Vigilance Darkness & Light.pdf

Darkness and Light

Written by: Charles Rice

Cover and Interior Art by: William Hammock

Playtesters: Corey Hodges, Edward J. Lennon, Paula Rice

Version: 1.01

Introduction

Darkness and Light is a character sourcebook for Vigilance, SuperHero d20. Inside you

will find Villains, Heroes, and those in between. Some Villains found here may yet be

claimed from the darkness and brought back into the light by the intrepid hero. Included

with each character are adventure hooks, along with general advice for using the

characters in your campaign. Many of these characters have relationships with each

other, further allowing the GM to build whole campaigns around the adventure hooks,

with one character leading the players to others.

SRD and the OGL

This adventure was created using the System Reference Document (SRD) released

under the Open Gaming License (OGL) by Wizards of the Coast ® . This adventure

requires the Player’s Handbook 3 rd Edition, Published by Wizards of the Coast ® to play.

All portions of this document derived from the SRD are Open Content. The entire

Adversaries chapter, NightCity, New Millennium Mall, and Vigilance are always Product

Identity, as are any other portions of this product not derived from the SRD.

Tell us what you think!

Vigilance needs your support. If there is anything in the game that you think needs to

be changed, anything that should be there, or should not be there, let us know! We

want to be your source for Superheroic adventuring under the d20 system, and strive to

be as universal as possible. Upcoming Vigilance Press products will expand on this

theme, giving you new options to explore. That said, what we do and when we do it will

depend heavily on your input. Drop me a line at Vigilance2112@aol.com any time.

Also, check out a very nice campaign site, with information on how one team handled

Mayhem at: www.intrepidheroes.com

Chapter 1: Adversaries&Allies

BackDraft

Origin: Advanced Training

Class/Level: Brick/5

AL: CE

Resources: +4 (+4 Profession)

Contacts: Omega, Santorino Mafia Family,

The Tong

Initiative: +3

Def (Flat-Footed): 21 (17 Flat-Footed)

HD (VP): 5d10 +15 (54 VP)

WP: 19 (17 Con, +2 Brick)

BAB: +5

Melee: +8 (+15 with Axe)

Saves: +7 Fort, +4 Ref, +1 Will

Abilities: Str 17, Dex 16, Con 17, Int 10,

Wis 14, Cha 10

Skills: Profession (Arsonist) +8, Climb +5,

Intimidate +4

Feats: Brawling (Attack: 1d6 HTH),

WeaponMaster- Axe (+2 to hit and damage), Enhanced Str (+2 Str), Loner

Powers

Unique Item: Fireman’s Axe (Base Damage 1d8, +5 Enhancement Bonus to hit and

damage)

Armor

Armor: Physical DR 7

Energy Resistance: Energy DR 10

Life Support

Air Supply: 110 minutes

Disadvantages: Enemy: NCPD (DSR 5), Code: Pyromaniac (DSR 3), Secret Identity

(DSR 1)

Background

There are some things in this world you

just can’t deny. Love. Passion. Hatred.

Fire. Darrel Hooper always loved fire.

Loved staring at it, feeling its heat,

watching it spiral out of control. He also

learned from an early age that he could

get in a lot of trouble for indulging his

love of fire, so Darrel learned how to be

careful. His proudest moment as a

young man was standing in the parking

lot of his school, watching it burn to the

ground. A horrible accident the police

said, water heater started a fire among

some old yearbooks. No one would

ever admit to storing the old yearbooks

that close to the dangerous heater, but

the police surmised that it was the old

janitor, afraid he would get in trouble if

he talked. No one suspected Darrel.

Fire has followed Darrel Hooper all his

life. All the way to his current job as

NCFD’s lead arson investigator. He

takes arson jobs for various Mob clients

as BackDraft, then frames enemies of

those same families as Darrel Hooper.

Unknown to his clients, he’s not in it for

the money at all, and his dark desires

grow every day. With the new fireproof

coat given him by his mob employers,

Darrel can now safely stay behind,

surrounded by the raging glow of the

flames, the cacophony of his victims’

screams. No one suspects that Darrel

and BackDraft are the same person.

His life is a house of cards, a

respectable facade that he can’t wait to

watch burn down. Secretly, his

fantasies have turned to his wife, his

children, his home, and try as he might,

he can’t stop himself from planning the

fire that will free him from his life as

Darrel Hooper, the life he doesn’t want.

feel sympathy for Darrel and want to get

him help? BackDraft also makes a

great “filler” Villain for an adventure. He

could appear in virtually any kind of

adventure, as he isn’t picky about the

jobs he takes, as long as they allow him

to indulge his pyromania. For instance,

if you were running the free adventure

Mayhem , McCade could have hired

BackDraft to set firebombs on a timer, to

cover his escape if things went badly.

Adventure Hooks

Hot Jazz, Cold Blood: The PCs are

invited to attend a gala in honor of some

heroic deed or other at the Skyline

Social Club. Suddenly, smoke begins to

fill the club, the smoke alarms and

sprinkler systems have failed, and the

panicked guests find that all the exits

have been sealed, blocked from the

outside. But the fire is just a cover.

BackDraft is there to kill one of the

patrons. As the panic gets worse, he

will emerge from the smoke, axe ready

to kill his target, using the fire to make

his escape.

Light up the sky His life falling down

around him, his condition deteriorating,

BackDraft goes on a spree through

NightCity. Setting fire after fire,

sometimes two or three in the same

night. The whole city could be

consumed if the PCs don’t stop him.

Quote: “There’s nothing in the world as

beautiful as destruction. Except

possibly to destroy something you built

with your own hands.”

Role: BackDraft is a great nemesis for a

law and order hero. Let the hero

investigate a series of arsons, and give

him Darrel as a contact. Let them

become friends. THEN let the character

find out his new friend and his new

nemesis are the same person. This

leads to the kind of interplay great

comics are known for. Does the PC feel

tricked and seek revenge? Or does he

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