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goes away. If you renege on the boast or delay its fulfillment,
the modifier remains, but your underlying Honor is
penalized as noted in the sidebar. Finally, you can publicly
disavow a boast, losing the directed modifier and 1 point
of Honor, as noted above in the sidebar.
You may use your Honor (Battle Boast) during encounters
that can impede the fulfillment of your boast - to dispatch
bandits blocking the way to your enemy's keep, for
example, or to plead with your lord for a boat to sail to
Pictland to rescue your kidnapped sister. You may also
invoke it in the ultimate phase of your quest -when you
face the man you swore to kill, or struggle for the item
New Trait and Passion Rules
These rules extend Pendragon pages 200-201, and refer to
concepts introduced in Saxons! Chapter 1.
Saxon Lord Refuses to Share at Least Half the Plunder
with His Followers: Automatic Selfish Check. Additionally,
the GM may rule that his followers lose 1 point of Loyalty
(Lord).
Saxon Cynn or Guardian Fails to Collect Wergild or
Vengeance: -1d6 to both Honor and Love (Cynn).
Saxon Renounced by Cynn: -2d6 Love (Cynn).
Nithinghood: Possible if a Saxon's Honor or Hospitality
falls below 6.
Character Renounces or Defaults on Battle Boast: -1
Honor to formally renounce a boast; -1 Honor per winter
that a still-maintained boast goes unfulfilled, or -3 Honor if
a boast is clearly and irreparably shirked (boaster swears to
wear no armor at Badon, yet wears armor).
Character Completes Battle Boast successfully: Resolve
an immediate Honor Experience Check, in addition to any
normal Experience Check to Honor. Gain Glory for the
boast (page XX).
Halved Honor/Hospitality Penalties for Deeds against
Another Culture: Dishonor penalties across cultures are
halved (round up). This option allows would-be Hengists
and Vortigerns to betray folk from other cultures without
losing too much face at home. It ceases to apply in Britain
after 518, and in other lands where Christian and feudal
ideals are gaining influence.
Lineage Distorted or Concealed: -2 Love (Family) to any
character who willfully denies, withholds or distorts the
facts of his lineage, plus checks to Deceitful and/or Modest,
as appropriate.
you vowed to retrieve. [Glory Awards - Fulfilling
Boasts: page 1271
Other Cultures: Folk for whom Proud is a religious
virtue (Pagans and Wotanics) can Battle Boast.
Battle Rage Passion and Berserks
Battle Rage is a blind, aggressive fury that possesses warriors
who are also Inspired by normal Passions; in effect,
the Battle Rage Passion registers the chance that an
Inspired warrior may also become berserk.
You can gain the Battle Rage Passion by beseeching
Wotan for war frenzy when you have already Critically
Inspired a weapon skill. Roll Religion (Wotanic) or Love
(Wotan): Success gives you a starting Battle Rage Passion
of 2d6, Critical gives you a starting Battle Rage of 3d6. In
addition, you are inspired with a Battle Rage of the same
level as your roll result. Battle Rage increases like any
other Passion. However, the GM may restrict acquisition
of this Passion - or forbid it entirely - on the grounds
that easily enraged heroes are too unbalancing or too
unpleasant.
Battle Rage
Whenever you test a Passion to Inspire a weapon skill,
and your roll would pass both the target Passion and
Battle Rage, you become Berserk. If you Critically Inspire
your skill, and pass Battle Rage, you have become
Critically Berserk. You gain the intended benefit of
Inspiring the weapon skill, plus the following effects of
Berserk:
Add a Normal or Critical Inspiration Bonus to your
SIZ. This does not make you larger, only harder
to hurt. It applies to derived Statistics like Hit
Points, Knockdown, and Damage.
Ignore Unconscious and Major Wound rules.
Gain a -5 Valorous modifier vs. anyone whom you
attack (-10 if Critically Berserk).
You must use the Berserker Attack option.
You must attack the nearest target: you can bypass a
friend if you Recognize him.
The Berserk state continues until:
You have no more Hit Points.
You have no more targets.
You recover. This means beating the Berserk Passion
in opposed resolution with another Passion or Trait
(Prudent and Forgiving are default options). You
may attempt recovery only after you defeat (kill