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Vigilance

SuperHero

by Charles Rice

Version: 1.31

Dedication: this work would not be possible without the input and

constant support of my sister, Paula Rice.

Special Thanks: to Roy Thomas and Chris Claremont, for firing young

imaginations, and for the being the very best at what you do, and to

Dominic Covey and Chris Davis for your help and many suggestions .

OGL: All material in this book derived from the SRD is OGC. All non game mechanic

text is Product Identity. Vigilance is always Product Identity. This book requires the 3 rd

Edition Player’s Handbook.

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Coast and are used according to the terms of the d20 System license version 1.0 a. A

copy of this license may be found at www.wizards.com

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Chapter 1: The Basics

Vigilance

psychic attacks.

Introduction

Heroism. Flying through the air. Leaping

tall buildings in a single bound. These are

the stuff of SuperHeroic adventures.

Vigilance is a d20 game designed to allow

players to live this fantasy, rescuing the

helpless, encouraging the meek, and

standing up against the villainous.

Vigilance characters are beyond mortal

kin, allowing even veteran d20 players the

chance to do things with their characters

that they never dreamed possible. This is

the world of heroes who strive to protect

humanity, and the villains who seek to

control the weak: A world that requires

constant Vigilance from those who would

protect it.

Damage: Vigilance uses the Vitality

Point/Wound Point variant for determining

damage. A character has Vitality points

equal to his hit dice plus his con bonus as

normal. A character’s Wound Points are

equal to his Con, and unless the

character is a Brick, or takes a feat, these

do not increase. Wound points are taken

only after all Vitality Points are gone.

Critical hits deal damage to Vitality Points

as normal. Vitality Points heal one per

level per hour. Wound Points heal one

per level per day.

Resources: Instead of starting money

based on class, Vigilance rates resources

as an ability. This is determined by Cha,

Skills, Feats, and Disadvantages.

What’s Different

Some things work differently in Vigilance

than in other d20 games. Here are the

essentials:

Defense: this Stat replaces AC. It

represents the character’s ability either to

avoid damage, or to shrug it off. A

character’s Def. is 10 + his Fort and Ref

Saves. Dex only adds to Def. once, so to

avoid confusion compute your total Ref

Save (including Dex Modifier) and add it

to your Def.

Contacts: SuperHero characters often

rely on their friends to provide them

important information. Heroes start the

game with contacts equal to their Cha

Bonus.

Reputation and Infamy: A Hero can live

or die at times on his good name alone,

and Villains can turn their infamy into a

villain team banded together by fear and

the strength of his dark will. Reputation

not only determines how well liked the

character is, it also allows him to gain

more contacts as he rises in level.

Armor: Armor has no effect on your

chance to be hit, instead providing

Damage Resistance. Most types of

Armor only provide DR to one type of

attack. So, a Flak vest would protect

against physical attacks, but not energy or

Power Points and Skill Points: Powers

have numerous skills associated with

them, which represents a character

learning to use his existing Powers in new

ways as he gains experience. All

Vigilance characters gain six points per

level, divided between their Skills and

their Powers. This division is determined

by Character Class. Power Points are

modified by Con, not Int., but otherwise

work exactly like Skill Points. Like skills,

certain character classes have certain

Powers associated with them, so Power

Points spent on Energy Blast grant more

yield to an Energy Projector than they do

to a Brick. Skill Points are limited by level

as in the PHB, but Power Points may be

spent in any way the character desires.

for instance, is much better than Improved

Unarmed Combat, and includes a skill

(Throw), which effectively takes the place

of a Feat (Improved Trip) and has no

prerequisites. The Power of some

existing feats likewise has been changed.

Since your Ref and Fort saves determine

your defense, Great Fortitude and

Lightning Reflexes are more powerful, as

they now also give a +2 Def. Again,

these changes are meant only to be

balanced with each other .

New Abilities

While Vigilance uses the standard abilities

we all have grown to love, it also

introduces some new ones to help better

represent the SuperHeroic world.

Heroism (and Villainy) Points:

Gaining Heroism Points: A character

starts the game with 1-4 Hero Points.

Thereafter, he gains one per level, to a

maximum of four. If a Hero risks his life in

the performance of a Heroic deed, not

only can he immediately earn a Heroism

point, but his maximum Hero points rise

by one as well.

Contacts

All Heroes need friends. Contacts can

help a hero find things out he doesn’t

know, get places he couldn’t get, and

solve crimes he couldn’t solve on his own.

A Hero begins the game with a number of

Contacts equal to his Cha modifier (if

any). At the start of the game, a

character’s Contacts should be people

from his private (non-superheroic) life.

This gives the player and GM a chance to

fill out the character. Where does the

character work? Whom does he love?

Later in the game, as the character’s

Reputation grows, he will have the

opportunity to develop much grander

Contacts. In the beginning, stick to the

character’s private life.

Using Heroism Points: These allow a

character to rise above the common man,

performing the impossible. Using a

Heroism point allows a character to roll

1d6/5 levels and add it to the roll.

Heroism dice are open-ended, so any six

on a heroism die allows the character to

roll again and add the result. Further

uses of Heroism points may be found in

the Heroism and Villainy chapter.

A Note on Balance: the information in

this book has been designed to simulate

the abilities of larger-than-life comic book

heroes. The abilities presented here are

not balanced with those in the PHB, and

are not intended to be loosed in any

regular d20 game. The Martial arts feat,

Reputation

Fame is fleeting and fickle. It’s also hard

work! However, it comes in handy.

Positive Reputation can help a character

in many ways, especially when dealing

with Law Enforcement and the

Government. Oh and by the way, Villains

have Reputations too. A well-known Hero

or Villain can expect healthy respect from

his opponents, who often know about his

abilities and disadvantages before the

fight begins.

in Eastern Europe someday. When your

Reputation improves, you may try again.

Contact DC Table:

DC 10: The Contact is about as powerful,

rich, and influential as the PC (in other

words, there’s as much of an upside for

the Contact as for the PC).

DC 20: The Contact is more powerful,

more rich, or more influential than the

PC(so a rich blue-blooded newspaper

owner might still like the idea of having a

friend who can knock down walls).

DC 25: The Contact is more powerful,

more rich and more influential than the

PC.

Starting Reputation: A character’s initial

Reputation score is equal to his Level +

his Cha modifier. So, a 1 st level character

with an 18 Charisma has a reputation of

five.

Using Reputation to win friends and

influence people: a character with a

positive Reputation may add his

Reputation Modifier to the following skills

when dealing with characters of Good

alignment: Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather

Information, Innuendo. A Villainous

Reputation(a negative one) works as

above on characters of evil alignment.

Against everyone else, it grants its

modifier as a bonus to Intimidate.

Sometimes the roll is not necessary.

Some adventures are designed by the

GM to introduce you to a certain person,

and having that person as a Contact will

be part of the reward for the adventure.

One final note on Contacts: Contacts

work both ways. If you make a Contact of

that sexy U.S.H.E.R. Agent, one day

she’ll be in America and want your help.

Making New Contacts: One handy use

for Reputation is to gain new Contacts. In

fact, it’s the only way to gain new

Contacts. As the Hero meets people in

his adventures, he may wish to befriend

them so he can dial them up later and ask

for information. You never know when

having the phone number of that sexy

mysterious Russian Agent of U.S.H.E.R.

your character met in Eastern Europe will

come in handy.

Resources

How much a character can afford often

defines, in many small ways, what kind of

Hero he is. Does the character live in a

room at the mansion of the big

supergroup? Or did he buy the mansion?

Does the character fight crime from the

back of a van? A Loft? A huge cave

underground loaded with

supercomputers? All types of Heroes can

be successful. It just depends on whether

you need to watch your budget or not.

Roll a d20, modified by the Character’s

Reputation modifier (treat the character’s

total reputation like an ability, so a 12 Rep

would give +1 to this roll). If the roll is

equal to the DC set by the GM to acquire

this contact, you have a new friend and

can add the person to your Contact list. If

the roll fails . . . well maybe you’ll be back

How resources work: Rather than deal

with accounting and lots of scrap paper,

Vigilance handles the issue of money with

a Resource Rating . A character’s initial

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