The Assassin's Handbook: Master Class : Requires the Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook for Use

by Cook, David; Baur, Wolfgang

• ISBN13: 9780971438071
• ISBN10: 0971438072
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Green Ronin Pub

Summary

The assassin is a killer for hire, a fighter whose strength comes from the element of surprise and from the complete disregard he has for the rules of "honorable" combat. The Assassin's Handbook, second in Green Ronin's Master Class series, brings back the First Edition tradition of the assassin core class. In addition to Master Class essentials like new feats, spells, equipment, and prestige classes, the book also includes an extensive selection of new poisons and two complete assassin brotherhoods - the icy and professional Vultur and the mysterious and fanatic Sirat.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: The Assassin Base Class	3	(5)
Class Features	6	(1)
Assassin Base Class Spell List	7	(1)
Chapter Two: Assassin Prestige Classes	8	(3)
Fida'i	8	(1)
Houri	9	(1)
Shadow Mage	10	(1)
Chapter Three: Spells	11	(5)
Chapter Four: Equipment	16	(2)
Special and Superior Items	16	(1)
Magic Items	16	(2)
Chapter Five: Skills and Feats	18	(3)
New Ways to Use Skills	18	(1)
New Feats	18	(3)
Chapter Six: Poisons	21	(6)
Real-World Poisons	21	(3)
Fantasy Poisons	24	(3)
Chapter Seven: Among Shadows & Blood	27	(4)
A Short History	27	(2)
The World of the Assassins	29	(1)
Vultur and Sirat: The World of Two Brotherhoods	29	(2)
Chapter Eight: The Vultur	31	(13)
Organization	31	(1)
The Kingdoms	31	(1)
The Regents	32	(1)
The Black Council	32	(2)
The Families	34	(10)
Chapter Nine: The Vultur Among You	44	(3)
Hiring the Vultur	44	(1)
Joining the Vultur	45	(2)
Chapter Ten: The Sirat-Followers of the Straight Path	47	(9)
Karol, Prophet of Murderers	47	(1)
The Doctrine of the Sirat	48	(1)
The Valleys of the Sirat	49	(3)
The Lord of the Mountain	52	(4)
Chapter Eleven: The Fida'i	56	(4)
Rebirth	56	(1)
Fida'i Life-and Death	57	(1)
Methods	58	(1)
Joining the Sirat	59	(1)
The Whispered War	59	(1)
Chapter Twelve: Assassin NPCs	60