Empower Assassinate

Playtest 3.2 / 4th Ed

Build Cost: 3

Purchase: Once

Tagged: No

Duration: Constant

Skill Type: Dexterity

Prerequisites: Assassinate

Skill List: Arcane Grifter

Skill Rules & Full Description

This skill allows the character to empower their Assassinate skill so that it will deal double damage to any character that would normally take damage instead. For example, if an NPC’s Character Card says they take 50 points of damage from an Assassinate, they would take 100 points of damage if the character used the Empower Assassinate skill. Additionally, the attack counts as magical damage for that swing only.

To use this skill, the character must have a use of their Assassinate skill and expend 6 Power Points. No in-game verbal is required to activate the skill. The Assassinate skill works normally, except for the above mentioned change. The character would call, “Empower Assassinate Magic” and strike their target. The Power Points are expended when the skill is successfully used, so if the character misses their target or fails to connect with the blow, the Power Points are not lost. The Power Points are expended if the target character calls a defense to the attack.

Canonical Source: Playtest 3.2 (Page 39)

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Prerequisite & Progression Tree: Empower Assassinate

Current Skill Skill Node General Requirement

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