Vigilante

The Vigilante is an ordinary citizen that has grown tired of the constant suffering and injustice of the world around them. Too often are the weak and the poor tread upon by the strong and affluent, all while law and order turn a blind eye. For the Vigilante, this causes great internal outrage and eventually they see themselves as having no choice but to take matters into their own hands. Soon they are raising arms to defend those that cannot defend themselves or seeking justice when supposedly honorable men and women fail to uphold their own principles.

Fury burns within the Vigilante, who feel honor bound to become the hand of justice. But it is a justice of their own design, forged in the chaos of the streets and filth of the gutters, where every wrong must be repaid in kind. This inevitably puts them at odds with the established laws of the land, but by the time this occurs the Vigilante is likely to already see themselves as above the law.

Some will call them brigand; some will call them hero. Among the common folk, as word of their deeds reaches far and wide, they may even become a champion of the people. This is a dangerous thing for those wishing to establish law and order, or for those that would oppress the weak, for a champion of the people has the protection of those people and can appear untouchable by lawmakers and enforcers. Guided by their own moral compass and sense of honor, a Vigilante is prone to falling prey to their own personal vices, for they typically walk a lonely path through life. For those truly above reproach, it may instead be a well paid assassin’s blade that is their undoing. But regardless of the truth of their life or death, the lasting legacy of any noteworthy Vigilante is for your name to be celebrated among the people and your legend taught to children for generations to come.

Class Overview

Typical Roles: Tank, Support/Utility, Melee Damage
Damage Types: Physical
Class Mechanic: Fury and Honor

Default Stats: During Character Creation you may choose to use the default stat line shown below, before racial modifiers. This can be instead of rolling for stats, or if after rolling ten sets of stats you don’t like the results.

During Character Creation you may choose to use the Default Stat Line, before racial modifiers, instead of rolling for stats, or if after rolling ten sets of stats you don’t like the results

Proficiencies

Natural Armor Proficiency: Cloth, Leather
Trainable Armor Proficiency: Mail
Natural Weapon Proficiency: Knives, Swords, Bludgeons, Axes
Trainable Weapon Proficiency: Swords (2-Handed), Bludgeons (2-Handed), Axes (2-Handed), Polearms, Shields, Firearms

See Equipment section for details. When using a weapon that your class is not proficient with, see Combat Penalties. There is no level or title prerequisite to train in a new proficiency, however you must receive the appropriate Training.

Class Skills

Class Passive Skill: Blood and Honor
Class Secondary Skill: Bounty Hunter, Intimidator, or Non-Lethal Combat

Primary Skills

Fury

Vigilantes follow the standard methods of gaining fury in combat by both inflicting and taking damage.

Honor

Codes

A vigilante has a strong sense of justice, though this is often their own interpretation of what justice should be, colored by a hard life on the streets or some other traumatic experience. Seeking justice, under the guise of vengeance, is a matter of deep personal honor. All vigilantes adhere first and foremost to the Code of Street Justice, though as they carve a violent path through life they will adopt new codes of honor along the way.

Skills

A Vigilante utilizes Honor skills, in the form of Oaths, Virtues, and Code skills, to defend those who cannot defend themselves and seek violent retribution against those who have done wrong.

No training is required for Oaths and Virtues, as these are a function of the Vigilante’s personal and imposed sense of honor. This does not mean that vigilantes take oaths lightly, nor do they profess virtue without the bloody proof to back it up. Training in Code Skills is required and is typically facilitated by other like minded individuals, with veteran vigilantes acting as Mentor and trainer to younger, less experienced vigilantes.

Vigilantes cannot learn a previously unknown Code or Code Skill (i.e. putting the first code point into Revenge) unless they are taught/instructed by a Mentor (aka Code Trainer) that knows the corresponding skill. If assigning additional code points to an already known code skill, then no trainer is required and the point can be assigned immediately (i.e. increasing the number of code points in Revenge from 1 to 2). This represents an Vigilante honing their skills rather than actually learning a new skill.

See Learning New Honor Codes and Skills for details.

Level Ups

Vigilantes use the following chart for levelling up:

HP Dice (Regular): Small Race (1d8), Medium Race (1d10), Large Race (1d12)