Assassinate (Ex)
Source: Advanced Class Guide, p. 54
A slayer with this advanced talent can kill foes that are unable to defend themselves. To attempt to assassinate a target, the slayer must first study his target for 1 round as a standard action. On the following round, if the slayer makes a sneak attack against the target and that target is denied its Dexterity bonus to AC, the sneak attack has the additional effect of possibly killing the target. This attempt automatically fails if the target recognizes the slayer as an enemy. If the sneak attack is successful, the target must attempt a Fortitude saving throw with a DC equal to 10 + 1/2 the slayer’s level + the slayer’s Intelligence modifier. If the target fails this save, it dies; otherwise, the target takes the sneak attack damage as normal and is then immune to that slayer’s assassinate ability for 24 hours.
Table 1–12: Slayer Base Attack Fort Ref Will Level Bonus Save Save Save Special 1st +1 +2 +2 +0 1st studied target, track 2nd +2 +3 +3 +0 Slayer talent 3rd +3 +3 +3 +1 Sneak attack +1d6 4th +4 +4 +4 +1 Slayer talent 5th +5 +4 +4 +1 2nd studied target 6th +6/+1 +5 +5 +2 Slayer talent, sneak attack +2d6 7th +7/+2 +5 +5 +2 Stalker 8th +8/+3 +6 +6 +2 Slayer talent 9th +9/+4 +6 +6 +3 Sneak attack +3d6 10th +10/+5 +7 +7 +3 3rd studied target, advanced talents, slayer talent 11th +11/+6/+1 +7 +7 +3 Swift tracker 12th +12/+7/+2 +8 +8 +4 Slayer talent, sneak attack +4d6 13th +13/+8/+3 +8 +8 +4 Slayer’s advance 1/day 14th +14/+9/+4 +9 +9 +4 Quarry, slayer talent 15th +15/+10/+5 +9 +9 +5 4th studied target, sneak attack +5d6 16th +16/+11/+6/+1 +10 +10 +5 Slayer talent 17th +17/+12/+7/+2 +10 +10 +5 Slayer’s advance 2/day 18th +18/+13/+8/+3 +11 +11 +6 Slayer talent, sneak attack +6d6 19th +19/+14/+9/+4 +11 +11 +6 Improved quarry 20th +20/+15/+10/+5 +12 +12 +6 5th studied target, master slayer, slayer talent Classes 1 Rogue Advanced Talents and Ninja Master Tricks: A slayer can select one of the following rogue advanced talents or ninja master tricks in place of a slayer advanced talent: deadly sneak, evasion, feat, hunter’s surprise, knock-out blow, master of disguise, opportunist, or stealthy sniper. A slayer can select multiple rogue advanced talents or ninja master tricks by taking this slayer advanced talent multiple times, but can’t select the same one more than once.