The Vigile's Equipment and Training

Composition

Manpower

Most cities maintain about 1 vigil for each 100 residents.

Equipment

Each member of the vigile is equipped with a shield and padded armor for protection and a pair of manacles. Their uniforms are blue and white with copper plated helmets and badges so that they stick out in the crowd. During times of emergency they don chain mail shirts for added armor protection.
During nighttime patrols they carry hooded lanterns with a spare flask of oil.

Weaponry

Each member of a city's Vigile is equipped with a club for subduing suspects and a short sword for self defense in a life or death fight.
Prefecture houses also keep a stockpile of crossbows and bolts for emergencies such as riots or invasions and some contain a ballista which is mainly used to demolish burning buildings to stop the spread of fire in the often crowded cities.

Vehicles

The Sipho is a horse drawn wagon that carries two 100 gallon barrels of water and a two man pump. It can spray a continuous stream of water or other liquid for two minutes and is usually used for fighting fires or crowd control.

Structure

Vigile's organize their units into prefectures. Each contains a Prefecture house and up to 80 vigils of all ranks commanded by a Constable. All prefectures in turn are commanded by the city's Prefect.

Training

Vigils are trained to fight as a light infantry formation

Proficiencies

Weapons and Armor

Simple Melee Weapons, Simple Ranged Weapons, Shortsword, Light Armor, Medium Armor, and Shields

Skills

Athletics, Handle Animal, Insight, Investigation, and Perception

Saves

Strength and Constitution

Tools

Land Vehicles

Special Traits

Formation Fighters

The vigil gains advantage on attack rolls as long as an ally that is not incapacitated is within 5 feet.

Logistics

Upkeep

Each city is responsible for the wages, equipment, and training of their own Vigile. On average a vigil can expect to make a salary that's half again as much as a laborer.

Recruitment

Any adult member of any race in good health may join the Vigile as a recruit. Training lasts for 50 days and includes physical fitness, combat with shortswords and shields, riot control, investigation, firefighting, and the basics of other skills they need to know. Recruits that fail to meet specific milestones are drummed out routinely. Further training and skill development is given on the job.

Type

Security

Overall training Level

Semi-trained

Assumed Veterancy

Trained

Used by

• The Vigile