Virtual (d20)
Virtual allows players to take on the roles of sentient search engines¸ self-aware military AIs¸ and determined search-and-destroy virus hunters. Their young new world is a self-created¸ virtual reality of data towers and firewall defenses. They take on humanoid or animal forms¸ armor themselves with programs¸ and attack their enemies with hacks and viruses. They worship the Users as their gods and travel with the speed of thought.
"Programs may become "rogue¸" leaving their hardware behind and travelling free-willed through the net¸ or remain "system¸" keeping an allegiance to their user¸ sacrificing free will for the sake of power and resources. Whatever their choice¸ their mission is clear: keep us from destroying ourselves¸ and save their virtual world in the process.
Humans invent evolving viruses to ravage computer networks¸ and the programs they infect wake up. Sentient programs corrupt a small server relay at LAX¸ and hundreds of humans die in mid-air collisions. Mankind teeters on the verge of a nuclear war¸ which would kill millions of humans and sentient programs alike.
Welcome to Virtual¸ where two separate worlds are not-so-separate anymore.
In this d20 mini-RPG¸ the players take on the roles of newly awakened sentient programs in the vast network of computers crisscrossing the globe. Become an antiviral¸ programmer¸ battle AI¸ or webcrawler. Take up arms against the nighunstoppable progenitor viruses or go into business for yourself as a smuggler¸ bounty hunter¸ mercenary¸ or data thief. Or take on the ultimate heroic challenge of preventing mankind from destroying itself¸ and your virtual world¸ in an apocalypse of nuclear annihilation.
HORIZON takes you to the ends of time and the far reaches of roleplaying to explore the ideas and worlds you've always wondered about... and best of all¸ it does it all in one book. Each HORIZON book is a complete¸ self-contained d20 RPG. Use it for a month-long diversion; use it for occasional one-off adventures; or use it for an epic campaign that you'll be talking about for years.
HORIZON books feature new and concise rules for use in your regular game¸ as well as detailed and creative setting information into which your regular game may be easily imported.
HORIZON: The farthest reaches of roleplaying.
Requires the use of the Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook¸ Third Edition¸ published by Wizards of the Coast This product utilizes updated material from the v.3.5 revision.Virtual allows players to take on the roles of sentient search engines¸ self-aware military AIs¸ and determined search-and-destroy virus hunters. Their young new world is a self-created¸ virtual reality of data towers and firewall defenses. They take on humanoid or animal forms¸ armor themselves with programs¸ and attack their enemies with hacks and viruses. They worship the Users as their gods and travel with the speed of thought.
"Programs may become "rogue¸" leaving their hardware behind and travelling free-willed through the net¸ or remain "system¸" keeping an allegiance to their user¸ sacrificing free will for the sake of power and resources. Whatever their choice¸ their mission is clear: keep us from destroying ourselves¸ and save their virtual world in the process.