Kill Algorithm
Execute Vector
Your next melee or close-range attack gains +2 to hit if you moved at least 10 feet, attacked from stealth, or attacked from an unexpected angle.
Sicarian
A surgical killer of the forge temples. Speed, blades, infiltration, data-theft, assassination, impossible movement, and too many augmented limbs moving too quickly.
Forge World ClassesCybernetic AssassinAvailable in 1.0
Class Dossier — Sicarian
Working Draft · v0.1Sicarian
The flesh was slow. The knife was upgraded.
Forge-Bound ClassAvailable in 1.0Working Draft
The Sicarian is a surgical killer rebuilt for speed, silence, and terror.
A Sicarian does not sneak like an ordinary infiltrator. They ghost through data shadows, move on impossible legs, disrupt nerve signals, and turn precision violence into a sacred algorithm.
The class fantasy is simple:
A Sicarian survives through Agility, Intellect, cybernetic speed, stealth systems, kill algorithms, and the Omnissiah's opinion that mercy is inefficient.
// Design Philosophy
The Sicarian should not play like a generic stealth killer. The class should create moments like:
- I start the fight already behind them.
- I was never on their sensors.
- I cut the vox operator first. Now no one is in command.
- I put the blade where the armor sings open.
- I leave through the wound and vanish before the body drops.
- The alarm begins after the corpse.
Signature Mechanic — Kill Algorithms
Signature MechanicKill Algorithms are the Sicarian signature class mechanic.
A Kill Algorithm is a preloaded execution routine, infiltration vector, neural disruption pattern, acrobatic strike sequence, or machine-perfect target removal path.
// Rules Draft
- A Sicarian starts with 3 Kill Algorithms at level 1.
- Algorithms use limited Algorithm Uses.
- Algorithm Uses are restored after a safe rest.
- Draft Algorithm Uses: Proficiency Bonus per safe rest.
- Algorithms that force resistance use the Sicarian Algorithm DC.
Algorithm DC = 8 + Proficiency Bonus + Agility modifier
If the Algorithm is primarily technical or disruption-based, the GM may allow Intellect instead.
Kill Algorithms are special. Sicarians do not gain a new Kill Algorithm every level.
Data-Shadow
Data-ShadowData-Shadow represents the Sicarian's stealth profile, sensor distortion, and noospheric absence.
// Rules Draft
- When the Sicarian starts a scene unseen, concealed, in darkness, in smoke, above or below the enemy, or outside expected approach routes, they may begin in Data-Shadow.
- While in Data-Shadow, the first Stealth check, attack, or movement through a threatened zone gains +2.
- Data-Shadow usually ends after attacking, taking obvious action, or being clearly detected.
The enemy cannot fear what their sensors refuse to admit.
Kill Algorithms Known Progression
| Sicarian Level | Kill Algorithms Known |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 |
This progression is a working draft. Final class balance may change after all classes are designed.
Kill Algorithms
Working DraftKill Algorithm
Data-Shadow Slip
Move 5 feet into cover, darkness, smoke, concealment, or behind a larger creature without triggering Reactive Fire from one enemy.
Kill Algorithm
Neural Stutter
After hitting a target with a taser, transonic, flechette, or data-spike attack, force it to make a Toughness Save or lose its Reaction until your next turn.
Kill Algorithm
Surgical Silence
Gain Advantage on one Stealth check. If you succeed by 5 or more, you may also move half your Movement without breaking concealment.
Kill Algorithm
Transonic Pattern
Your next melee attack ignores one source of armor-based Defense or deals extra damage equal to your Proficiency Bonus.
Kill Algorithm
Kill the Signal
Target one enemy leader, vox unit, drone, sensor, or data-node. On success, nearby enemies cannot benefit from command, shared targeting, or reaction coordination until your next turn.
Kill Algorithm
Exit Through the Wound
After reducing a target to 0 Vitality, move up to half your Movement without triggering Opportunity Strike from that target or one adjacent enemy.
Doctrine Trees
Progression SystemSicarian progression uses Doctrine Trees.
Doctrine Trees replace the idea of a locked subclass plus scattered feature choices. A Sicarian does not choose one permanent subclass and then receive a random pile of features. Instead, they earn Doctrine Points and spend them across Sicarian Doctrine Trees.
A player may specialize deeply in one tree or spread points across several to become a broader infiltrator, blade-duelist, neural disruptor, armor-breaker, or data-ghost saboteur.
Each rank costs 1 Doctrine Point and requires the previous rank in that tree unless future rules say otherwise.
// Doctrine Points Progression
Sicarians gain 1 Doctrine Point at every even level.
Doctrine Points
| Sicarian Level | Doctrine Points Gained |
|---|---|
| 2 | +1 |
| 4 | +1 |
| 6 | +1 |
| 8 | +1 |
| 10 | +1 |
| 12 | +1 |
| 14 | +1 |
| 16 | +1 |
| 18 | +1 |
| 20 | +1 |
This progression is a working draft. Final class balance may change after all classes are designed.
Rank 1Sensor Ghost
Gain +1 to Stealth checks against machines, sensors, drones, auspex, and guards using technological detection.
Rank 2Static Entry
When you begin combat in Data-Shadow, your first attack or Algorithm gains +2 to hit or +2 to its DC.
Rank 3Panic in the Vox
After you strike from stealth, one enemy within 30 feet must make a Willpower Save or lose its Reaction.
Rank 4Ghost Step
Once per safe rest, enter Data-Shadow even while observed if smoke, darkness, machinery, crowding, or battlefield chaos exists.
Rank 5The Base Was Already Breached
Once per safe rest, declare a prior infiltration advantage: unlocked route, disabled sensor, planted relay, hidden weapon, or known patrol gap. GM defines limits.
The alarm begins after the corpse.