Assassins kill people for impersonal reasons, in service to a cause or because someone paid them. Fantasy literature often describes assassins’ guilds selling their services to the highest bidder, no questions asked. This template is for a professional assassin, whether a loyal guild member or a freelancer.
Attributes:
ST 10 [0]
DX 12 [40]
IQ 11 [20]
HT 10 [0]
Secondary Characteristics:
HP 10 [0]
Will 11 [0]
Per 11 [0]
FP 10 [0]
Basic Speed 5.5 [0]
Basic Move 5 [0]
Advantages:
Single-Minded [5]
Wealth (Comfortable) [10]
15 points from:
Absolute Direction [5] or 3d Spacial Sense [10]
Claim to Hospitality (Assassins’ Guild) [5]
Contact or Contact Group (Go-Betweens) [Varies]
Fit [5] or Very Fit [15]
Honest Face [1]
Night Vision [1/level]
Smooth Operator 1 [15]
Striking ST [5/level]
Disadvantages:
Secret (Possible Death) [-30]
One of:
Callous [-5]
Code of Honor (Professional) [-5]
-10 points from:
Loner [-5]
Overconfidence [-5]
Trademark [-5]
Primary Skills:
Holdout +4 ranks [8]
One of:
Shadowing +4 ranks [8]
Stealth +4 ranks [8]
One of:
Crossbow +3 ranks [4]
Garrote +3 ranks [4]
Knife +3 ranks [4]
Thrown Weapon (Knife) +3 ranks [4]
Thrown Weapon (Shuriken) +3 ranks [4]
Rapier +3 ranks [4]
Smallsword +3 ranks [4]
Blowpipe +3 ranks [4]
Sleight of Hand +3 ranks [4]
Secondary Skills:
Acting +3 ranks [4]
One of:
Savoir-Faire (High Society or Servant) +3 ranks [4]
Streetwise +3 ranks [4]
One of:
Armory +3 ranks [4]
Traps +3 ranks [4]
Poisons +3 ranks [4]
One of:
Guns (Pistol) +2 ranks [2]
Cloak +2 ranks [2]
Main-Gauche +2 ranks [2]
Background Skills:
One of:
Scrounging +2 ranks [2]
Climbing +2 ranks [2]
Architecture +2 ranks [2]
Disguise +2 ranks [2]
Observation +2 ranks [2]
Cryptography +2 ranks [2]
Forgery +2 ranks [2]
Hidden Lore (Conspiracies) +2 ranks [2]
Intelligence Analysis +2 ranks [2]
Magery 2 (One-College (Light/Dark), Night-Aspected) [9]
Spells
Blur, 1 rank
Continual Light, 1 rank
Dark Vision, 1 rank
Darkness, 1 rank
Light, 1 rank
Night Vision, 1 rank
Invisibility, 1 rank
Magery 2 (One-College (Mind Control), Night-Aspected) [9]
Spells
Command, 1 rank
Daze, 1 rank
Foolishness, 1 rank
Forgetfulness, 1 rank
Mental Stun, 1 rank
Recover Energy, 1 rank
Sleep, 1 rank