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[[File:Berzerker.png|thumb|Hanniah Sharptooh, queen of viscera]]

<big>''"I embrace the darkness within. It makes me strong. My fury is my guide, and I will meet victory... or oblivion." - [[Hanniah Sharptooth]], queen of viscera''</big>

'''Exile.''' Your life is a cruel joke. Through some misdeed or overzealous act, you have become an exile, and you seek to make your own way in an uncaring world.

'''Fearless.''' You are made of sterner stuff than the average soldier and do not frighten easily. You can stare down any horror without flinching.

'''Juggernaut.''' Capable of withstanding more punishment than your companions, you assume the responsibility of the front-line fighter where you can absorb the brunt of enemy attacks.

'''Rage.''' By unleashing your inner demons, you can fuel your attacks with mighty rage. This allows you to do significantly more damage, but also makes you easier to hit in your blind fury.

'''Branded.''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You have a magic brand on your body that rejects any attempts to heal or remove it, even through magic. This brand has given you strange abilities, such as the ability to see into the spiritual world or to witness ghosts that others might not notice. Furthermore, your brand occasionally bursts forth into ghostly light, filling you with otherworldly power.

=== '''Berzerker Entry Talent''' ===

After gaining the Berzerker Entry Talent, you can take talents from any of the Berzerker tracks. After gaining the Berzerker Entry Talent, you can also gain [[Specialization Talents|Primal Aspect Talents]]

|When you take this entry talent, you gain the following abilities.

* '''Blood Rage.''' Gain one special Rage AP that can only be used to make attacks on your turn or to make reactive attacks if you have the ability to do so. You regain this AP at the start of each of your turns, but it cannot carry over like normal AP.

You can only gain one source of special AP. If you gain a second source of special AP, choose whether you keep this source or your new source.

* '''Ferocious.''' (2/Rest) If an effect would cause you to become Frightened, you may become determined and ferocious. You ignore that effect and gain Immune Frightened for a number of minutes equal to your amount of Berzerker Talents+1.

=== '''Exile Track''' ===

[[File:Exile Track.png|Exile Track Progression|alt=Exile Track Progression|thumb]]

* '''Mad Dog.''' You have turned to the life of the mercenary, specializing in protection and thuggery. When you are within 5 ft of a friendly creature, that creature can add 1⁄2 your STR/Menacing to a CHA check that they make.

* '''Kraken.''' You have turned to the sea, gaining +6 to the Vehicles* (Water) skill. When you roll CHA to interact with professional sailors or port workers, you can roll 2d20 and take the higher result.

|If you have imbibed in the past hour, you gain +2 to your weapon damage rolls, but have TD.

|When you spend AP to move, you may take a drink (such as a potion or a tankard of ale) as part of the same move. Doing so does not provoke additional reactive attacks, even if your movement does.

|While the effects of Drunken Fighter are active, the first time you move on any given turn you do not trigger reactive actions.

|(CHA/Rest) If you have imbibed in the past hour, you may subtract any number up to your CHA from your attack roll, and add that same number to your damage roll. You must declare if you are using Drunken Fist and how much you are subtracting before you roll your attack.  

|Your Sneak Attack damage increases by +1d6 (if you had no Sneak Attack, it becomes 1d6).  

You can apply Sneak Attack damage to a creature that you hit with a weapon that has the concealed tag, once per turn, as long as you have at least one source of TA. You may still use Sneak Attack if Drunken Fighter is your only source of TD.

|Whenever your Ferocious ability is active and friendly creatures you can see are Frightened, you deal +1 damage per ally you can see that is Frightened, to a maximum equal to your CHA.

|When you are Flanking, you can apply TA to your [[Actions|Maneuver]] attack rolls.

|Increase your unarmed damage die size by one (e.g., from 1d4 to 1d6). If you didn't have an unarmed damage die, it becomes 1d4.

|(CHA/Rest) Your mark becomes a badge of honor, an emblem of your path to restoring your name. You may use your WILL in place of your ANT or LOG when your ANT or LOG is attacked.  

|Exile 7

|Your beast companion gains additional maximum HP equal to your CHA.

|Whenever you and your companion are within 5 ft of each other, you both gain TA on your attacks.

|Your beast companion gains a bonus to its attack rolls equal to 1⁄2 your CHA.

|You gain Resist Toxic 5 and become immune to common poisons.

** '''Level 30:''' When an ally uses Unimpeachable, their WILL is replaced by your WILL for 1 minute.

|Your Drunken Fighter feature deals +2 damage.

|You gain +1 Sneak Attack die.

|Your Ferocious ability becomes activated whenever you have imbibed in the past hour and you can no longer voluntarily activate it.

|Exile 7

|Your companion gains a special maneuver: Drag

* '''Drag.''' Forgoing all other actions this turn, your companion can move 1⁄2 its speed and drag a Prone target with it. This movement can provoke reactive actions.

You become immune to the Charmed and Enthralled [[conditions]].  

* '''Independence.''' Whenever a creature attacks your WILL or attempts to Charm or Enthrall you, your next Drunken Fist against that target does not consume one of your uses of Drunken Fist, and you may attack their WILL instead of their AR.

** '''Level 30:''' Independence activates with your ANT and LOG defenses as well.

=== '''Fearless Track''' ===

[[File:Fearless Track.png|536x536px|thumb|Fearless Track Progression]]

|While you are Bloodied, deal an additional 1d12 damage on a crit.

|You can trigger your Ferocious ability when you would gain the Shaken condition, granting you immunity to Frightened and Shaken for the duration.

|If your Ferocious ability is active and you are Bloodied, deal +2 damage on all of your damage rolls.

|While you are Bloodied, your crit range increases by 1.

|When you are Ferocious, you may use Frenzy.

* '''Frenzy.''' (2/Rest) For the duration of your Ferocious ability, when you crit on an attack that cost 1 or more AP, you may immediately make another attack for 0 AP.

|You can trigger your Ferocious ability when you would become Demoralized, granting you immunity to Frightened, Shaken, and Demoralized for the duration.

|When you are Ferocious and not Bloodied, you are Grounded and cannot be knocked Prone or moved against your will.

If you Recoup and have no uses of Ferocious remaining, regain one use.

While Ferocious, your LOG equals your FORT unless your LOG is already higher.

|While you are Bloodied your crit range increases by 1 more.

While you are Ferocious, gain an additional +2 to your defenses that you selected from Stoic II.

|You can trigger your Ferocious ability when you would become Charmed, granting you immunity to Frightened, Shaken, Demoralized, and Charmed for the duration.

|Gain the Iron Advance ability.  

* '''Iron Advance.''' When you are Ferocious and not Bloodied, if you would be moved against your will, you may spend 1 Reactive AP to instead move up to your speed in a direction of your choice.

If you Catch Breath and have no uses of Ferocious remaining, regain one use.

|(1/Rest) When you use Frenzy and you are Bloodied, you can make it Horrifying. Your Frenzy ability works when you hit, instead of only when you crit.  

* '''Savage Frenzy.''' (2/Rest) When you make an attack that costs 0 AP, you may choose to instead make two attacks if you are Bloodied. These attacks both have TA and the crit range increases by 1.  

|Gain the Iron Reave ability.  

* '''Iron Reave.''' (END/Rest) When you use Iron Advance, if you end your movement adjacent to an enemy, you can make one melee attack against it for 0 AP.

When you reach 0 HP, you may activate Unstoppable Ferocity. (0 Reactive AP)

* '''Unstoppable Ferocity.''' For the duration of Ferocious, gain +3 to all defenses. Gain TA on all attacks, and roll 2d20 and use the higher. Whenever you hit a creature that has imposed an active condition of Broken, Demoralized, Frightened, or Shaken against you, the hit counts as a crit. Whenever you hit a creature that would have imposed such a condition against you but did not because of your Ferocious ability, that hit counts as a crit. If you die during this time, you remain living until the end of the duration of Ferocious. During such time, you cannot regain HP, and you die at the end of that duration, whereupon you can be resurrected.  After you use this ability you permanently lose all of your Talents in the Ferocious track and lose Ferocious 1. You do not gain replacement Talents.

** '''Level 30.''' If you used Unstoppable Ferocity before reaching level 30, you regain all of your lost talents except for Unstoppable Ferocity. If you did not use Unstoppable Ferocity before reaching level 30, then whenever a creature attempts to inflict Broken, Demoralized, Frightened, or Shaken against you, your next attack against that creature is considered a crit.

=== '''Juggernaut Track''' ===

[[File:Juggernaut Track.png|thumb|510x510px|Juggernaut Track Progression]]

* '''Juggernaut.''' (2/Rest) By spending 1 AP, you may enter a combative focus that allows you to tune out injury. For the next 10 minutes, whenever you take physical damage, if you have any Reactive AP, gain DR 3.

|While your Juggernaut ability is active, reduce elemental damage as well as physical.

|While your Juggernaut ability is active, increase DR by 2.

|(1/Recoup) By spending 1 Reactive AP, gain Shield HP equal to the amount of physical damage that you just took. You may use Rage AP on this feature.

* '''Endure.''' (2/Rest) When a creature makes an attack against your AR, you may use your FORT instead.

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the END tag.  

Juggernaut becomes 1/2 END/Rest.

|While your Juggernaut ability is active, increase DR by 2.

|While your Juggernaut ability is active, reduce energy damage as well as physical and elemental.

|While your Juggernaut ability is active, increase DR by 3.

|'''Battle Ready'''

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can spend on any skill with the END tag.  

|Gain +1 HP per character level, and +1 HP each time you level up.

|Gain +2 Skill Points that you can spend on any skill with the STR tag.  

|Shrug it Off becomes 2/Recoup.

If you have no uses of Endure remaining and you Recoup, regain one use.

|You no longer need leftover AP to gain the benefits of Juggernaut. Juggernaut becomes END/Rest.

The final cap for your END increases from 12 to 14. When your END is 14, gain +1 additional HP per character level.

 

* '''Back in the Fight.''' (1/Rest) When you start your turn with 0 HP, you may spend X AP. Remove Death Points equal to 1⁄2 X.  

** '''Level 30:''' Back in the Fight becomes: Remove Death Points equal to X.

=== '''Rage Track''' ===

[[File:Rage Track.png|thumb|560x560px|Rage Track Progression]]

* '''Fury.''' When you make a melee attack, you may gain +2 to your attack rolls, but all attacks against you have TA and your mental defenses reduce by 2. This lasts until the start of your next turn.

|Deal +2 additional damage if you attack with Fury and are Bloodied.

* '''Death Drop.''' (2/Rest) For 0 AP, If you start your turn with fewer than 10 HP, you may choose to lose all remaining HP. If you do, then your first hit this turn that was not a crit becomes a crit.

|Your attacks made with Fury gain +1 to their crit range.

|When you start your turn, if you have both taken damage and dealt damage since the start of your last turn, you may use Bloodlust.

* '''Bloodlust.''' Move up to your speed for 0 AP. Any creature that attacks you reactively takes 1d6 sharp damage..

|When you attack with Fury and hit, you may use Berzerk Smash.

* '''Berzerk Smash.''' Roll 1d6 and 1d12. Add the d12 to the damage you dealt and take damage equal to the 1d6.

|Death Drop works when you are Bloodied (instead of having to be 10 HP or fewer).

|When you crit with Fury, if you are Bloodied, regain 1d6 HP.

|When you use Bloodlust, you may also use Rend.

* '''Rend.''' (2/Recoup) Spend 1 AP to attack a creature that took damage from your Bloodlust ability. Use STR or DEX (your choice) vs. their FORT. If you hit, the creature gains Bleeding (1d4) for 30 seconds.

* '''Furious Smash.''' (1/Rest) When you hit with Frenzy and are Bloodied, turn it into a crit.  

|If you crit with Fury and are Bloodied, gain 1 AP.

|When you finish Taking a Rest, you may gain 1 Death Point.

|Gain +4 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the STR tag.  

|Your attacks made with Fury gain +1 to their crit range.

|You are feared the world over as a warrior of legend, and none wish to cross steel with you..

Gain the Blood Rampage ability.  

 

* '''Blood Rampage.''' (1/Week) When you roll Initiative, all enemies gain the Shaken condition for the duration of the fight. When you are Bloodied, you gain double your Rage AP at the start of each round. This can cause you to exceed 12 AP/round.

** '''Level 30:''' Blood Rampage becomes 1/Rest.

=== Branded ===

'''Fury.''' When you make a melee attack, you may gain +2 to your attack rolls, but all attacks against you have +1 TA and your mental defenses are reduced by 2. This lasts until the start of your next turn.

'''Branded Retaliation.''' When a creature crits against you with a melee attack, you may make a 0 AP reactive attack with a weapon you are holding, or with a natural or unarmed attack. (2/Rest)

'''Spirit Sight.''' You can see Unseen and Ethereal creatures within 60 ft of you. You can also see areas where planar travel is particularly easy or common, such as permanent gateways, even if they are not typically visible to the naked eye.

'''Shademarked.''' When you attack with Fury, you may increase your crit range by +2. If you do, make a LUCK check. The DC is 10 + your number of Branded talents. If you fail, you gain +2 Fear as your brand scalds your psyche. If you fail by 10 or more, or if you crit fail, then you gain no Fear; instead, you summon a shade in an unoccupied space within 60 ft of you, an inverse echo of your Essence bent on destruction of all that you hold dear. It has the stats of a [[Slaugh]], rolls its own Initiative, and is violently hostile to your allies. Whenever you deal damage to your shade, you also take that damage.

'''''Blood Circle:''''' (4 AP) Roll one attack with your weapon against the AR of each creature within 5 ft of you. Deal normal weapon damage to each creature you hit.

'''Burning Brand.''' By gaining +1 Death Point and removing no Death Points during your current Recoup or Take a Rest, you may remove 2 Fear. (1/Recoup)

'''Scourging Resolve.''' You may sear away your fear. By taking 1d10 psychic damage that you cannot reduce in any way, you may remove 2 Fear. (1/Recoup)

'''Shadesummoner.''' By spending 10 minutes in a trance, you can draw forth a shade willing to serve you for a short time. It will serve you unquestioningly, to the point of death, for a number of hours equal to 1 + 1/2 your CHA (min 1). At the end of this time, it dissipates. For the duration, you can cause the spirit to appear anywhere within 60 ft of you by spending 1 AP. When it appears, and on each of your turns while the spirit is there, you may spend 1 AP to allow the spirit to grant +1 TA or +1 AR to a creature that it is adjacent to until the start of your next turn. (1/Rest)

When you Recoup, you may regain +1 use of your Branded Retaliation. (1/Rest)

|When you attack with your Blood Circle ability, you may choose to take the damage yourself. If you do, then gain +1 TA, and even on a miss, a creature takes 1/2 damage.

|Whenever you kill a creature with your Greatweapon, you may calculate any damage left over after you killed it. Apply that damage to another creature within your Greatweapon's reach.

'''Essence Drink.''' When you kill a creature, gain 1d10 Shield HP. (1/Turn)

|Blood Circle's radius increases from 5 ft to the reach of the weapon you use to make the attack.

'''Cleaving Swipe.''' Whenever you kill a creature with your Greatweapon, you may calculate any damage left over after you killed it. Apply that damage to up to three other creatures within your Greatweapon's reach. (1/Recoup)

|Increase the number of Death Points it takes to kill you by +½ your END. The LUCK DC to gain HP from healing abilities increases to 15.

'''''Level 30:''''' Scouring Shockwave becomes 2/Recoup and no longer has a crit fail condition.