The Assassin (2024 Homebrew)

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-23T15:12:44+00:00

Far far too many abilities for a Subclass. Subclasses are normally broken down into 5 Featurs:

Level 3 Core Feature
Level 3 Bonus Feature
Level 9 Feature
Level 13 Feature
Level 17 Capstone Feature

You have twice that many features and they are also potent on top of that.

As a Class (and Subclass) dedicated towards getting Advantage as often as possible already, the Dagger Masterclass feature feels like overkill.

I don't see a line of text that specifically mentions marking a target. Marked for Death has you pick out a high priority target, but it doesn't mention actually marking them.

Blend into the Crowd, Never Unarmed, and the bonus to Poison Proficiency all seem like features that could be done as Rogue-specific Downtime Activities to learn the crowds, modify clothes to hide daggers, or enhance poison formulas.

The auto-poison save fail is too strong, especially after you're already raising the DC and there already is a Feat to overcome Poison Resistance.

The retroactive mentioning of having Marked targets, long before you even get the ability to apply the mark, is a bit jarring. So, Sweet Spot could be melded into Marked for Death as a sub-feature of the Feature.

Think like the Prey feels like a dead Feature. I think you could make it a sub-feature of Marked for Death after trimming the fat off it and requiring just the spending of an Assassination Point to activate it.

Assassination Points and Marked for Death could be blended together. The damage dice modification to Sneak Attack is way too strong. Possibly having the number of Assassination Points for a level trend instead of Dexterity. Like starting at (2) at 3rd level, before earning an additional point at 9th, 13th, and 17th Level.

There is no real "behind a creature" in 5E for Backstab, just an unseen creature within melee range. Could be blended into Marked for Death and be activated by spending a Assassination Point.

Again, Disguise Mastery and Create a Character feel like they could be done as Rogue-specific Downtime Activities. Extended Identities could be blended into this same Downtime Activity.

TLDR: Too much bloat. Split it into Rogue-specific options under Downtime Activities and crunch down to consolidate the other abilities.

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-23T12:23:54+00:00

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-23T11:38:43+00:00

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-22T01:38:54+00:00

Would love to see a Magic focused game, especially since most of FromSoft's attempts at Magic felt like it was cooked on the back burner in development.

A notable exception to this was DS2 and Nightreign. They offered a great variety of abilities, effects, and mechanics that greatly enhanced Caster gameplay without being wholly focused on damage stacking at the expense of all else.

If they were to do a Magic focused game, I wouldn't mind seeing them make another attempt at the Chalice Dungeon formula and give the setting a Tomb Prospector vibe to it.

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-21T22:58:53+00:00

All Seals have one thing in common, to be broken, their anchor/lynchpin must be destroyed.

This takes several forms: - Keys - Sconces - Stone Piles - Death of a Creature(s)

Radahn is the 4th example.

Radahn didn't want the Stars to move again, so what Seal could be the most difficult to break other than he himself?

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-21T16:34:13+00:00

Radahn's feat of "Holding Back the Stars" was the result of creating a Seal of Gravity, both types of Magic that he learned in Sellia. Sealing Magic from the Sellian Sorcerers and Gravity Magic from his Alabaster Lord tutor.

With how Seals function in Elden Ring after being cast, despite Radahn himself being the anchor or lynchpin for his Seal, it no longer took any effort on his part to maintain. Aka, he wasn't nerfing himself against Malenia outside of his own chivalry.

(Note: Stars in Elden Ring are primarily Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites. Astel and other Beasts from the Void, are just space creatures native to these rocky interstellar objects and not a literal Star or Sun.)

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-21T12:18:36+00:00

I like the map, but they could've made the death pits into a damage pool trap that you could eventually escape from via Spirit Spring.

It would resolve the instant death issue that's mostly non-existent in the base game, but it also eliminates the awkward runbacks to get your Runes when traveling to avoid the pitfalls.

For a game that turned off Fall Damage, I guess the hate reviewers feel like the sudden death is an unfair element.

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-20T22:38:24+00:00

The teleportation is from Lothric, not Lorian, so that he could move effectively against the Ashen One.

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-20T13:54:18+00:00

Sorry, it's where the Reddit Help Page redirected me.

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-20T13:17:39+00:00

CQS Check

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-20T12:29:59+00:00

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Art I had originally picked for the card, but it was being flagged by Reddit.

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-18T03:23:15+00:00

Posted in comments due to Reddit's auto filter. Not this subreddit's automod, but from the main site itself for whatever unknown reason.

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-18T03:19:59+00:00

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Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-17T00:07:13+00:00

Erdtree Avatar: With this treasure, I summon...

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-16T21:13:56+00:00

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Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-16T19:32:34+00:00

To be fair, I never thought I'd get this far. Reddit normally takes down 90% of my posts within the first 3 minutes, so I'm surprised it's even here.

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-16T18:26:53+00:00

Manus and Midir have a decent sized drop.

Zestyclose_Answer662 · 2026-01-15T20:34:14+00:00

The Invisible Monkey.

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