- Adrenaline - Casting Time - Energy

- Energy Upkeep - Recharge Time

For each point spent on this attribute, the Assassin gains an additional 1% chance to score a critical hit. Assasins can also gain Energy whenever they score a critical hit in this way. (Primary Attribute)

	Black Lotus Strike - 10 12 Off-Hand Attack. Must strike a Hexed foe. If it hits, Black lotus strike strikes for +(Min: 10 - Max: 27) damage and you gain +(Min: 5 - Max: 17) Energy.
	Critical Defenses - 10 1 30 Enchantment Spell. For (Min: 4 - Max: 9) seconds you have 75% chance to "block." Critical Defenses refreshes every time you land a critical hit.
	Critical Eye - 5 30 Skill. For (Min: 10 - Max: 30) seconds, you have an additional (Min: 3% - Max: 13%) chance to land a critical hit when attacking. You gain 1 Energy whenever you score a critical hit.
	Critical Strike - 5 5 Dual Attack. Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +(Min: 10 - Max: 26) damage, results in a critical hit, and you gain (Min: 1 - Max: 3) Energy.
	Dark Apostasy (Elite) - 10 2 15 Elite Enchantment Spell. For (Min: 3 - Max: 14) seconds, every time you successfully make a critical hit, you remove one Enchantment from your target. If you remove an Enchantment in this way, you lose (Min: 10 - Max: 5) Energy or Dark Apostasy ends.
	Locusts' Fury (Elite) - 10 1 30 Elite Enchantment Spell. For (Min: 10 - 30) seconds, you have an additional 50% chance to double strike while using daggers.
	Palm Strike (Elite) - 10 ¾ 10 Elite Skill. Target touched foe takes (Min: 10 - Max: 70) damage. This skill counts as an off-hand attack.
	Seeping Wound (Elite) - 5 1 10 Elite Hex Spell. For (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds, if target foe is suffering from Bleeding or Poison, that foe suffers -(Min: 1 - Max: 3) Health degeneration.
	Sharpen Daggers - 5 2 20 Enchantment Spell. For 30 seconds, the next (Min: 1 - Max: 8) attack skills cause Bleeding for (Min: 5 - Max: 13) seconds.
	Twisting Fangs - 10 15 Dual Attack. Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Twisting Fangs strikes for +(Min: 10 - Max: 18) damage and struck foe suffers from Bleeding and Deep Wound for (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds.
	Unsuspecting Strike - 10 4 Lead Attack. If this attack hits, you strike for +(Min: 19 - Max: 29) damage. If your target was above 90% Health you deal an additional (Min: 15 - Max: 63) damage.

Boost the Dagger Mastery attribute to boost the damage the Assassin inflicts with daggers and the chance to land a critical hit with a dagger. Many skills, especially dagger attack skills, become more effective with increased Dagger Mastery. This attribute also improves your chance of performing a Double Attack and striking with both daggers at once.

	Black Mantis Thrust - 5 4 Lead Attack. If this attack hits, you strike for +(Min: 8 - Max: 18) damage. If target foe is suffering from a Hex, that foe is Crippled for (Min: 3 - Max: 13) seconds.
	Blades of Steel - 5 8 Dual Attack. Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +(Min: 5 - Max: 14) damage (maximum bonus 60) for each recharging dagger attack.
	Death Blossom - 5 2 Dual Attack. Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Death Blossom strikes target foe for +(Min: 20 - Max: 40) damage and all adjacent foes take (Min: 20 - Max: 40) damage.
	Desperate Strike - 5 6 Lead Attack. If you have less than (Min: 50% - Max: 74%) Health, you deal +(Min: 15 - Max: 51) damage.
	Disrupting Stab - 5 10 Lead Attack. If this attack hits, it interupts target foe's action. If that action was a Spell, it is disabled for (Min: 3 - Max: 9) seconds.
	Exhausting Assault - 5 ½ 8 Dual Attack. Must follow a Lead Attack. Target foe's action is interrupted. If that action was casting a Spell, target foe suffers from Exhaustion.
	Falling Spider - 5 8 Off-Hand Attack. Must strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, Falling Spider strikes for +(Min: 15 - Max: 31) damage and target foe is Poisoned for (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds.
	Flashing Blades (Elite) - 10 30 Elite Stance. For (Min: 5 - Max: 25) seconds, you have a 75% chance to block incoming attacks while attacking.
	Fox Fangs - 5 8 Off-Hand Attack. Must follow a lead attack. Fox Fangs cannot be "blocked" and strikes for +(Min: 5 - Max: 25) damage if it hits.
	Golden Lotus Strike - 5 10 Lead Attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +(Min: 5 - Max: 17) damage. If it hits a target that has no Enchantments, you gain (Min: 5 - Max: 11) Energy.
	Golden Phoenix Strike - 10 8 Off-Hand Attack. If you are not enchanted, this skill misses. If it hits, Golden Phoenix Strike deals +(Min: 10 - Max: 26) damage.
	Horns of the Ox - 5 12 Dual Attack. Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Horns of the Ox strikes for +(Min: 15 - Max: 27) damage. If struck foe is not adjacent to any allies, that foe is knocked down.
	Jagged Strike - 5 4 Lead Attack. If Jagged Strike hits, your target suffers from Bleeding for (Min: 1 - Max: 12) seconds.
	Jungle Strike - 5 10 Off-Hand Attack. Must follow a lead attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +(Min: 10 - 22) damage. If it hits a goes that was Crippled, it does +(Min: 1 - Max: 25) damage.
	Leaping Mantis Sting - 5 8 Lead Attack. If Mantis Sting hits, target foe takes +(Min: 14 - Max: 19) damage. If this attack strikes a moving foe, that foe is crippled for +(Min: 3 - Max: 13) seconds.
	Moebius Strike (Elite) - 5 2 Elite Off-Hand Attack. Must follow a Dual Attack. If it hits, Moebius Strike strikes for +(Min: 10 - Max: 30) damage. If you strike a foe whose Health is below 50%, all your other attack skills are recharged.
	Nine Tail Strike - 5 8 Dual Attack. Must follow an off-hand attack. Nine Tail Strike cannot be "blocked" and strikes for +(Min: 15 - Max: 35) damage if it hits.
	Repeating Strike - 5 Off-Hand Attack. Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +(Min: 10 - Max: 26) damage. If it misses, it takes an additional 15 seconds to recharge.
	Temple Strike (Elite) - 15 20 Elite Off-Hand Attack. Must follow a lead attack. If this attack hits, target foe is Dazed and Blinded for (Min: 1 - Max: 8) seconds, and if target foe is casting a Spell, that foe is interrupted.
	Wild Strike - 5 4 Off-Hand Attack. Must follow a lead attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +(Min: 10 - Max: 30) damage and any stance being used by target foe ends.

Increase the Deadly Arts attribute to improve the duration and effectiveness of Hexes and other skills that make a single enemy vulnerable to the Assasin's strikes.

	Assassin's Promise (Elite) - 5 ¾ 45 Elite Hex Spell. For (Min: 5 - Max: 13) seconds, if target foe dies, you gain (Min: 5 - Max: 17) Energy, and all your skills are recharged.
	Crippling Dagger - 5 1 5 Spell. Send out a Crippling Dagger at target foe. Crippling Dagger strikes for (Min: 15 - Max: 51) earth damage if it hits, and cripples moving foes for (Min: 3 - Max: 13) seconds. This spell has half the normal range.
	Dancing Daggers - 5 1 5 Spell. Send out three Dancing Daggers at target foe. Each striking for (Min: 5 - Max: 29) earth damage if they hit. Dancing Daggers has half the normal range. This skill counts as a lead attack.
	Dark Prison - 10 ¼ 45 Hex Spell. Shadow Step to target foe. For (Min: 1 - Max: 6) seconds, that foe moves 33% slower.
	Enduring Toxin - 5 ¼ 10 Hex Spell. For 5 seconds,target foe suffers -(Min: 1 - Max: 4) Health degeneration. If that foe is moving when Enduring Toxin would end, Enduring Toxin is renewed for another 5 seconds.
	Entangling Asp - 10 1 20 Spell. Entangling Asp must follow a lead attack. Target foe is knocked down and becomes Poisoned for (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds.
	Entangling Asp - 10 1 10 Hex Spell. For (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds, taget foe cannot "block" your attacks.
	Expunge Enchantments - 10 ¾ 30 Skill. All of your other non-attack skills are disabled for (Min: 10 - Max: 6) seconds. For each skill disabled in this way, target touched foe loses one Enchantment.
	Impale - 5 ¼ 15 Hex Spell. Must follow a Dual Attack. Target foe is struck for (Min: 25 - Max: 85) earth damage and suffers from a Deep Wound for (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds.
	Iron Palm - 10 ¾ 20 Skill. Target touched foe suffers (Min: 5 - Max: 41) damage, and if that foe is suffering from a Hex or Condition that foe is knocked down. Iron Palm counts as a lead attack.
	Mantis Touch - 5 ¾ 15 Spell. Must follow a lead attack. Target foe becomes Crippled for (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds. Mantis Touch counts as an off-hand attack.
	Mark of Death - 10 ¼ 20 Hex Spell. For (Min: 4 - Max: 9) seconds, target foes gains 33% less benefit from healing.
	Scorpion Wire - 5 1 30 Hex Spell. For (Min: 8 - Max: 18) seconds, the next time you and target foe are more than 100' apart, you teleport to that foe and that foe is knocked down. This Spell has half the normal range.
	Shameful Fear - 10 2 10 Hex Spell. For 10 seconds, target foe moves 10% faster than normal. For each second, if that foe is moving, that foe takes (Min: 5 - Max: 17) damage.
	Shroud of Silence (Elite) - 10 ¾ 30 Elite Hex Spell. All of your Spells are disabled for 15 seconds. For (Min: 3 - Max: 9) seconds, target touched foe cannot cast Spells.
	Signet of Shadows - 1 30 Signet. Target foe takes (Min: 5 - MaX: 29) damage. If your target was Blinded, that foe suffers an additional (Min: 15 - Max: 51) damage.
	Siphon Speed - 5 1 5 Hex Spell. For (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds,target foe moves 33% slower and you move 33% faster. This spell has half the normal range.
	Siphon Strength (Elite) - 15 1 10 Elite Hex Spell. For (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds, target foe deals -(Min: 5 - Max: 41) damage with attacks and all of your attacks against that foe have an additional 33% chance of being a critical hit.
	Way of the Empty Palm (Elite) - 5 ¼ 25 Elite Enchantment Spell. For (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds, off-hand and dual attacks cost no Energy.

Points spent in this attribute improve skills that boost the Assassin's defences and allow instantaneous shadow movement.

	Beguiling Haze (Elite) - 15 ¼ 20 Elite Spell. Shadow Step to target foe. That foe is interrupted and becomes Dazed for (Min: 1 - Max: 6) seconds.
	Blinding Powder - 5 ¼ 20 Spell. Must follow an off-hand attack. Target foe and all adjacent foes become Blinded for (Min: 3 - Max: 13) seconds.
	Caltrops - 10 ¼ 20 Spell. Target foe and all foes adjacent to your target are Crippled for (Min: 5 - Max: 13) seconds. Caltrops has half the normal range.
	Dark Escape - 5 30 Stance. For (Min: 5 - Max: 13) seconds, you move 25% faster and take half damage. Dark Escape ends if you successfully hit with an attack.
	Death's Charge - 5 ¼ 45 Spell. Shadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for (Min: 40 - Max: 112).
	Heart of Shadow - 5 ¼ 15 Enchantment Spell. Shadow Step to a random nearby location. For 60 seconds, the next time you take damage you are healed for (Min: 30 - Max: 126) Health.
	Mirrored Stance - 5 ¼ 15 Hex Spell. For (Min: 10 - Max: 30) seconds, whenever target foe enters a Stance, you enter the same Stance.
	Return - 5 ¼ 15 Spell. All adjacent foes are Crippled for (Min: 3 - Max: 7) seconds. Teleport to target other ally's location.
	Shadow Form (Elite) - 10 1 60 Elite Enchantment Spell. For (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds, all hostile Spells that target you fail and all attacks against you miss. When Shadow Form ends, lose all but (Min: 5 - Max: 41) Health.
	Shadow Refuge - 5 1 8 Enchantment Spell. For 4 seconds, you have gain (Min: 5 - Max: 9) Health regeneration. When Shadow Refuge ends, you gain (Min: 20 - Max: 68) Health if you are attacking.
	Shadow Shroud (Elite) - 10 1 20 Elite Hex Spell. For (Min: 3 - Max: 8) seconds, target foe cannot be the target of Enchantments.
	Shadow of Haste - 5 45 Stance. For (Min: 10 - Max: 34) seconds you move 15% faster than normal. When Shadow of Haste ends, you return to the location where you activated this skill.
	Shadowy Burden - 10 ¼ 15 Hex Spell. For (Min: 3 - Max: 13) seconds, target foe moves 25% slower and while target foe has no other Hexes, that foe has 20 less armor against your attacks.
	Shroud of Distress - 10 1 45 Enchantment Spell. For (Min: 30 - Max: 54) seconds, if you are below 50% Health, you have a 75% chance to block attacks.
	Unseen Fury - 5 45 Stance. For (Min: 15 - Max: 51) seconds, you cannot be "blocked" by Blinded foes.
	Viper's Defense - 5 10 Stance. For 30 seconds, the next time you are struck you are teleported to a nearby random location. The foe who struck you is Poisoned for (Min: 5 - Max: 17) seconds.
	Way of Perfection - 5 1 30 Enchantment Spell. For (Min: 10 - Max: 30) seconds, when ever you successfully make a critical hit you gain (Min: 10 - Max: 34) Health.
	Way of the Fox - 5 ¼ 45 Enchantment Spell. For (Min: 10 - Max: 30) seconds, your next (Min: 1 - Max: 5) attacks cannot be "blocked."
	Way of the Lotus - 5 ¼ 20 Hex Spell. For 20 seconds, the next time you hit target foe with a dual attack skill, you gain (Min: 5 - Max: 17) Energy.

Some skills in each profession are not directly tied to a character's attributes. Unlike other skills that can be improved with the application of points into a specific attribute, these skills do not change, but are static in their properties.

	Aura of Displacement (Elite) - -1 10 ¼ 20 Elite Enchantment Spell. When you cast Aura of Displacement, Shadow Step to target foe. When you stop maintaining Aura of Displacement you return to your original location.
	Dash - 5 8 Stance. For 3 seconds, you run 50% faster.
	Mark of Instability - 10 ¼ 20 Hex Spell. For 20 seconds, the next time you hit target foe with a dual attack skill that foe is knocked down.
	Recall - -1 15 1 10 Enchantment Spell. While you maintain Recall, nothing happens. When Recall ends, you Shadow Step to the ally you targeted when you activated this skill.
	Signet of Malice - ¼ 5 Signet. For each Condition suffered by target foe, you lose one Condition.
	Spirit Walk - 5 ¼ 8 Spell. Shadow Step to target spirit.

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