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Dual Identity (Ex)
A vigilante hides his true identity, allowing him to move about social circles and nobility without carrying the stigma of his ruthless actions. In effect, the vigilante has two identities: one is a polite member of society while the other is a skilled and cunning warrior. To keep up this charade, the vigilante usually has two names: his true name, used in polite company, and his vigilante name, used to strike fear in the hearts of those who oppose him. Knowledge checks about one do not reveal information about the other, unless the vigilante's true identity revealed to the world at large.

The vigilante can start each day in either of his identities, referred to simply as social or vigilante. Changing from one identity to another takes 1 minute and must be done out of sight from other creatures to preserve the vigilante's secret.

Changing identities is more than just changing outfits and clothing (although that is certainly a part of it); the process often also involves applying make-up, altering his hair, and adjusting other personal effects. Furthermore, the change is as much a state of mind as of body, so items such as a hat of disguise and similar spells and effects that change the user's appearance do not reduce the time required to change identities. Most social talents require the vigilante to be in his social identity, but a vigilante who uses vigilante talents in his social identity risks exposing his secret.

Despite being a single person, a vigilante's dual nature allows him to have two alignments, one for each of his identities. When in an identity, he is treated as having that identity's alignment for all spells, magic items, and abilities that rely on alignment. For the purpose of meeting a qualification for a feat, class, or any ability, he is only eligible if both of his alignments meet the requirements.

A vigilante's two alignments cannot be more than one step from each other on a single alignment axis. For example, a vigilante with a lawful neutral social identity could have a vigilante identity that is lawful good, lawful neutral, lawful evil, neutral, neutral good, or neutral evil. If a vigilante is the target of an effect that would change his alignment, it changes both of his alignments to the new alignment.

Any attempts to scry or otherwise locate the vigilante work only if the vigilante is currently in the identity the creature is attempting to locate (or if the creature knows that the two identities are the same individual). Otherwise, the spell or effect has no effect, revealing nothing but darkness, as if the target were invalid or did not exist.

Transformation Sequence (Su)
A magical child's transformation between identities is assisted by magic.

This makes it faster than usual, but also more noticeable.

A magical child can normally transform between her identities in 5 rounds, though this improves to a standard action with the quick change social talent and a swift action with the immediate change social talent. However, the transformation is quite a spectacle, involving loud sounds or music, brilliant colorful energies, and swift motions.

Animal Guide (Ex)
A magical child starts play with a magical spirit guide in the form of a familiar, using her vigilante level as her effective wizard level. The familiar also has a social identity as a seemingly normal animal, though vigilantes with outlandish familiars might still need to hide the familiar.

At 3rd level, the magical child's familiar reveals another aspect of its form, and its vigilante identity changes into a creature on the Improved Familiar list that would be available to a 3rd-level spellcaster (the animal guide's social identity always remains as the original normal animal).

The familiar can change its vigilante identity again when the magical child reaches 5th and 7th level, each time to familiars available at those levels. The Improved Familiar feat's alignment restrictions apply to this ability, but only the magical child's vigilante identity needs to have an alignment that fulfills the alignment requirements of the improved familiar. The familiar's new vigilante form choices are permanent, and it cannot transform back into its former vigilante identities until 9th level, when the familiar gains the change shape universal monster ability if it doesn't already have it. It can use this ability at will when in its vigilante identity to transform into any of its four vigilante identities.

In vigilante form, a magical child's familiar gains an amount of DR/magic equal to her vigilante level.

This doesn't stack with any DR/magic that her vigilante form might already possess.

If a magical child's familiar dies, its consciousness simply leaves its body, and the magical child can replace its body after 24 hours. To do so, she must conduct an 8-hour ritual that costs 200 gp per her vigilante level, but once the ritual is complete, the familiar returns in a new body. It retains all of its memories from its earlier service to the magical child.

This ability replaces vigilante specialization.

Some time somewhere on Iovo, Narly wakes to the senseless tune of his alarm. The skull-white moon is out watching from an uncomfortably close position along the horizon. Narly pulls the shade. He gets up stretches and plods off toward the shower.

Later he rolls down the big entry hall stairs on his board with skates on it grinding the hell out of the banister. And pulling a chandelier chiming leap to avoid the nob at the end. His family calls after him from the kitchen. But Narly somehow already has a corner of toast stuck in his mouth. He kicks his board forward and out the door into the queer reflected moonlight.

The world thrums like an unbalanced dryer in the basement. He doesn't hear it though.

School is over. The day ends. It's black and silent out when Narly finally returns home. Gravity doesn't seem to be working as well for the rest of the world as it does for him. Odd kitchen utensils and bunch of pencils and vase hang lazily in the rather sparse air. Narly takes no notice. He's exhausted. The family is out ('Typical.') so he trudges up the broad stairs to his room with his skating board beneath his arm. He slams his door behind him and sags onto his bed causing it to land. Next to him above the desk is a bit of damp mail. He looks at it a moment before snatching it and tearing it open. He absently tips out what appears to be a gasping pufferfish reads the slightly moist and perforated form letter inside.

Then after a moment he says: "Really? That dump?"