New Posts For Thread: Assassinate: aware of your presence needs clarification...http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29541297/Assassinate:_aware_of_your_presence_needs_clarification...You cannot use assassinate against a target that is aware of your presence. What, however, does that mean? Does aware of your presence mean aware of your presence in an exact location or aware of your presence in the encounter? That needs to be clariWhile I agree, I've seen other complain that they aren't the same.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29541297/Assassinate:_aware_of_your_presence_needs_clarification...?post_id=527451305#527451305While I agree, I've seen other complain that they aren't the same.Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:34:08 -0600Oh, one other thing: PCs and NPCs are not the same, and should not be stated the same way. Just because a PC has something, that doesn't mean that an NPC should be able to do the same thing to a PC.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29541297/Assassinate:_aware_of_your_presence_needs_clarification...?post_id=527451257#527451257Oh, one other thing: PCs and NPCs are not the same, and should not be stated the same way. Just because a PC has something, that doesn't mean that an NPC should be able to do the same thing to a PC.Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:31:42 -0600+1.Anyone that likes save or dies needs to go play through Pool of Radiance from the old gold box games. When you take on Sokol Keep you are around level 3-5 inside some rooms are poison frogs and scorpions. They hit you and you fail a save, you diehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29541297/Assassinate:_aware_of_your_presence_needs_clarification...?post_id=527450741#527450741+1.Anyone that likes save or dies needs to go play through Pool of Radiance from the old gold box games. When you take on Sokol Keep you are around level 3-5 inside some rooms are poison frogs and scorpions. They hit you and you fail a save, you dieSun, 23 Dec 2012 11:04:59 -0600It is not a save or die attack. It is a save or double damage attack. At first level it would deal about 31 damage, if it hits, and the save is failed. Its actual DPR is much lower, as both a succesful hit and a failed save are required to achieve thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29541297/Assassinate:_aware_of_your_presence_needs_clarification...?post_id=527450489#527450489It is not a save or die attack. It is a save or double damage attack. At first level it would deal about 31 damage, if it hits, and the save is failed. Its actual DPR is much lower, as both a succesful hit and a failed save are required to achieve thSun, 23 Dec 2012 10:55:54 -0600You wouldn't probably be in my game in the first place since I'd houserule any insta-kill abilities. Not to mention it's not very fair for the DM nor the players. How would you feel if your character whom you've invested in was faced with a save-or-dhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29541297/Assassinate:_aware_of_your_presence_needs_clarification...?post_id=527450207#527450207You wouldn't probably be in my game in the first place since I'd houserule any insta-kill abilities. Not to mention it's not very fair for the DM nor the players. How would you feel if your character whom you've invested in was faced with a save-or-dSun, 23 Dec 2012 10:45:21 -0600