Assassinate

Assassinate is a higher cost instant drop skills available to Assassins. The skill dictates that in order for the attack to be successful, several criteria must be met, including: If all these criteria are met, the victim should react according with the effect. If the strike did not meet the above criteria, the attempted target still takes 1 point of Vitality damage, and the skill is expended.
 * 1) The attack must be made to the Torso, front or back. (Within the area covered by a normal tank top).
 * 2) The attack must take the target by surprise.
 * 3) The attack cannot be made while running.

In the event that the skill strikes a target's weapon or misses completely, the skill is not considered expended, and may be used again. (The element of surprise is most likely gone if you just attempted to stab someone and missed, however.)

Victims of this skill are dead when struck; no death strike needed.

Acquiring

 * 1) This skill is a True Skill for the Assassin class.

Resistance

 * The spell Blessed Armor, a 4 CP True Shaman skill, allows the target to resist a valid assassinate call as long as all five points of the Magical Armor are still active. The target takes an Irresistable 5 Vitality Damage (Cleave Equivalent) for resisting this very powerful skill.

Roleplay
When being struck with an Assassinate call, there are various interpretations of one's untimely, surprising, and untimely demise. For example, if one was attacked from behind, this skill represents the attacker's ability to silently slit a target's throat. If you were attacked from the front, the strike was likely between the plates of your armor, through the ribs and piercing all those vital little organs that keep your breathing and your blood flowing. This strike is garanteed death, and unlike the movies, you probably won't have a nice long speech after being stabbed in the lungs.