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2017-11-28, 05:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
Is it just me or does assassinate and the ability to effectively be invisible to creatures with dark vision mesh together perfectly?
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2017-11-28, 05:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2017
Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
Just like any capacity to get Invisible?
Being invisible in deep darkness just means you'll surprise creatures with dark vision a bit more and get advantage, it's not a panacea.
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2017-11-28, 07:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2015
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- Brazil
Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
Well... Yeah.
- WIS to initiative (assassins can't get enough of it)
- An extra attack on the first round that will crit, and with an extra 2d8 to go with it
- An improved darkvision
- Effective invisibility in the dark
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2017-11-28, 08:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2014
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Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
Yeah thinking Wood elf with point buy stats: 8/17/14/10/16/8, 5 levels straight gloam followed by rest assassin. Elven accuracy, alert, sharpshooter, skulker and +2 DEX in that order. Might even keep DEX at 18 with archery style and triple advantage and replace with mobile or smthn or maybe swap sharpshooter for crossbow expert since assassin is about doubling dice?
Last edited by Spacehamster; 2017-11-28 at 08:11 AM.
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2017-11-28, 11:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2015
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2017-11-28, 02:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2013
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- New Hampshire
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Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
Find some way to get Control Flames so you can extinguish light sources from 60 ft.
If you cast Dispel Magic on my Gust of Wind, does that mean you're disgusting?
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2017-11-28, 02:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2017
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- Bielefeld, Germany
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Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
You're a more effective assassin if you go Gloomstalker/Fighter honestly
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2017-11-28, 04:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-11-28, 07:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2015
Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
by smoking a lot of hashish.
Or by just sneaking up on things and murdering things.
Of course, what makes an assassin a 'classic' assassin are their disguise abilities, not just the knife in the dark.
Edit: lol suddenly popped into my mind for a fun build for this idea: a Gnome that disguises itself as kobolds and goes underground to assassinate them. or Halfling that goes after goblins.Last edited by Tanarii; 2017-11-28 at 07:31 PM.
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2018-01-18, 09:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2017
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- Bielefeld, Germany
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Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
Alright so I ran some numbers.
A bugbear At level 14, with 3 levels in gloomstalker and 11 levels in fighter, I think you have the highest possible first round nova.
Note the phrasing of the dread ambusher ability: whenever you take the attack action during your first turn of combat. This means if you use the attack action twice, it allows you to:
Attack 1
Attack (dread ambusher 1)
Attack 2
Attack 3
Action surge
Attack 4
Attack (dread ambusher 2)
Attack 5
Attack 6
Giving us 8 attacks, two of which are empowered. You should expect to surprise your enemies as an assassin- and given that you roll initiative at advantage if you're using the revised ranger, and get to add both your wis and dex to it, you are very likely to get another 3 attacks. All of them at advantage because your target hasn't acted yet. You should be able to, with some luck, kill anything below a CR20 within the first round, or at least wound it so severely that your team can easily finish it off.
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2018-01-18, 09:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2011
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Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
Fighter 11 / Ranger 3 / Rogue 6
* 5 ASIs
* 3 Attacks
* 1 Extra Attack on the First Round
* Action Surge
* 5d10 Maneuver Dice
* 3d6 Sneak Attack
* 1d6 Hunter's Mark
* Assassinate
If you land Assassinate good luck getting higher single-target nova than this guy. Even if you don't land Assassinate and your Maneuvers are over, this still packs some amazing consistent punch.
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2018-01-18, 10:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2017
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Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
Limits you to dex based weapons.
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2018-01-18, 10:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2016
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Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
Pesonaly i think Gloomstalker also fits with Shadow monk pretty well. Dont ask why it just feels that way. As far as i know nothing mechanical is effecting each other but it feels nice.
Gloomstalker 4/Shadow Monk 6/Assassin 8/Warlock(any) 2
a build i would love to play if it wasn't so mad.
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2018-01-18, 10:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2011
Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?
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2018-01-18, 11:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gloam stalker and assassin fits like hand in a glove?