Hitman: Violence, Speed, Momentum

[DatsVatSheSaid]

Homebrew Class: Hitman

Characteristics: Wisdom, Dexterity, Composure

Skills: Common Lore, Perception, Acrobatics, Athletics Ballistics, Larceny, Stealth, Charm, Intimidation, Performer, Politics, Scrutiny, Deceive
Gun Kata: Elemental Gearbolt, Silent Scope, Tin Star
Bonus for Completion: +2 damage on the first weapon attack you make against an opponent.

Crap Shooter
Level 1
Prerequisites: Ballistics 2, Athletics 2, Perception 1
Fast Reflexes
Danger Sense
Quick Draw
Jaded
Weapon Proficiency(Basic)
Weapon Proficiency(Ranged 1)*
Peer (Assassin Network)*

Hired Gun
Level 2
Prerequisites: Ballistics 3, Athletics 2, Perception 2, Jaded, Quick Draw
Fleet of Foot
Double Tap OR Storm of Iron
Rapid Violence
Sneak Attack
Catfall
Crack Shot OR Spray and Pray
Weapon Proficiency (Any)*
Skill Focus(Ballistics)*

Hitman
Level 3
Prerequisites: Ballistics 3, Athletics 3, Perception 2, Rapid Violence, Sneak Attack
Speed Loader
Swift Draw
Hip Shooting
Defensive Mobility
Deadeye Shot
Nick of Time
Power Shot*
Weapon Focus (Any)*

Made Man
Level 4
Prerequisites: Ballistics 4, Athletics 3, Perception 3, Speed Loader, Nick of Time.
Violent Speed
Improved Sneak Attack
Hard Target
Whirlwind of Steel
Dynamic Entry
Skill Focus(Athletics)
Good Reputation (Assassin Network)*
Weapon Specialization (Any)*


Professional Killer
Level 5
Prerequisites: Ballistics 5, Athletics 4, Perception 3, Violent Speed, Dynamic Entry
Fan the Hammer OR Rock and Roll
Devastating Critical
Sharpshooter
Return Fire
Step Aside
Killer Momentum
Improved Weapon Specialization (Any)*
Improved Weapon Focus (Any)*



New Feats:
Rapid Violence: Violence creates more Violence, and boy are you dishing it out. When you kill a Creature, choose one of the following:

• Reload your Weapon as a Free Action
• Ready a Weapon as a Free Action
• Aim as a Reaction

Violent Speed: You gotta be fast to do what you do, and man are you fast once you get going. Once per round, when you Kill an opponent, increase your dexterity by 2 for purposes of actions with the Movement Subtype until the start of your next turn.

Dynamic Entry: You may take a Surprise Round when using Nick of Time.

Killer Momentum: You didn't get to where you're at by being merciful, and killing people is what you wake up for. Once per turn, when you kill an opponent Regain a resource point

Other New Feats:

Speed Loader:
You reload weapons in half the time, rounded up, to a minimum of one half action. Use these examples as a guideline: 1Full becomes 1Half, 2Full becomes 1Full, 3Full becomes 1Full+1Half, 3Full+1Half becomes 2Full.

Swift Draw:
Your weapons don't just leap into your hands, it's like they were always there. You may ready a weapon as a free action, which stacks with Quick Draw, and readying a weapon as a free action no longer provokes an attack of opportunity.

Nick of Time:
A Hitman is no good if they cannot be where they are needed. By spending a Hero Point, you may arrive at any scene immediately. If it is a combat scene, you can roll initiative and arrive when your turn comes up.

Return Fire:
When a berk shoots you and misses, you better shoot back before he can do it again. Whenever you successfully dodge a ranged attack, you may make a single shot ranged attack against that opponent with a -2k1 penalty to the attack roll.

Whirlwind of Steel:
Your strikes come at machine gun speed. You gain an additional reaction action every round which may only be spent on the Multiple Attacks action.

Power Shot:
If you hit, it hurts. IF you hit. When making a ranged weapon attack, you may choose to take -Xk0 to attack and gain +Xk0 to damage, where X is any number up to your Level. If you make Multiple attacks during a round you must decide to use this ability before making any attacks, and it applies to all your attacks that round.

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At a quick glance, Violent Speed stands out immediately as overpowered since the phrasing lets it apply to Dodge actions. +5 (or more) dexterity for dodges for an entire round is enormously overkill. Add in the Return Fire feat and not only do you always succeed on dodging, you get a free hit when you do as well.

Killer Momentum seems very OP as well. The Free Hero Point restoration is the worst part of it, since it messes with so many things as hero points are meant to be a very, very limited resource. Making at least one kill every round isn't hard by the level you get it: To use an outrageous example, Energy Meteors. With Storm Walker, each one does an average of 36 damage. On something with 6 resilience, that is 6 wounds each and you get 6 of them so each casting is looking at 36 wounds. Few things can survive such a blast, and if you worry about the blowback you can do things like Wall of Iron. It costs a Hero Point, but you get it back anyway so you can perpetually be immune to damage.

And even if that is too much, you have Killstreak Rewards. Call in some minions, you get 18 guys. You can easily kill one per round and use them as mobile Hero Point refills. The book defines creature in the glossary as "Creature: A living or otherwise active being, as opposed to an object," so minions are creatures.

The Free Resource regain is crazy good too. Sure it is once per round but it can still play havoc with the controlled regain mechanics of many, many exalts. In comparison to the Hero Point though that is of a secondary concern.

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Made necessary changes.

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Oh, I hadn't even noticed the class completion bonus until someone drew attention to it. Like I said, a quick glance was made.
It is the same effect of the Devastating Critical feat, however since it is a class completion bonus you're getting it at level 1. And then level 2 and level 3 and level 4 and level 5. And then again at level 5, because you actually get the feat as well. Devastating critical is a level 5 feat. It is on 3 classes in book 1 and all at level 5. Not only do you have it given at level 1, but you give it 6 times total. This seems a bit out of scale.
Perhaps +2 damage to surprised enemies. Could do +1 damage to wounded enemies. It doesn't seem like much but since things like Magic Missile or Energy Meteors exist, you'd need to limit it. Alternatively if you make it +2 static weapon damage on wounded enemies it could work so that way magic shitters don't ruin the fun. But wordy though, can probably be rephrased.