User blog comment:Affectos/Ezio Auditore vs Ismae Reinen/@comment-5795750-20121214033959

BG1's "Master Assassin" Edges

Melee: Sword vs Dagger? Obviously the sword would be much better since it has a greater length and thus has a more deadly impact

EDGE: Ezio

Throwing Weapon: The Rondel is essentially a sharp discus that would have a far greater range than the throwing knife

EDGE: Ismae

Crossbow: A crossbow that can fit in the palm of your hand would require smaller arrows which would travel fast but a lot are needed to have the same impact one large arrow from Ezio's crossbow

EDGE: Ezio

Poison: If Ismae is immune to poison, then Ezio's darts wouldn't have effect, but Ismae's pearls might have a chance of failure since Ismae will need to slip them into Ezio's food or drink without him noticing (which won't be able to occur unless the battle ends in a draw).

EDGE: Ezio

Assassination tools: Basically, this compatison is like the KGB's Shoe knife vs the CIA's garrote - for the garrote to work, Ismae would have to sneak up behind Ezio which she might not get the chance to.

EDGE: Ezio

Sense: Altair's Eagle Vision can easily pick out Ismae if she were to 'lose' him in the crowd but since its in the castle, I doubt it is not like X-Ray vision. The tears of Mortain will not work for the reason you specified (I'm assuming that she can inflict something on Ezio that would allow her to see the mark of Mortain).

EDGE: Even

X-Factors: Ezio dominates Ismae in all those categories since he is a Master Assassin and thus has been trained to deceive and kill. Ismae, although she seems like a femme fatale, works best as the Handmaiden of death only if the Duchess is threatened (then again, I'm not familiar with Grave Mercy so...)

EDGE: Ezio

Overall Winner: Ezio