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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goddess FallenAngel" data-source="post: 2626755" data-attributes="member: 11434">Counter-Terrorism AssaulterPublisher: Sword’s Edge PublishingPages: 8Format: PDF Overview:The Counter-Terrorism Assaulter is a new prestige class for Wizards of the Coast’s D20 Modern system. I received this PDF as a review copy in conjunction with <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=148294" target="_blank">Crothian’s ENworld Review Project</a>. The book contains the new prestige class, as well as 3 new Talent Trees for use with the class. In addition, it also contains 2 example Counter-Terrorism Assaulters. There is a full stat block complete with possessions and a paragraph on the character’s background. I wouldn’t be surprised if the book’s author had a background as a CT Assaulter, or at the very least in the armed services or the police force. The book’s tone is professional, and written with a quiet authority that makes it seem official. I was impressed by the writing and real-world research that went into this product, and it is one I would definitely use in my D20 Modern game. In addition, I believe it could easily fit into a D20 Future or D20 Apocalypse game with merely a few flavor changes. The mechanics are solid, and easily will plug into any D20 Modern campaign.Appearance: The book is laid out attractively and easy to read. It is a full-color PDF, with eye-catching real-world photographs that fit quite well into the content and text of the product. Even when printed in black-and-white, I found the book easy to read.Contents: The Counter-Terrorism Assaulter is a combat-oriented 10-level prestige class for Wizards of the Coast’s D20 Modern system. The class is prefaced by a short description of the CT Assaulter and real-world examples of CT Assaulter organizations, helping to give GMs ideas on how to insert it into their campaign.The class could be taken by 7th or 8th level if planned out correctly. It boasts 1d8 for HD, a good base attack bonus, a nice array of class skills, and 5 + Int modifier skill points per level. One thing that caught my attention was the saving throw bonuses – they don’t seem to match up to the typical “Good” and/or “Poor” progressions of D20 Modern, but rather seem to be in new, created arrays. I would most likely remap them to use a standard saving throw array, instead of new ones, so the class is more on par with the other D20 Modern classes.Along with being able to choose Talents from the new Talent Trees as you go up in level, the CT Assaulter also grants bonus feats every few levels, chosen from a rather respectable, mostly combat-oriented, list.The 3 new Talent Trees are the Assault talent tree (oriented to breaking into a building or hostage situation, SWAT-style); the Firearms Training talent tree (oriented to increasing your skill with your chosen weapon); and the Sniper talent tree (oriented to… well, sniping).I very much liked the specialized Talent Trees, and it is likely that even if I don’t have a place for the class in my game, I will make the Talent Trees available to some of the other classes.Last Thoughts: All in all, the book was well-written, realistic, and fairly balanced with the D20 Modern rules. The concept can fit in just about any D20 Modern campaign, either as a PC or adversary. It’s been a while since a D20 Modern PDF impressed me with its versatility and ease of use, but this one has.Final score: 4 stars out of 5.</blockquote>

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