Editing Hunter: The Vigil (section)

===Scourges===
'''Legend:''' The evolved form of the Avenger, Legends are Scourges who have transcended mortality to become living slasher myths. They're the murderous boogeymen that people tell stories about, stories that are ultimately all-too-real. Each Legend is, as you'd expect, wrapped up in his or her own personal mythos, gaining strength when others "play their parts" right but also being compelled to obey certain bans or afflicted with banes based on their legends as if they were spirits- nobody's sure if they're just that fixated on their own legend or if it somehow deprives them of free will. Based mostly on urban myth slashers like ''The Hook-Handed Killer'', the ''Lover's Lane Maniac'', or the ''Licking Lunatic'', they also tap into the more "supernatural" slashers from films like the titular character of ''Candyman'' or Freddy Krueger from ''A Nightmare on Elm Street''.

'''Mask:''' The evolved form of the Brute, Masks are killing machines to an even greater extent than their Ripper counterparts. They are supernaturally durable to a level to make even the monstrous player splats sit up and go "Damn, that's a tough bastard!"  ''Any'' attack, no matter how weird or supernatural can only inflict a single point of damage to them.  However, this durability doesn't count for shit against booby traps, ambient damage, or other things that aren't actually "attacks" (most likely because otherwise, they'd be nigh-invincible), and they're literally incapable of doing anything that doesn't involve trying to hunt people down and kill them- they can't speak or even understand human language anymore, and extended contact with living things seems to actually cause them pain and a desire to respond with violence. In short, they simply want everything around them to die. Based on super-tough film slashers that never seem to stay dead; the most iconic examples of a Mask are probably Jason Voorhees from the ''Friday the 13th'' films and Michael Myers from ''Halloween''.

'''Psycho/Hypno:''' The evolved form of the Charmer, the Psycho has been consumed by their murder-lust, their obsession eating away at them until they can barely feign normality on a day-to-day basis. A Psycho still has enough charm that they can trick victims into lowering their guards at just the right moment, but suffers from intense obsessions; if they fail to manipulate someone, a Psycho is compelled to make that victim their next target. Patrick Bateman from ''American Psycho'' is called out as an inspiration for this kind of Slasher.

In 2e, this was replaced by the Hypno. Hypnos share the charisma of the old Psycho, but consider their murder sprees as a mission to be performed in the name of some higher cause of their own imagining as the thing that repulsed or disgusted them as a Charmer becomes an entire warped worldview in its own right; rather than performing a killing blow after lowering a victim's guard, they can choose to steal the victim's Willpower. Light Yagami of ''Death Note'' would be a good example of this type of Slasher. 

'''Mutant:''' The evolved form of the Freak, Mutants are even more hideously deformed to the point where they are no longer recognizable as having ever been human. Their mutations act as either natural armor or natural weapons as a result and are even worse at social interaction than Freaks due to their horrific appearances. However, their mutations also make them painfully vulnerable to a certain kind of stimulation, making it impossible for them to bear and reduces them to a state of atavistic rage- a cave-dwelling monster that burns in agony at the touch of sunlight, a blind abomination that hunts through scent and recoils at strong odors, etc. Mostly owe their origins to "Hillbilly Horror" type Slasher flicks, such as ''The Hills Have Eyes'' or ''Wrong Turn''.

'''Maniac/Puppeteer:''' The evolved form of the Genius, Maniacs (sometimes refered to as Lunatics) are even crazier, but also startlingly charismatic; they prefer a more "hands off" approach to killing, and mostly sate their murder-lust through proxies and Rube Goldberg-style deathtraps, having the ability to not only gain great understanding of peoples' psychologies by studying them but also driving them off the deep end to become the Maniac's loyal flunkies out of the need to share their horrific "insights" with the world. Their flaw is that they're obviously insane to anyone who doesn't end up adopting their twisted mindsets, penalizing their Social skills with anyone who isn't as crazy as they are (and doesn't catch their brand of insanity from interacting with them) and making them very recognizable. Jigsaw from ''Saw'' and John Doe from ''Se7en'' are perhaps the best examples of Maniac type Slashers in modern films.