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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 2009089" data-attributes="member: 317">I don't know about you, but when I'm strolling onto a city street in theearly evening in my tightest blue and red's, I'm lookin' at that 2002Mitsubishi Galant, and I'm thinkin', "...wonder what that thing crit'son?".   'Cause ya' never know when VILLAINY will rear its ugly head anda hero will have to use the nearest thing to defend humanity... wellwonder no more.  In Vigilance we have "Improvised Weapons", doors, flagpoles, telephone poles, etc...  I don't know what else you really needto know about a game, but alas renowned D20 writer CharlesRice has put together a full fledged super heroic extension to D20,so I'll go on a bit more...Among the innovations present in Vigilance you also will find Resources.Resources describe the overall wealth of your hero or villain.   It is an abilityyou can configure when you create your character and grow later if you chooseto, using the skill points you earn as you level.  With resources the fundsaccounting headache is gone.  When starting an adventure should you decideto purchase something you make a DC against your resource skill to see ifyou've got the credit, cash, land, etc... to buy that spiffy new battle suit orcool black car.  You want to make Batman?  Well, Batman's a billionaire,with the layer to prove it.  If billionaire resources are an important facetof your character, spend your skill points accordingly...Its fantasy roleplaying and if I want to burn skill points to be rich, so be it.Heroes are a special breed, with special powers.  One way those powersmanifest in Vigilance is with Heroism/Villainy points.  A hero or villain canspend a point during combat to alter certain results, such as damage taken,or to grant him/her self an extra attack die roll of 1d6 / 5 levels that is addedto their base roll and can further open end.  Some other features that makethe Vigilance hero special are Reputation/Infamy, the hero or villain's abilityto call on friends in the community and flex their standing in the community.Rather than race, Vigilance give us Origins.  Origins tells us somethingfar more important than race to the hero.  That is how our pulp fictionfellow or fem-fatale came to be.  Perhaps you're an alien, artificial life form,a mutant, or maybe the result of a science experiment gone terribly arry,or maybe it was a life changing mystic encounter.All the standard hero classes are present and ready to be played,Acrobat, Brick, Detective, Energy Projector, Gadgeteer and psychic.Each class presents a set of special powers granted to them as theylevel.  A handful of new skills, and a vast array of 61 feats and 39 powers are presented.  Some of my favorite feats: ArcBlast/ArcStorm -- I get to  keep reacking havoc as long as my oponents fail to save! Cooperative Attack(Team Work)/Coordinated Attack(Team Work), ExoSkeleton -- sweet!, Lair -- gotta have it!, and finally Banter and Wit!  Yeah, theseare actual feats.  THIS GAME IS COOL.  There is an extensive powers listas well -- everything you need to recreate almost any pulp fiction hero I canthink of: Plasticity, Regeneration, Radar, Sonar, Time Manipulation, just to name a few.Finally, no hero would be complete without a disadvantage, someincident, somehow inexorably tied to who and what they are.  AgainCharles Rice has provided a broad list to make it possible to build mostany architypal pulp fiction hero.Oh yeah, and there are prestige classes too... Behemoth, Mentor, MindMaster, Power House, Spy, and Speed Demon.  This game is good fun... acomplete ready to roll compendium of heroic deeds just waiting to be putin play.The PDF is light on Artwork and strong on content.  The font and spacing   are good.  It's easy to read printed, and very little space is wasted.   It is 63 pages and is quite inexpensive at $5.00.  The PDF can be purchasedvia:  http://www.vigilancepress.5u.com/cp.htmlEnjoy..and BE VIGILANTC Nicholson (gothmog1)</blockquote>

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