Some updates
I have been using the spring break to update the campaign events diary as much as I can, but I have also taken the opportunity to make some other minor changes. I have put a photograph of our new character sheets onto a new page in its own right, along with some notes about its creation and function. If enough people like the way this looks, I can post a PDF or Word version elsewhere on the net. I have also added stats for Minotaurs to the monster menagerie page. And last, although maybe not least, I have added the following to my list of house rules:
Berserk Rage
Some (usually Chaotic) creatures or certain types of people have a propensity to go nuts in combat in a way that is excessive even for those stressful circumstances - think of the fabled Norse berserkers, for example. Someone or something in a berserk rage ignores all except major wounds or outright killing blows. Even if their hit point total is exceeded by a combination of several cumulative lesser wounds, they ignore them and keep fighting. At the end of the combat they will collapse and, if medical or supernatural healing assistance is unavailable, they will succumb to their wounds at that point, expiring happily. They attack with twice the number of blows they would normally receive, and their damage bonus and attack bonus are both doubled; defensive bonus is reduced to zero. They still have their defensive skills, but all of their intense concentration is on offence. They can remain berserk for a maximum number of rounds equal to their CON, but once they come out of it they take subdual damage equal to the number of rounds they have been subject to the effect. The combination of this plus any minor wounds often means that they go unconscious in the immediate aftermath of a major fight. If all foes are slain, and he/she/it is still standing, the berserker needs to make a stat roll against INT or keep attacking anyone else in the vicinity - including friends. There are are rumours of chaotic artefacts that inflict this condition on their users (the death of Rackhir, anyone?).
Berserk Rage
Some (usually Chaotic) creatures or certain types of people have a propensity to go nuts in combat in a way that is excessive even for those stressful circumstances - think of the fabled Norse berserkers, for example. Someone or something in a berserk rage ignores all except major wounds or outright killing blows. Even if their hit point total is exceeded by a combination of several cumulative lesser wounds, they ignore them and keep fighting. At the end of the combat they will collapse and, if medical or supernatural healing assistance is unavailable, they will succumb to their wounds at that point, expiring happily. They attack with twice the number of blows they would normally receive, and their damage bonus and attack bonus are both doubled; defensive bonus is reduced to zero. They still have their defensive skills, but all of their intense concentration is on offence. They can remain berserk for a maximum number of rounds equal to their CON, but once they come out of it they take subdual damage equal to the number of rounds they have been subject to the effect. The combination of this plus any minor wounds often means that they go unconscious in the immediate aftermath of a major fight. If all foes are slain, and he/she/it is still standing, the berserker needs to make a stat roll against INT or keep attacking anyone else in the vicinity - including friends. There are are rumours of chaotic artefacts that inflict this condition on their users (the death of Rackhir, anyone?).
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