The information on these pages may be considered by some as restricted to members
of the guild. It is provided here for the benefit of guild members. I do not believe
that the Guild Administration objects to any of the information here.
This page is for Ankh-Morpork Assassins. If you're based elsewhere, some of the
information may be irrelevant.
Joining the Guild
Hey, if you got here, you should already be a guild a member! Why do you need to
know how to join?
I believe Maelin has the most up to date map of the guild.
NPC Contracts
A list of the known inhumable NPCs and their prices for each specialisation is
here.
Poisons
Read the books in the library, speak to the appropriate instructors about the
various items in the labs, look at the items carefully and experiment. Some guild
members may be prepared, on a one to one basis, to share their knowledge with you,
but you have no entitlement to such information.
Re-Arranging
Another popular question. I don't intend to discuss this, just explain what my
re-arrange is, and some of the reasoning behind it. The reasoning relates to how I
play my character.
Constitution: 9. This is important for HP. However, they have to see you and hit
you to hurt you. I may move one point to Wisdom at a later date to improve
perception.
Intelligence: 16. This is used in magic skills, and some covert skills, including
those used in inhumation. It also helps with perception.
Wisdom: 8. This is most useful for perception.
Dexterity: 17. The most important stat for most covert skills. I believe that 17
is plenty high enough for a stat value unles you're re-arranging for a single
purpose character, especially as the increase to any skill per extra stat point is
reduced at higher stat values.
Strength: 15. This has an impact on burden, which affects dexterity.
The Run
To find out who your examiner is, ask the secretary.
Your examiner will be on the roof, even if he or she is also in a classroom.
My thoughts (and not everyone else agrees with them) on the run are as
follows:
Max *every* skill. Even all the crafts ones. And the faith ones. And the
magic ones. Yes, this uses xp. Yes, you will tm fighting skills as you earn
that xp. This is a problem how?
Get 1700 hp. Look at the skills list on Flatline's website (see the links
page) for teachers. Yes, this uses xp. Yes, you will tm fighting skills as you
earn that xp. This is a problem how?
Get a 200 bonus in other.perception. Yes, this uses xp. Yes, you will tm
fighting skills as you earn that xp. This is a problem how?
Get a 200 bonus in fighting.combat.special.tactics. Yes, this uses xp. Yes,
you will tm fighting skills as you earn that xp. This is a problem how?
Think very carefully before setting out and take what you will need. Read
the first few pages of Pyramids. Again. And again.
Consider carefully what a test of your assassination abilities means, and what
it's likely to require. Where does the run take place? What does that imply? I
really can't say more than this. If you can't get this, then maybe either
you're not ready for the run, or maybe you're even in the wrong guild.
Look at absolutely everything to the minutest level of detail. Look at the
room. "There is some furniture here." Look at the furniture. "There is a table
and some chairs." Look at the table. "The table has 4 legs." Look at the legs
of the table. "The table legs have been carved into animal figures." Look at
the carvings. "The table legs have been carved into animal figures." Then look
at the animals. "The table legs have been carved into animal figures." Hmm ...
maybe I need to look at something else. But LOOK
If you suffer a non-fatal failure, check your hp and stats before trying
again. Learn from the failure. Something is wrong, and it's most likely
something that you're doing .... work out what.
If you suffer a fatal failure, learn from it. You did something wrong at
that point, it would be very silly to make the same mistake again. Oh, and
don't forget that you may need healing and / or restoring after a resurrect
or raise before trying again.
p.s. Read the Cordat!
Shops
With the exception of the poisons, which the guild charter prohibits members from
reselling, I believe all the items in the guild shops may be sold to members of
other guilds.
There are four shops in the Ankh-Morpork Guild, for Student Clothing, Equipment,
Graduate Clothing and Furniture. In addition, you may find some of the instructors
may be willing to sell items.
There is a single Clothing and Equipment shop in the Sto Lat Guild.
The guild representative in Sheepridge carries a small stock of essential
items.
There is a Clothing and Equipment shop in the Ohulan Cutash Guild, and in
addition you may also find Jaymes has some items of interest.
Skills
These are my thoughts on useful skills for assassins.
You need some melee and combat skills to get gp:
fighting.melee.dagger
fighting.defensive.dodging
fighting special.weapon (stab, pierce, riposte and feint)
fighting.special.tactics (combat actions)
fighting special.unarmed (trip & shove)
fighting.unarmed.grappling (trip & shove)
fighting.points (trip, shove, pierce, stab, riposte and
feint)
other.perception (spot thieves, steal and filch attempts, casing,
peeking and rifling)
fighting.unarmed.grappling (block snatches)
covert.hiding.person (if they can't see you they can't steal from
you)
covert.hiding.object (they can't steal what they can't see)
Inhuming requires a set of skills, most important are probably:
covert.stealth.inside
covert.stealth.outside
covert.hiding.person
covert.items.weapon
covert.points
fighting.range.thrown (or fighting.range.fired)
Other covert skills can be useful for manipulating things while hidden, and
that also helps with inhumes:
covert.manipulation.passing
covert.manipulation.palming
covert.manipulation.sleight-of-hand
Some general skills can help with fencing to obtain best value for your
loot:
other.trading.valueing.armour (for clothes)
other.trading.valueing.jewellery
Faith skills are useful for healing (cure light wounds) and stopping fights
(calm), fixing clothing at Gapp's altar, and possibly as a defense against
targetted rituals and scrying:
faith.points
faith.rituals.curing.self
faith.rituals.curing.target
faith.rituals.defensive.target
faith.rituals.special (align improvement from prayer)
faith.rituals.defensive.self (defend against rituals and
scrying)
Craft skills are used for fixing weapons, armour, clothes, scabbards,
containers, blorples etc:
craft.points
craft.smithing.black.weapon
craft.smithing.black.armour (including blorples)
craft.materials.tanning
craft.materials.needlework
craft.materials.leatherwork
Some magic skills are useful for portalling and scrying:
A common question is which teacher teaches which commands.
These are the teachers in the classrooms, and the commands they teach:
Miss Band
lpick, probe and disable
Monsieur le Balourd
trip
Madame les Deux-Epees
abscond, feint, pierce and stab
Mr Moody
backstab
Mr Nivor
ambush
Mr Schotter
conceal, hide, palm, peek, slip, sneak and unhide
Professor Stone
fix, judge leatherwork and vurdere
Baron Strifenkanen
assess
To learn commands from a teacher, find the teacher.
Some teachers will teach you automatically, others you will need to ask, and for
some commands you will need to use "learn". Remember you must have the required
skills to learn a command or you will not be offered it. If you request teaching and
don't have the neccessary skills to learn the commands a teacher offers, the teacher
will drop a subtle hint. Always treat the teachers with respect.
