Pulling from my thoughts in another thread, this ability needs to be reworded, or possibly reworked.
Silent Dispatch
This ability needs some way to work with Pull into the Shadows!
This ability needs to be reworded very much so. As is, it applies only to sound, and as such is nearly useless. It also runs into horrible timing problems.
Example: Surprise round Stalker acts, Guard does not. Stalker is also higher in initiative.
Surprise round: Stalker attacks Guard. Damage is not enough to drop him, and he makes his fort save against Mighty Ambush.
Round 1: Stalker acts, and successfully drops Guard unconscious from damage. Silent dispatch now kicks in because Guard was dropped before his first action in combat. Suddenly, the surprise round attack is silent also. But we do not know this until the result of Stalker's actions in the next round.
If the Stalker is unable to drop Guard in round one, then suddenly the surprise round strike wasn't silent.
Even if Guard is higher in initiative, so would go first in Round One, Stalker uses Leave an Opening. We again do not know if the first attack was silent until the start of Guards turn if Stalker can drop Guard with the attack from Leave an Opening.
My suggestion would be to require Hide in Plain Sight first. And remove the part where it only works if the target is completely taken out in the single attack. Basically, turn it into a melee version of sniping.
This does limit it a bit more, as is, it currently could work with a full attack, despite the wording referencing a single attack.
I would like to see it function with Pull into the Shadows somehow. It is obviously supposed to align with the ability mighty ambush, but it would be nice if they could all work together. This would give the Stalker some more synergy among the abilities that it sorely lacks. And just the mental image of the stalker rushing out of the shadows, dropping an opponent and dragging the unconscious body out of sight before anyone can do anything is wonderful and needs to work.
Any other thoughts on this?
