Vengeance Strike (Ex)
At 20th level, a vigilante can study a target to strike more viciously. He can spend up to 5 standard actions, which all must be in consecutive rounds. On the following round, he can make a vengeance strike against the studied creature. The target must remain unaware of the vigilante’s presence (or not see him as a threat) until the attack. For each round spent studying the target, the vigilante grants himself one of the following benefits on his vengeance strike: gain a +4 circumstance bonus on the attack roll, deal an additional 3d6 points of precision damage if he hits, or treat the attack roll as if it were 2 higher for the purposes of determining whether the attack hit or threatens a critical hit (to maximum effective roll of 20). Each round of study can be spent in a different way or the same way (they stack with each other), but each round of study must be allocated before the attack roll is made. If the vigilante is an avenger, he automatically confirms any critical hits threatened by his vengeance strike. If the vigilante is a stalker and would normally be able to add a special effect from a vigilante talent with an asterisk (*) to this attack, he can instead add two special effects to his vengeance strike.
VIGILANTE FAVORED CLASS OPTIONS The following favored class bonuses are available to vigilantes who come from the various core races. Each of these rewards replaces the normal reward for having a level in a favored class.
Dwarves: Increase the bonus from social grace on Craft skills by +1/2.
Elves: Gain +1/3 on all Acrobatics, Climb, and Stealth checks in forested areas.
Gnomes: Gain +1/2 on Bluff checks when attempting to tell a lie that would be true from the point of view of the vigilante’s current identity.
Half-Elves: Gain +1/2 on the Disguise bonus from seamless guise.
Half-Orcs: Add 1/2 to the DC increase from unshakable. Halflings: Gain 1/6 of a new social talent.
Humans: Gain +1/2 on the Disguise bonus provided by seamless guise.
Replaced or modified by archetypes
- Tear Them Apart (Brute)
- Vengeance Strike (Mounted Fury)
- Psychometric Strike (Psychometrist)