I've always looked at this similar to MK-Ultra or "super soldier/spy" training stuff. The entry requirements for the PrC is to kill someone for no other reason than to qualify for the prestige class. In every other case for certain assassination is evil. Though I think this is only a corner case, and perhaps I'm fooling myself thinking this is neutral. In this rare instance, I could see a divine assassin as neutrally aligned. They never assassinated for money against victims that did not require it due to extended life issues. Despite the goddess herself being a neutral entity, her spiritually inspired assassins were still evil, though they only kill in the name of their goddess, and for her divine purpose. Their deity insists that anyone artificially extending their lives was performing an unnatural act, and her adherents included assassins whose job were to end their lives. That said, I've created a divine assassin class for Assassin's Amulet, whose primary job was to enforce normal aging and natural death. I have assassins in my world, and sometimes I play assassins, but I never make the mistake that an assassin is not an evil class/profession, it very much is. It's nothing close to opposing combat leading to death. This while not a good thing, is not necessarily an evil thing - it's pretty much neutral.Īssassination is premeditated with the attempt to catch the target off guard and murdering them. Sometimes dangerous diplomacy sessions can lead to sudden violence, even when a fight wasn't prepared for. If two foes are facing each other weapon to weapon or weapon to claw - it's a fair fight. Even though the result is the same, the means of causing the death is everything. Killing and murder are two different things.
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