Path of Vengeful Justice

By Guardian (kahn265@yahoo.com). A preferred path of the Black Widows bloodline.

Nickname

Punishers

Basic Beliefs

The Primary belief in this path is to use the abilities that fate has given you to combat evil and depravity. Usually the pursuers of this path are fanatical about pursuit of justice. No evil shall escape their wrath. Crush your enemies...Drive them before you...And hear the lamentation of their women. It should be noted that one the three virtues, Conscience, has been replaced by Justice.

Justice

*	Easy going
**	Lawful
***	Responsible
****	Vigilante
*****	Zealot

People who have attained a level five are people like Batman, The Punisher, Rorschach (from the Watchmen), or the Shadow.

Ethics of the Path

• Defend the innocent.
• You are the law.
• Punish the guilty.
• You are the Law.
• Never, ever, Ever, EVER let the guilty go free.
• You are The Law.
• Never lose control.
• YOU Are THE Law.
• Intimidation is your friend.
• YOU Are THE Law!
• Damaging scum is not a problem.
• YOU ARE THE LAW!!

History

You lived a relatively happy life until you saw criminals gun down your family. You have managed to get revenge but have vowed that this must never happen again to anyone. You decided that it was up to you to seek out injustice whereever it was to punish the guilty and protect the innocent.

Current Practices

This is not an organized path. Followers only interact with each other in the pursuit of crime and seeking of justice.

Description of Followers

Usually, this is the archetypal pulp-style hero. Generally, they are Moody Loner types who become high-profile type hunters of criminals. They sacrifice their personal lives and rarely let anyone get close to them. They see their crusade as a quest that is more important than anything else they do. They may have a social side, but this is always a shallow dilettante so that no one can connect them to their alter ego. Others choose not to conceal their identity, but are forced to live every waking moment in pursuit of crime. This is a very important distinction, because most of the time, a follower of this path will not put on a mask and become a "super-hero" as they would see the theatrics meaningless and stupid. Those that do adopt some kind of mask, are doing so because they are afraid that they will be discovered. One other important detail is that followers of this path will not hesitate killing their targets. Those that do, might have Conscience instead of Justice for their virtue (like Batman).

Views of other Paths

Path of Caine: Fine as long as they don't cross that line.

Path of Cathari: They have crossed that line!

Path of Death and the Soul: We enjoy giving them the opportunity of studying these topics....personally!

Path of Evil Revelations: Target Practice!

Path of Harmony: They're not too bad... They're wrong but they're not too bad.

Path of Honorable Accord: A good start.

Path of Power and the Inner Voice: Aw shit, just kill 'em all; let God sort 'em out!

Path of Paradox: It'll take more than a couple of doctors to put them together again.

Path of Typhon: See Path of Caine.

Humanity: Wimps.

Following the Path

Characters following this Path will do everything in their power to eliminate any acts of injustice. They are happiest obliterating scum: criminals and villains.

Common Abilities

Alertness, Athletics, Brawl, Dodge, Intimidation, Streetwise, Drive, Firearms, Melee, Stealth, Survival, Investigation.

Preferred Disciplines

If you can use it to get the Bad Guys, it'll work!

Hierarchy of Sins

10	Compromising for a greater good.
9	Failing to constantly, actively seek out evil.
8	Failing to actively seek out evil. (Waiting for it to come to you).
7	Allowing the Law to come before Justice.
6	Allowing your personal life to interfere with the pursuit of Justice.
5	Failing to be a symbol of fear.
4	Losing control.
3	Letting the welfare of scum conflict with the pursuit of Justice.
2	Permitting any scum to go free when it is within your power to stop them.
1	Through any direct or indirect, action or inaction allowing innocents to come to harm.