Death is your profession, stealth your weapon. Assassins, spies and bounty hunters adhere to this archetype. Some prowl the shadows, striking from close range. Others stalk from afar, patiently waiting for the perfect shot to arise. No matter the approach, in the end, their targets are left bleeding on the floor, with no trace of who killed them.

Assassin's Approach

3rd-Level Assassin Feature

You specialize in stealth and have developed a favored way to eliminate your targets. You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill or another skill if you already have it. Additionally, choose an assassin’s approach, Hidden Blade or Whistling String. Your choice grants you features as detailed below. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can change your assassin’s approach.

Hidden Blade

If you use your Steady Aim feature, you can halve your speed instead of reducing it to 0, and you can use it if you have not moved more than half your speed on your current turn. Either way, you only gain advantage on your next attack roll if it is a melee attack with a finesse weapon.

Whistling String

When you use your Steady Aim feature, you double both the normal and long range of the next ranged weapon attack your make.

Assassinate

3rd-Level Assassin Feature

You are at your deadliest when you get the drop on your enemies. You have advantage on initiative rolls and attack rolls against any creature that hasn't taken a turn in combat yet. Any hit you score against a creature that is surprised is a critical hit.

Exploit Weakness

9th-Level Assassin Feature

You have learned to exploit a targets momentary weakness, granting you an additional benefit, depending on your assassin's approach:

Hidden Blade

When you have advantage on a melee attack roll with a finesse weapon your attacks inflict a critical hit on a roll of 18 to 20.

Whistling String

When you make a ranged weapon attack and deal damage with your sneak attack, you can cripple the target. Until the end of your next turn, every foot of movement the target takes cost one extra foot.

Mask Presence

13th-Level Assassin Feature

You have learned to mask your presence to an extent that even magic fails to perceive you. When you are targeted or would be perceived by a divination spell or similar effect, you can make a Stealth check against the spell's save DC. If you succeed, the spell takes effect, but it fails to perceive you. If the spell requires you to make a saving throw, you make it before you make your stealth check.

Additionally, as an action, you can make a Stealth check to bypass magical traps. Until the end of your current turn, you don't trigger any magical traps whose save DC is equal to or lower than your stealth check. This only works for magical traps that are triggered by vicinity or sound (stepping on a pressure plate will still trigger a trap, even if it is otherwise magical)

Masterful Approach

17th-Level Assassin Feature

You have mastered the art of bringing death and perfected your assassin’s approach. You gain one of the following benefits, depending on your favored approach:

Hidden Blade

When you make a melee weapon attack with a finesse weapon against a creature and score a critical strike you can immediately make a second attack against the same creature or a different creature within range. This attack can benefit from your sneak attack even if you have already used it this turn.

Whistling String

When you make a ranged attack, you ignore half and three-quarters cover and you can make your shots pierce your targets. Make a separate attack against all creatures in a line, subtracting 5 from the attack roll for every consecutive creature. You add the damage from your sneak attack to every enemy you hit.