Now note, this is my first playbook so it may not be as great as any other playbook here.

Now note, this is my first playbook so it may not be as great as any other playbook here.

Now note, this is my first playbook so it may not be as great as any other playbook here.

So, it’s a superhero, like Batman, or, really, Kick-Ass. I try to put something new to the table when it came to playbooks, but I think I did a decent job.

If you have any questions about this archetype, or talk about what I need to improve on, feel free to do so. Download it and try it out yourselves.

Cover art done by me, and layout “copied” from Generic Games.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sr23qiAzlGKsWIHiZvRXcRx0VVmdp_TBraUw1kL2Y5U/edit?usp=sharing

8 thoughts on “Now note, this is my first playbook so it may not be as great as any other playbook here.”

  2. Looks good.

    I notice your moves are mainly pretty “effectiveness” focused, and I tend to prefer less of those these days. “I’m the hero they need” is a really good one that’s more about character moments – I think one or two more like that would be nice (also, there’s no reason it should be infrequent IMO!)

    For “Harsh Discipline,” I think framing it as about Luck is a little confusing. You could instead say, “Once per mystery, turn a failed kick some ass or protect someone roll into a success, as if you rolled a 12.” If you still want it to trigger the special move, you could just note that here too: “This will trigger your special move, as if you had spent a Luck.”

  4. Looks: Boy, Girl – is that a genre reference? Like Kick-Ass or something? I’d set “Concealed” as the baseline, and maybe come up with variations on it.

    Stats: Why did you choose to not have one main (+2) stat for all the stat lines?

    I like the Origins.

    Grapple Gun seems a bit too narrow; maybe also give an option for showing up in a place?

    Battle of Wits: I keep repeating how strongly I dislike these “use stat A instead of stat B” moves, and this one again is too narrow as only some of your stat lines even provide higher Sharp than Cool.

    Smoke Bombs: Seems to cover a bit of the same territory as Grapnel Gun (i.e., disengaging from combat). The idea is cool, but it again seems too narrow.

    I don’t quite get “Camouflage”.

    I don’t see Tasers as 3-harm weapons.

    History Section: Some of these fit well. Maybe emphasize the typical Vigilante tropes more – “you constantly argue over morality and methods”; “you are impressed how they manage to not hide their identity”; “they mock your costume; how does that make you feel?”

  5. Felix Girke The gender part is more about stature and proportions rather then an identity-window ( like Kick-Ass’s stature shows he IS a “boy,” and he refers to himself as male in costume). Basically, if you’re fine making your hunter physically man, woman, boy, or girl, or at least want to be referred as one of those, then do so, if you want them to make themselves completely ambiguous to everyone, then that’s fine too.

    As for the abilities, I am pretty bad at the balancing statuses and effects. I will update the moves at some point (mainly the part of “Grapple Gun” that makes it identical to “Smoke Bomb”), as well as fixing the tazer (setting the harm to a more proper level).

    I’ll keep your whole comment in mind when I get back to working on the playbook.

    Thanks for your feedback. 🙂

  6. Felix Girke I’m currently working on an edit of the Vigilante sheet (several months overdue, but I’m on it now), all the feedback are to be utilized in it. In the case of the Hunter relations, you said some work and some don’t, I’d like to know the ones that didn’t work so their replaced with the ones you suggested.

  7. So, from relations/history, I like these ones:

    – They were chosen BY SOMEBODY to be your partner … (this is great and interesting because it turns the relation into a triangle; I haven’t really seen this before, I think)

    – Role model (this is also good because then the follow up questions are how The Vigilante diverged from that model, etc. – consider how shocked Captain America would be when he realizes he might be a role model for the Punisher)

    – “appreciates your heroism” => I would twist this a little to say “appreciates the sacrifices you make in your service to society”. Bam!

    – what’s also missing is the sort of anti-role model thing. “Their failures made you realize that you needed to step up and do your part.”

    I hope that helps!

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