Berserk α

• Prereq: ; Spirit 8+

Some warriors become so enraged in the heat of combat they often become a danger to their own allies—and a cyclone of death to their foes!

When a Berserker suffers a , she automatically becomes enraged. She charges the nearest enemy regardless of danger and engages in hand-to-hand combat.

For the rest of the encounter, the warrior adds her penalties to her melee weapons or unarmed combat damage. If she takes in excess of her limit, she doesn’t fall immediately but instead makes a Spirit roll at the start of each turn thereafter. If a test fails, she’s KO’ed as usual. If the test succeeds she fights on, rolling again at the start of each turn. A Berserker can stop testing Spirit if is restored.

A Berserker is dangerous to her own, however. If she rolls a Mishap on a melee weapons or unarmed combat test (and the GM decides it’s possible), she hits an ally for her normal damage + 1 . The Game Master can choose the target that makes the most sense or select one randomly if the situation is unclear.