Assassin
Monster Manual (2025) p. 22
- Size
- Small
- Type
- humanoid
- Alignment
- neutral
- AC
- 16
- Initiative
- 10
- Hit Points
- 97 (15d8+30)
- Speed
- walk 30 ft.
- Saving Throws
- Dex +7, Int +6
- Skills
- Stealth +10, Acrobatics +7, Perception +6
- Resistances
- poison
- Passive Perception
- 16
- Languages
- Common, Thieves' cant
- Challenge
- 8
- Environment
- any
Traits
Proficiency Bonus
+3
Gear
Light Crossbow, Shortsword, Studded Leather Armor
Treasure
Implements: The monster's treasure hoard features magic items with the noted theme. The Dungeon Master's Guide details treasure hoards appropriate for each theme. Individual: The monster doesn't have a treasure hoard, but it might keep monetary treasure.
Size
Small, Medium
Evasion
If the assassin is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, the assassin instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the save and only half damage if it fails. It can't use this trait if it has the Incapacitated condition.
Actions
Multiattack
The assassin makes three attacks, using Shortsword or Light Crossbow in any combination.
Shortsword
Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) Piercing damage plus 17 (5d6) Poison damage, and the target has the Poisoned condition until the start of the assassin's next turn.
Light Crossbow
Ranged Attack Roll: +7, range 80/320 ft. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) Piercing damage plus 21 (6d6) Poison damage.
Cunning Action (Bonus Action)
The assassin takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Other data
description
Assassins are professional killers skilled at stealthily approaching their victims and striking unseen. Most assassins kill for a reason, perhaps hiring themselves out to wealthy patrons or slaying for an unscrupulous cause. They use poisons and other deadly tools, and they might carry equipment to help them break into secure areas or avoid capture. Many assassins adhere to a professional code or exhibit some signature quirk. Roll on or choose a result from the Assassin Modus Operandi table to inspire an assassin's distinctive habits.
Assassin Modus Operandi:
| 1d6 | The Assassin Is Infamous For... |
|---|---|
| 1 | Arranging their victims in artful tableaux. |
| 2 | Hiding within large objects, such as suits of armor or hollow furnishings. |
| 3 | Leaving behind a signature item, such as a calling card, flower, seashell, or tooth. |
| 4 | Posing as celebrities, holy people, or servants. |
| 5 | Taking trophies from their victims. |
| 6 | Using poison with a distinctive color or smell. |