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[WotC] Brigand Class

Commander, one of our Rangers insists that we are not fighting 'dirty' enough. They've trained hard to improve their stealth abilities, and are expert at getting in close to the enemy, then unloading buckshot into their spines. Rather than discipline the soldier, we've elected to let them try their sneak attack tactics in the field - better on the aliens than on us.

The Brigand offers another excellent scouting unit alongside your reaper, should you find stealth game play to be your preference. Unlike the Reaper, the Brigand has no way to stay in stealth reliably, and only one charge to return to stealth mid battle, so choose when to unload their powerful surprise attacks wisely. By default, there will be only one of this class in your 'forced deck' but you can train more in the GTS.

I tend not to use Reapers and stealth a lot in my games, but I know a lot of people much prefer this style of gameplay, so I wanted a class that could make use of powerful ambush assaults, but with limits on how often they could be pulled off, for those times when I, or perhaps you, preferred a more covert approach to a problem. Their scouting abilities are invaluable, and the Brigand's stealth is actually slightly stronger than the Reaper, making it possible to melee attack someone from stealth without breaking shadow (although you still have to face the roll of the dice after the kill)

This class has no GTS perk, as I dont know how to get that to work. I make no warranty abut the bugginess or otherwise of this class. I am not a good enough modder for such things.

Thanks to all the good folk of the XCOM modding community for answering my cries for help.


Brigand Ability List

Squaddie:
Shadow - You have access to superior stealth
Sword Slice - You may wack people with a sharp stick

Waylay Tree:
Blood Trail - You deal extra damage to targets that were wounded this turn
Disabling Shot - You fire a shot that can stun a target
Needle - You pierce some armour when firing from Shadow
Hunters Instinct - You gain bonus damage against flanked targets
Rapid Fire - Fire twice with an aim penalty
In The Zone - Fire lots, as long as you kill the targets

Self Preservation Tree:
Shadowstep - You do not trigger overwatch attacks
Implacable - Gain a free move after killing a target
Blademaster - Gain increased sharp stick damage
Bladestorm - Attack enemies that move next to you
Finesse - Your first melee attack in a turn has its action cost refunded
Reaper - Melee attacks that kill the target gain you an extra action