SPI ADDENDUM: HUNTER THE VIGIL (WW55550) I. ERRATA AND ...

SPI ADDENDUM: HUNTER THE VIGIL (WW55550)
Effective Date: 1 June 2016
Last Updated: 27 May 2016

This addendum is organized into the following sections:

I. ERRATA AND ADDITIONAL BOOKS: A listing of errata and books specifically sanctioned for this
genre.

II. CHARACTERS: Basic rules for Descent Characters.
III. COMPACTS: Rules pertaining to the various hunter Compacts.
IV. CONSPIRACIES: Rules pertaining to the various hunter Conspiracies.
V. MERITS: Rules pertaining to Descent-specific Merits.
VI. ENDOWMENTS: Rules pertaining to various hunter powers.
VII. STORYTELLER RULES AND CLARIFICATIONS: Optional rules and other settings information.

Text in red indicates new or changed items in this addendum cycle.
Text in blue indicates new or changed items from the last addendum cycle.

I. ERRATA AND ADDITIONAL BOOKS
None at this time.
All: The National and Global Offices reserve the right to make use of the included Storyteller
characters, unless otherwise noted.
† Though sanctioned for play, the history and settings in the book are not necessarily those of the
chronicle.

A. Block by Bloody Block †
B. Blood Drive †
C. Compacts & Conspiracies †: New Conspiracy Endowments are not sanctioned.
D. Dark Eras: Chapter 8 (Fallen Blossoms) is sanctioned.
E. Mortal Remains †: Note that the Appendix: Dread Powers and Rules Update is in play,

updating Vigil to NWoD 2.0 standards.
F. Night Stalkers †: New Conspiracies and Endowments are not sanctioned. See also VIII.B.1.
G. Slasher †: Sanctioned for antagonist use only.
H. Spearfinger †
I. Spirit Slayers †: New Conspiracies and Endowments are not sanctioned. See also VIII.B.1.
J. Witch-Finders †: New Conspiracies and Endowments are not sanctioned.

II. CHARACTERS
A. Background
1. Age
a. Began the Vigil at age 10 or under: Not sanctioned.
b. Began the Vigil at age 16 or under: High Approval.
B. Character Types
1. Slasher: Per antagonist character types (Univ. Addendum III.D.9.) (Low Approval for NPCs)
C. Practical EXP and Beats
1. Practical EXP and Beats are awarded to individual characters at ST discretion, per the
criteria set in Vigil pp 209-210 and Mortal Remains p 161.
2. Incremental Maximum: Practical EXP is not subject to the Incremental Maximum for
general EXP. Rather, it is subject to its own Incremental Maximum, which is calculated at a
rate of 1 EXP per month since the chronicle began. E.g., in December 2015, the Practical
EXP Incremental Maximum is 7.

III. COMPACTS
A. Membership: All Compact members must have at least one dot of Status, Compact.
1. Sub-Groups: A separate Status Merit is required for membership in a Sub-Group.
B. Compacts Affected by the Addendum
1. Azusa Miko [Dark Eras]: Not sanctioned.

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IV. CONSPIRACIES
A. Membership: All Conspiracy members must have at least one dot of Status, Conspiracy.
1. Sub-Groups: A separate Status Merit is required for membership in a Sub-Group.
B. Knowledge: Storyteller characters and plotlines involving “top members and secrets” of a
Conspiracy are Global approval. Exception: Malleus Malificarus (see below).
C. Conspiracies Affected by the Addendum
1. Lucifuge: Membership is Global Approval (High Approval for NPCs).
2. Malleus Malificarum: Storyteller character and plotlines involving “top members and
secrets” are subject to approval by NST Italia.
3. Hototogisu [Dark Eras]: Not sanctioned.
4. Otodo [Dark Eras]: High Approval (Low Approval for NPCs).
5. Task Force VALKYRIE:
a. Membership for non-US characters: NST GWB Approval.
b. Storyteller character and plotlines involving “top members and secrets” are subject to
approval by NST GWB.

V. MERITS
A. Merits Affected by the Addendum
1. Compact Endowments [Compacts and Conspiracies]:
2. Endowments: See section VI.
3. Gifted [Witch Finders]: High Approval for PCs (Low Approval for NPCs).
4. Gnosis [Witch Finders]: Sanctioned for antagonist use only.
5. Kin [Spirit Slayers]: Mid Approval for PCs (Low Approval for NPCs).
6. Natural Medium [Spirit Slayers]: Not sanctioned; use instead the Spirit Ear and Spirit
Tongue Merits in Book of Spirits.
7. Status, Compact or Conspiracy:
a. Compact (and Sub-Groups): Low Approval
b. Conspiracy (and Sub-Groups): High Approval
c. Multiple Memberships (p 73): Top Approval.

VI. ENDOWMENTS
A. Custom Endowments: Not sanctioned at this time.
B. Endowments Affected by the Addendum
1. Advanced Armory
a. The Bleeder: Treated as a ranged weapon using Dexterity + Firearms to attack with
Damage rating of 3 for purposes of computing successes.
2. Thaumatechnology
a. Banality Worm: Replace “degeneration” with “breaking point”.

VII. TACTICS
A. Custom Tactics: Not sanctioned at this time.
B. Tactics Affected by the Addendum
1. All: Many Tactics make reference to combat modifiers/methods in the World of Darkness
rulebook. In all instances, refer instead to God-Machine Chronicle pp 195-212. Replace
environmental modifiers with appropriate environmental Tilts (God-Machine Chronicle pp
208-210).
2. Cripple Claws: Replace reference to Disarm Merit with Disarm Specialty.
3. Domesticate [Spirit Slayers]: If the target is successfully domesticated, it gains the Broken
Condition (God-Machine Chronicle p 181).
4. Excision [Witch Finders]: This Tactic also works to remove psychic-type Supernatural Merits
as detailed in God-Machine Chronicle and Second Sight.
5. Hamstring: Target modifier is -3, not -5.
6. Headshot [Witch Finders]: Replace the Success result with the Stunned Tilt (God-Machine
Chronicle p 212).
7. Helter Skelter [Night Stalkers]: Change “Enhanced Senses Dread Power” to “Auspex
Discipline”.

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8. Invisible Fence [Night Stalkers]: This Tactic is an exception to the Clash of Wills mechanic
(Requiem 2nd Edition p 125).

9. Roadkill [Spirit Slayers]: See Car Wrecks (God-Machine Chronicle p 212) for system
update.

10. Stakeout [Night Stalkers]: Potential Modifiers: replace the existing negative modifiers with
one per dot of the target’s Safe Place Merit. Note also that dots of the Haven Merit enhance
the ability of the target to notice danger.

11. Staking: Change attack modifiers for quality of the stake to weapon damage modifiers.
12. System Shock [Witch Finders]: Replace the Exceptional Success result with the Stunned

Tilt (God-Machine Chronicle p 212).
13. Tar and Feather [Night Stalkers]: An Exceptional Success constitutes an exception to the

Clash of Wills mechanic (Requiem 2nd Edition p 125).

VIII.STORYTELLER RULES AND CLARIFICATIONS
A. Optional Rules
1. If an Optional Rule is not listed below as being sanctioned, that rule cannot be used within
the sanctioned chronicle. This includes anything listed as “Bonus Material” in Compacts and
Conspiracies.
2. Vigil: Ordinance Requisition (p 151) is sanctioned.
3. Block by Bloody Block: Cascading Rapport (p 9)
4. Compacts and Conspiracies: Systems of Mercy (p 19) (though Reversal of the
Supernatural Condition is Top Approval), Behold My Monstrous Evidence (p 38), Mapping the
Neighborhood (p 45), The Red Tape Tangle (p 65), The Ageless Sanction (p 71), and
Prophecy in the Shadow Congregation (p 77) (Castigation version) are sanctioned.
5. Mortal Remains: Monsters Don’t Count (p 166) is sanctioned.
B. Canon Creatures/Items/Organisations
1. The rules provided for demons, vampires [Night Stalkers], and werewolves [Spirit Slayers]
are not sanctioned; use the rules from Descent, Requiem 2nd Edition, and Forsaken 2nd
Edition instead respectively.

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