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MARTIAL AVENGERS

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Modern Heroes:

MARTIAL

AVENGERS

Developed by:

NIGEL McCLELLAND

Written and Designed by:

NIGEL McCLELLAND and BEN REDMOND

Cover Art by:

BEN REDMOND

Interior Art by:

LEANNE SEED

TONY PERNA

and CHRISTOPHER SHY

Edited by:

BEN REDMOND

Layout and Art Direction by:

BEN REDMOND

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COMBAT TECHNIQUES ....................................... 13

COMBAT TECHNIQUE SKILL ............................ 13

COMBAT STYLES............................................... 14

DEAD SHOT ........................................................ 15

Table 2.1.1 Dead Shot Stance Feats................ 15

Table 2.1.2 Dead Shot Manoeuvres ................. 15

FULL BORE ......................................................... 16

Table 2.2.1 Full Bore Stance Feats .................. 16

Table 2.2.2 Full Bore Manoeuvres.................... 16

GHOST STEP...................................................... 17

Table 2.3.1 Ghost Step Stance Feats............... 17

Table 2.3.2 Ghost Step Manoeuvres ................ 17

GUN-FU ............................................................... 17

Table 2.4.1 Gun-Fu Stance Feats..................... 18

Table 2.4.2 Gun-Fu Manoeuvres ...................... 18

HARDBALL .......................................................... 18

Table 2.5.1 Hardball Stance Feats ................... 19

Table 2.5.2 Hardball Manoeuvres..................... 19

IRON HAND ......................................................... 19

Table 2.6.1 Iron Hand Stance Feats ................. 19

Table 2.6.2 Iron Hand Manoeuvres .................. 20

LEAD STORM...................................................... 20

Table 2.7.1 Lead Storm Stance Feats .............. 20

Table 2.7.2 Lead Storm Manoeuvres................ 20

LIGHTNING BLADE ............................................ 21

Table 2.8.1 Lightning Blade Stance Feats........ 21

Table 2.8.2 Lightning Blade Manoeuvres ......... 21

ROADHOUSE...................................................... 22

Table 2.9.1 Roadhouse Stance Feats .............. 22

Table 2.9.2 Roadhouse Manoeuvres................ 22

SIDEARM............................................................. 23

Table 2.10.1 Sidearm Stance Feats ................. 23

Table 2.10.2 Sidearm Manoeuvres................... 23

STREETBLADE ................................................... 24

Table 2.11.1 Streetblade Stance Feats ............ 24

Table 2.11.2 Streetblade Manoeuvres.............. 24

WARBLADE ......................................................... 25

Table 2.12.1 Warblade Stance Feats ............... 25

Table 2.12.2 Warblade Manoeuvres................. 25

FEATS ................................................................................................... 26

ACTIVE DEFENCE (BLOCK).............................. 26

CIRCULAR STRIKE ............................................ 26

DEADLY GUNMAN ............................................. 26

DEFENSIVE DRIVER/PILOT .............................. 26

DEMOLITION DERBY ......................................... 26

FAST BALANCE .................................................. 26

Table 3.1 Feats.................................................. 27

FOCUSED POWER ATTACK ............................. 28

FREESTYLE CLIMBER....................................... 28

GREATER BIND .................................................. 28

GYMNAST ........................................................... 28

HARD TARGET ................................................... 28

IMPROVED BIND ................................................ 28

KIDNEY PUNCH.................................................. 28

KNEE FIGHTER .................................................. 28

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Table of Contents ............................................................................. 2

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................... 4

THEME ..................................................................... 4

CHAPTER BY CHAPTER ........................................ 4

CHARACTER ..........................................................................................5

NEW AND IMPROVED TALENT TREES .................. 5

STRONG HERO....................................................... 5

ATHLETICS TALENT TREE ................................. 5

BELLOW TALENT TREE ...................................... 5

COMBAT TECHNIQUE TALENT TREE ............... 6

WINNING EFFORT TALENT TREE...................... 6

FAST HERO............................................................. 7

NEW DEFENSIVE TALENTS................................ 7

ACCURACY TREE ................................................ 7

COMBAT TECHNIQUE TALENT TREE ............... 7

LIGHTNING REACTIONS TREE .......................... 8

STEALTHY ATTACK TALENT TREE ................... 8

PRESTIGE TALENT TREES ..................................... 9

ALACRITY PRESTIGE TALENT TREE ................ 9

ALLURE PRESTIGE TALENT TREE.................... 9

DETERMINATION PRESTIGE TALENT TREE.. 10

FINESSE PRESTIGE TALENT TREE ................ 10

POWER PRESTIGE TALENT TREE .................. 10

NEW STARTING OCCUPATIONS .......................... 11

BULLY .................................................................. 11

ESPIONAGE ........................................................ 11

LABOURER ......................................................... 11

MEDIA SPORTS STAR ....................................... 11

PILOT ................................................................... 11

RACE/GETAWAY DRIVER ................................. 11

SKILLS ................................................................................................... 12

NEW USES FOR OLD SKILLS ............................. 12

BALANCE ............................................................ 12

CLIMB .................................................................. 12

DRIVE .................................................................. 12

ESCAPE ARTIST................................................. 12

JUMP ................................................................... 12

MOVE SILENTLY ................................................ 12

HIDE..................................................................... 13

RIDE..................................................................... 13

SLEIGHT OF HAND ............................................ 13

SWIM ................................................................... 13

TUMBLE............................................................... 13

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LOCK ................................................................... 28

LOCK AND LOAD................................................ 28

NERVE STRIKE................................................... 29

POWER RUSH .................................................... 29

POWER THROW................................................. 29

SMOOTH DRIVER............................................... 29

SPRINT ................................................................ 29

STUNT DRIVER .................................................. 29

SUBMISSION HOLD ........................................... 29

TWIN GUNS BLAZING........................................ 29

WRESTLING FOCUS .......................................... 29

COMBAT .............................................................................................. 30

WRESTLE ................................................................ 30

GRAPPLING WHILST PRONE ............................. 30

Table 4.1............................................................ 30

NEW GRAPPLE OPTIONS ................................... 30

DISARM ............................................................... 30

DROP ................................................................... 30

LOCK ................................................................... 31

PUSHBACK ......................................................... 31

ROLL OVER ........................................................ 31

TRIP ..................................................................... 31

BIND ......................................................................... 32

INSTIGATING A BIND ........................................... 32

ACTIONS WHILST BOUND .................................. 32

BINDER ACTIONS .............................................. 32

DISARM ............................................................. 32

BREAK WEAPON ............................................. 32

HOLD ................................................................. 32

LEAVE BIND ..................................................... 32

BOUND CHARACTER ACTIONS ....................... 32

BREAK BIND ..................................................... 32

DROP ITEM....................................................... 32

REVERSE BIND................................................ 33

ACTIVE DEFENCE .................................................. 33

AVOIDING DEATH ................................................ 33

THE SAVE.............................................................. 33

ADVANCED & PRESTIGE CLASSES............................................... 34

ADVANCED CLASSES ............................................ 34

ACE PILOT............................................................. 34

Table 5.1 The Ace Pilot ..................................... 35

ALL AMERICAN ..................................................... 36

Table 5.2 The All American ............................... 37

ASSASSIN ............................................................. 38

Table 5.3 The Assassin..................................... 38

ATHLETE ............................................................... 39

Table 5.4 The Athlete ........................................ 40

EXEMPLARY HERO.............................................. 41

Table 5.5 The Exemplary Hero ......................... 42

LIGHTNING FIST ................................................... 42

Table 5.6 The Lightning Fist.............................. 43

PRO-WRESTLER .................................................. 44

Table 5.7 The Pro-Wrestler ............................... 45

RACING DRIVER................................................... 46

Table 5.8 The Racing Driver ............................. 47

SHOTGUN JOE ..................................................... 48

Table 5.9 The Shotgun Joe............................... 49

STUNTDRIVER...................................................... 50

Table 5.10 The Stuntdriver................................ 50

STREET BRAWLER .............................................. 51

Table 5.11 The Street Brawler .......................... 52

STREET COP ........................................................ 53

Table 5.12 The Street Cop................................ 53

TRANSPORTER .................................................... 54

Table 5.13 The Transporter .............................. 55

VIGILANTE............................................................. 56

Table 5.14 The Vigilante ................................... 57

PRESTIGE CLASSES ........................................... 58

CRUISERWEIGHT................................................. 58

Table 5.15 The Cruiserweight ........................... 59

ONE MAN ARMY ................................................... 59

Table 5.16 The One Man Army......................... 60

SHADOW BLADE .................................................. 61

Table 5.17 The Shadow Blade.......................... 61

TWO GUN KILLER ................................................ 62

Table 5.18 The Two-Gun Killer ......................... 63

CAMPAIGN MODEL - EXTREME ..................................................... 64

THE ‘EXTREME’ SETTING...................................... 64

EXAMINING THE GENRE..................................... 64

GAMING IN THE GENRE ................................... 64

NEW SYSTEMS..................................................... 65

STORY HOOKS................................................... 65

FACELESS HENCHMEN .................................... 65

Table 6.1 Hit Dice Class Kill Modifier................ 66

ADVENTURES....................................................... 66

THE PARTY ........................................................... 67

ANTAGONISTS ..................................................... 67

POLITICAL CRIME INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.. 67

THE CALI-HONG CARTEL ................................. 67

MICHAEL MATHIS ORGANISATION ................. 67

THE ARNOLD BLACK COMPANY ..................... 68

ISHI WARU DEATH CULT .................................. 68

THE CHAMBER OF THE CRIMSON GARTER.. 68

Designation of Open Game Content and Product Identity:

All text in chapters 1 to 5 of Modern Heroes: Martial Avengers is considered

Open Game Content. The Introduction and Chapter 6: Campaign Model –

Extreme are designated Product Identity. The following terms have also

been designated as Product Identity: Modern Heroes, Martial Avengers,

Extreme, Political Crime Intelligence Agency, Cali-Hong Cartel, Jesus Cali-

Hong, Magnus van der Noyjonk, Michael Mathis Organisation, The Arnold

Black Company, Arnnie Black, Ishi Waru Death Cult, Johannes Trey, The

Chamber of the Crimson Garter and Rod Trueman.

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leading to perfectionism or overcomplicating their

actions. Athletics is another area of common ground

between the two classes. Running, throwing, jumping

and more finely skilled athletic achievements all require

the combination of skill, speed and strength.

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER BY CHAPTER

Chapter One: Character offers a range of new

talent trees and starting occupations for both Strong

and Fast Heroes. Also introduced are prestige talent

trees, representing the unique abilities available to

multi-classed Strong and Fast Heroes.

Welcome to Modern Heroes: Martial Avengers, the

sourcebook for Strong and Fast Heroes in the D20

Modern roleplaying game. Within these pages you will

find a wealth of new material designed to enhance your

roleplaying experience. Underlying these new systems

and options is a consideration of both the classes

themselves and the dramatic themes they represent.

New systems do not make characters any more

powerful, but serve to expand and enhance the

roleplaying experience by making new options

available to players and GMs alike, to enable them to

realise their concepts for heroes or villains.

Chapter Two: Skills presents a selection of new skill

uses for the core skills of the Strong and Fast Hero

classes. Combat techniques provides a new skill and

accompanying system linked to character attributes, in

this case Strength and Dexterity, that enables

characters to train in and utilise a range of unique

combat styles. These techniques are designed to

integrate and balance fully with existing combat rules.

THEME

Let’s face it, class books aren’t know for staying true to

a particular theme, but this is where the Modern

Heroes line is different. At Malladin’s Gate we’ve been

really taken with D20 Modern, particularly the great

flexibility of the character classes. Hence instead of

concentrating each of the books in this line specifically

on a given class, we have grouped the classes

together thematically and then produce a book that

provides new classes, feats and systems that help

develop this theme, rather than concentrating on the

features of a given class.

Chapter Three: Feats introduces feats that both

expand upon and add to the feats available for all

characters, but which will be of particular use to Strong

and Fast Heroes and the themes these characters

explore.

Chapter Four: Combat presents new combat

options, the main province of Strong and Fast Heroes.

Included are rules for binding weapons in melee, a new

active defence system and expanded wrestling rules to

capture the flavour of both Greco-Roman style and

modern professional.

Chapter Five: Advanced and prestige classes

makes a whole range of iconic advanced classes

available for players to create the style of action hero

they desire. These new classes include options for

both single class and multi-class heroes. You will also

find prestige classes in this chapter to further specialise

your strong and fast heroes.

Martial Avengers concentrates on a high-action theme

inspired by the strong and fast heroes. In this book we

are mainly driven by the themes of pulp combat action,

high speed chases and athletic prowess. We’re

interested in the options that multiclassing fast and

strong heroes with other basic classes can present.

However, the strongest themes of the book are

inspired by combining the themes of the strong and

fast heroes themselves.

Chapter Six: Campagin Model – Extreme gives a

brief overview of a campaign setting, with some sample

antagonists and organisations alongside some new

rules to capture the flavour of the Action Movie genre.

Strong heroes are noted for being powerful, but usually

without much skill or grace. They are soldiers,

brawlers and labourers. They are often characterised

by a level of simplicity – not so much unintelligent as

straight-to-the-point. Fast heroes are stealthy, quick

and precise. They make a more professional kind of

combat class or a master thief or assassin. Fast

heroes also make good drivers and pilots. They are

characterised by their grace and accuracy, often

Each new system presented in Martial Avengers can

be used alone but integrates fully with existing systems

and all the new material presented herein. Players and

GMs alike should treat Martial Avengers as a toolkit,

taking what suits their characters and campaigns from

the wealth of new material on offer.

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