multiclasses and acquires feats in a particular organization. Very valuable.

Special character sheets for assassin characters, including filled out sheets for sample NPCs.

Heck, it's a great book, and well worth the money.



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