Assassins and Silent Spell

[fbmf]

originally posted to GitP's Boards, and posted here by way of Nifty

An assassin casts spells just as a bard does.

Every bard spell has a verbal component (singing, reciting, or music)

Special: Bard spells cannot be enhanced by this metamagic feat.

So, given the above:

1. Can Assassins make use of the Silent Spell Feat?

2. Do assassins have to sing a little song with every spell they cast? This would seem to interfere with their tough guy image.

Yeah, yeah. I know. Bards and Assassins suck, so this shouldn't ever come up, but work with me here.

Game On,
fbmf

[Murtak]

1. No. Bard spells can not be silenced. Assassins cast their spells as if they were bards (read: as if they could not be silenced).

2. Yes. Bards have to sing to cast. Assassins cast their spells as if they were bards (read: as if they had to sing to cast).

3. Looks like someone thought he was doing the assassina favor by letting him cast spells spontaneously. Why not "as a sorcerer though"?

[Username17]

Casting as a Bard in 3.5 is supposed to allow them to cast spells in light armor without penalty. But... yeah, it really makes them suck. Hard.

-Username17

[Maj]

1. Not technically, no. Though in Lute & Loot I think there was a feat called "Disguise Spell" that at least kept people from knowing you were casting a spell while "performing."

2. No. The quoted SRD text includes a parenthetical note of examples. On of those is "reciting," which, in theory, means that an Assassin's favorite tag line could be something akin to: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio... right before stabbing the proverbial Yorick's eyes out.

3. I'm betting that it was what Frank said - to keep the arcane spell failure away. Unfortunately, that ability isn't listed under the description of Bardic casting; it's listed under the description of Weapon and Armor Proficiencies.