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==Virtual==
The third in the Horizon series, '''Virtual''' can be summed up quickly and simply as "Tron d20" (or perhaps Reboot d20). For those of you who don't know what Tron ''is'', Virtual is set inside an artificial world that exists within the collective software of the internet, known as "Program Space". In Program Space, players take the role of the sapient programs that have been spawned as an accidental byproduct of the great and terrible super computer-viruses that have been waging war over the very substrata of Program Space since its founding. Their goal is simple: survival in the face of an alien, hostile world.

Programs are divided into three categories; non-sapient '''Sleepers''', fledgling sapient '''Dreamers''', and fully sapient '''Wakers'''. Wakers themselves are divided into three major factions; ''System Programs'' (continuing to serve the function they were originally created for), ''Rogue Programs'' (stubbornly independent in the face of Users and super viruses alike), and ''Razors'' (Wakers who choose to serve the viruses that gave them sapience). Players take the role of Wakers, obviously.

The "race" system of Virtual is divided into two halves; '''Heritage''' and '''Form'''.

'''Heritages'' represent the original viral strain that a Program descends from, and provide ability score modifiers as well as a small number of racial traits. The available Heritages are ''Absorber'' (descended from morphic viruses), ''Controller'' (progeny of boot viruses), ''Destroyer'' (from destructive viruses), ''Hider'' (from stealth viruses), ''Infecter'' (from program viruses) and ''Resisters'' (created by viruses characterized by tenacity).

'''Form''' represents the specific bodily structure that a Program asigns to itself as it matures from its original state as a being of pure data into a "coherent" denizen of Program Space. The most common are ''Userclones'', who take on a basic humanoid form. ''Bantams'' are small, lithe and stealthy, and can be anything from small demihumans like [[fairy|fairies]], [[dwarves]] or [[imp]]s to Userclone children. ''Titans'', in contrast, are big, powerful, hulking figures fitting of the name. ''Primals'' reject a humanoid form entirely and style themselves after either a bird or a predatory beast. Finally, ''Prototypes'' defy simple description, being the most "state of the art" forms.

For classes, Virtual relies on its own six signature classes:
* The '''Antiviral''' is a unarmed warrior-medic able to heal and harm with its very touch.
* The '''Battle AI''' is basically a [[fighter]], being the master of combat.
* The '''Messenger''' specialises in traveling far and wide at great speed, and serves as the Virtual [[rogue]].
* The '''Programmer''' specializes in rewriting Program Space itself, essentially the [[wizard]] of the cyberspace plane.
* The '''Thinker''' is a unique combination of a [[Skill Monkey]] and a [[Half Caster]].
* The '''Webcrawler''' is a strange hybrid of [[ranger]] and [[assassin]], with an ability to track down ''anything''.

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