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or mortally wound) a target; if you fail, you must
defeat another target before trying again. Your
own recovery attempts are at -5. A friend can help
you, either using his Traits or Passions, or invoking
yours (e.g. if your lord orders you to stop, use
your Loyalty [Lord], but he becomes a target if he
fa i I s) .
You pass out. Test [lowest of CON or Energetic]
every hour, or every Battle Round; failure means
you have passed out. You awake 2d6 hours later
in a post-Berserk state.
True Berserk
Rather than becoming Berserk as a side effect of another
Passion, some people can choose to roll Battle Rage
directly, Inspiring both a combat skill and their Size as
above. By definition, they are Inspired by a Passion for
violence itself. Recovery tests are -10 for self, -5 for oth-
ers: Recognize is at -5. True Berserks must savage animals
or property if they can't find human foes.
If you invoke the Battle Rage Passion directly as above,
you become a true Berserk, and will be treated as such by
those around you. After the battle, you must roll Battle
Rage opposed to Honor. The losing Passion loses ld3
points, which are transferred to the winning Passion. As
long as your Honor is at or above 6, you will be treated
as a normal (though extremely dangerous) member of
society. Once your Honor reaches 5 or less, you are cast
out from society like a wolf or bear that has snuck into
the village.
If you try to enter a True Berserk state, yet fail you
become disheartened (-5 to skills); you can either flee the
fight (-1 Berserk and Honor and a Cowardly check), or
stay and fight under Berserk's restrictions, but without its