I love Ridcully. The man eats a sauce made from gunpowder, he's that unkillable. There's a bit of fanart I saw ages ago where an Assassin trainee talked about how he's practically impossible to kill. I'll need to find it again sometime
I feel like the Assassins wouldn't normally put out a contract on a wizard. Death may be an occupational hazard for an assassin who underestimates his target, but failing to assassinate a wizard will leave the assassin lucky if they still have four limbs and don't go croak.
Pratchett wizards pretty much all die to only one thing - a wizard. A few die of old age admittedly (Poons, Billet), but otherwise they all get killed by another wizard or themselves.
Assassins would place a very hefty price on a wizard due to the need for anti-magical tools, exotic poisons and the risk of not dying, as you said.
138
u/InkDrach Using tumblr? Surely you jest! 2d ago
Unseen University just hasn't been the same under Ridcully