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Toni Sihvonen (order #92780) 6
benefits (note that your Berserker Attack is still a net +5).
If you Fumble, you go mad (Pendragon page 209) with
horror at what you nearly became.
Berserks with a Battle Rage passion of 16+ mu5t roll when
combat is imminent or when under stress.
Except in the respects noted here, and in that it gives you
access to magic, True Berserk is the same as Battle Rage.
After the Berserk Rage Passes: Once the Berserk state
ends (whether gained from Battle Rage or True Berserk),
you lose all its effects, including any bonus Berserk Hit
Points that still remain. If damage has carried over to your
normal Hit Points, you may be Major Wounded,
Unconscious, or Dead by the normal rules. If you still live,
you suffer -10 to all Skills and Energetic for ld20+6 hours
as you enter a silent, irritated depression. However, if
attacked or (gm’s judgment) pestered in this state, you
can attempt to become True Berserk, restoring yourself to
full berserk strength if you succeed.
Berserks and Magic: Emotion magic can calm or incite
a Berserk state. True Berserks can use a limited magic
themselves. See page 131.
Other Cultures: Religion (Odinic) can replace
(Wotanic). Arguably, there are Celtic Berserks affiliated
with gods like Crom. This kind of Celtic paganism was
quashed in Roman Britain, but may survive in isolated
communities far from Roman cities. In Ireland,
Chuchulain’s warp-spasm is a similar effect, though
achieved in different ways.
Weapon Skills and Battle
New Weapons
Angon: A spear with a metal-reinforced shaft for half its
length. Angons can be thrown, as javelins. In melee,
angons only break when tied by swords. Angons are
continental weapons, favored by Romans (who called it
a spiculum) and their enemies. Angons have special
shield-damaging properties, below. Skill: Spear, Javelin.
Francisca: A Frankish single-bladed axe balanced for
throwing as well as hand-to-hand combat. Like all axes, it
does +ld6 damage against shields. Skill: Axe, Throwing
Axe (below).
Sling: Though favored by the Irish, this strap for hurling
rocks is a universal weapon of poor skirmishing troops.
Skill: Sling (below).
New Weapon Skills
Sling: Slings do 3d6 damage out to 20 yards, 2d6 damage
from 21-40 yards, and ld6 damage from 41-60 yards.
The victim of a sling-stone always suffers at least 1/3 of
the sling’s damage from concussion, no matter how wellarmored
he is. For example, a man in partial plate armor
(14 pts.) who is hit by 9 points of sling damage will suffer
3 points, despite his armor.
Throwing Axe: An axe balanced for throwing may be
hurled up to 20 yards: other one-handed axes will travel
half as far. Normal damage is -2d6. but only -1d6 vs.
shielded foes. On a fumble the axe breaks, and cannot be
recovered to be used later.
Thrown Stone: The very poorest ceorls and kerns resort
to man’s oldest and cheapest weapon: the common
stone. Stones are hardly a threat to armored knights, but
they can injure an unarmed man or spook a horse.
Damage for a thrown stone is generally ld6. 2d6 on a
Critical skill roll: use DEX for the thrower’s skill. Riders
must make Horsemanship rolls each round they are a target,
as the horse shies from the missiles. Combat-trained
horses (chargers and destriers, sometimes rouncies and
coursers) are inured to this, so may ignore it.
If the thrower drops a rock onto his target (off a castle
wall, or in an ambush), he may drop a stone up to his
own Damage rating. Immensely strong humans and giants
may throw stones with a -4d6 Damage modifier. Siege
weapons can hurl huge stones. As the stone grows larger,
the damage it can do even against armor increases. Use
the following table to determine how much protection
Armor affords against stones:
Rock Damage Armor protects
ld6-3d6 normally
4d6-6d6 at least 1/3 Damage gets through
7d6-9d6 at least 1/2 Damage gets through
10d6-12d6 at least 3/4 Damage gets through
13d6+ Armor is useless
Optional Rule: Damage to Shields
As noted on Pendragon pages 176-177, all axes inflict
+ld6 damage vs. shielded foes. Use a different-colored