Is there any form of Divine Assassin?

[Yzaguirrex55]

Hey guys, it's my first post, so i don't know if i'm in the right area, but i was wondering if there was any form of Assassin that was divine in any way? I know most have to be of good alignment, but i figured what if there was ever a church that sent out some form of scout/assassin for the purpose of hunting down a specific demon/undead or anything of the sort. I'm kinda clueless, thanks in advance

[DominusMegadeus]

Deliverer is a Slayer Archetype for church assassins. Any God, any alignment.

Mantis Zealot is a Warpriest Archetype for divine fighter-casters who happen to worship a god of assassins. Good for prestiging into full Red Mantis Assassin. Achaekek only, LN-LE-NE.

[Jayson MF Kip]

Inner Sea Combat has a list of Ranger Combat Styles for a handful of Golarion gods/goddesses. You could certainly combine those with the Deliverer archetype mentioned above to get a very flavorful 'Divine Assassin.'

Or, you know, just an Inquisitor.

[Thunder_TBT]

Cult Leader warpriest of pharasma would do that

[Tharasiph]

Sanctified slayer inquisitor archetype has to be seen to believe how good it is.

[Guru-Meditation]

Depending on what you want from the Divine Aspect VMC:Cleric might be worth to look at.

[Yzaguirrex55]

Thanks guys, haven't seen much of the slayer or the inquisitor so it completely slipped my mind!

[Tacticslion]

There's also the crimson assassin, i.e. the Red Mantis Assassin.

This is literally a "Divine Assassin" class.

Of course, there's always the "assassin of the divine" mythic path, from Lost Spheres! :D

[Lune]

Oh yeah... also there is the Red Mantis (crimson) Assassin. Don't forget that one...

[Azten]

Yzaguirrex55 wrote:

Hey guys, it's my first post, so i don't know if i'm in the right area, but i was wondering if there was any form of Assassin that was divine in any way? I know most have to be of good alignment, but i figured what if there was ever a church that sent out some form of scout/assassin for the purpose of hunting down a specific demon/undead or anything of the sort. I'm kinda clueless, thanks in advance

Normal Inquisitor is pretty much a great fit for this.

[Lemmy]

Inquisitor is almost a perfect fit for this character concept. If you use thr Sanctified Slayer archetype, it's even better!

[Paulicus]

Red Mantis prestige class doesn't technically get any divine powers, though it would certainly for the flavor, and they are fun to play!

[Korak The Boisterous]

Assassins of porphyra also does divine.

[Korak Fists of Fury]

Who dares steal my name?

[Tacticslion]

Paulicus wrote:

Red Mantis prestige class doesn't technically get any divine powers, though it would certainly for the flavor, and they are fun to play!

Do spells, prayer attack, red shroud, the ability to summon mantises, resurrection sense, mantis form (improving later), fading, or mantis doom really not count? If not, I'm curious as to why?

(I'm not really arguing this with you - it seems obvious to me that they do, and to you that they don't, so we'll probably agree to disagree - but I am curious as to the view behind yours.*)

*:

For my reasoning, if you care, they have a literal prayer/fascination attack, the ability to summon and shape into likenesses of their god, akin to a meld of cleric and druidic ideals, and the power to sense when a commonly divine power - resurrection - has been used against their targets; plus spells, though those come from the wizard list.

[Paulicus]

I'm only basing that off the fact that their spells are arcane. Though it's possible I'm mis-remembering.

My GM has run it as pseudo-divine to help me get into character (losing a little XP for assassinating/using some abilities without a contract), and they're certainly devout regardless.