Sam Contino

Background
"Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the gun down. - Malcolm X"Sam Contino is the central Character in the group of vigilantes that have made it their mission to save Reiker City. Sam Contino is the protagonist of Vigilantes and as such the story is told from his perspective.

Sam Contino made it his mission to save his city after he realized he was unable to continue living out his life ignoring the crimes committed under his nose as his city suffered from lawlessness, depravity, and injustice.

Leveling
Sam Contino is not limited in the way he can be leveled and specialized and will always lead the vigilantes in his level (his level being equal to Level of other Characters + 1). It is, therefore, not unreasonable to state that whatever area Sam decides to specialize in will be more impactful than any other Character in Vigilantes.

Whenever any character uses a Skill Sam also receives experience in that Skill, which is another major way for Sam to accrue experience to level up and improve his Core Stats, Skills as well as gain new Perks.

Leadership
Sam can come off as insensitive, intense, insane or idealistic, depending on his choices in the dialogue and can either effectively lead his band of vigilantes or fail to do so. Successfully leading his allies brings them to higher appreciation of Sam and his methods, which in turn bolsters their statistics directly improving their combat prowess or their utility on the strategic level.

UPLIFT
The ability of Sam to be specialized exactly as desired cannot be underestimated, as this allows the player to build various teams and character builds to fit his playstyle.

Sam Contino starts with a total of 25 UPLIFT points and can reach the total of 37 points at level 35 (38 points with the Perk UPLIFT!). His numbers are, therefore, considered a baseline for all other Characters. This is important, because some Characters have a higher total number of UPLIFT points (such as Arcadi).

Reputation

 * Sam gains +0.1 to his Reputation every time he or his team incapacitates criminals.