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CR 8 (3,900 XP), Medium humanoid (any race), Any non-good alignment
Saving Throws Dex +6, Int +4
Skills Acrobatics +6, Deception +3, Perception +3, Stealth +9
Damage Resistances poison
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages Thieves’ cant plus any two languages
Assassinate. During its first turn, the assassin has advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t taken a turn yet. Any hit it scores against a surprised creature is a critical hit.
Evasion. When subjected to an effect that allows a Dexterity saving throw for half damage, the assassin takes no damage on a success and only half damage on a failure.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The assassin deals an extra 14 (4d6) damage when it hits with a weapon attack and has advantage, or when an ally that isn’t incapacitated is within 5 feet of the target and the assassin doesn’t have disadvantage.
Multiattack. The assassin makes two shortsword attacks.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage, and the target makes a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 24 (7d6) poison damage on a failure, or half as much on a success.
Light Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage, and the target makes a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 24 (7d6) poison damage on a failure, or half as much on a success.
How hard a fight? Against a party of four, a single assassin is deadly at levels 1–4, hard at levels 5–6, medium at levels 7–8 and easy at levels 9–11, and barely a challenge from level 12. Add allies or more foes in the encounter generator.
Where you'll find it: towns and cities.
Story hooks
Similar creatures: Mage.
D&D 5e, 2014 rules. Includes material from the System Reference Document 5.1 by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Fantasy Portal is unofficial Fan Content, not approved or endorsed by Wizards.