Race: Human, Female (age 17 years)
Homeland: Sossal
Class: Berserker
Kit: Infiltrator
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Religion: A fairly-benign aspect of Auril
Level: 2nd
Experience: 3275 (after level drain)
Next Level: 9000
Max Level: Unlimited

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Ability Scores:

Str	18	Stamina	17
		Muscle	18 (97)
Dex	12	Aim	10
		Balance	13
Con	15	Health	14
		Fitness	15
Int	10	Reason	13
		Knowledge	7
Wis	10	Intuition	9
		Willpower	11
Cha	14	Leadership	12
		Appearance	16

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Combat Statistics:

Hit Points: 17
Armor Class: 13 (chainmail dress)
Base Attack Bonus: +1
Saves:

• Paralyzation/Poison/Death: 14
• Rod/Staff/Wand: 16
• Petrification/Polymorph: 15
• Breath Weapon: 17
• Spells: 17

Weapons	# Att	Att Bonus	Dmg	Dmg (L)	Speed	Range	Special
Corthalis	1	+5	1d4+7	1d6+7	2	melee	magic, silver, primary hand
Blackflame	1	+2	2d4+6	1d6+7	4	melee	magic, +4 vs. undead
Crossbow	1 / 2 rounds	-1	1d4+1	1d6+1	10	80 / 160 / 240	various bolts

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Thief Skills: (armor included)

PP	—	Hide in Snow	27%
OL	—	HN	0%
F/RT	—	CW	25%
MS	—	RL	—

Non-Weapon Proficiencies: General, Warrior

Language (Common)	10	Mountaineering	NA
Language (Sossic)	10	Intimidation	18
Information Gathering	10	Swimming	18
Observation	10	Folklore	16
Survival (Arctic)	10	Etiquette	16
Disguise	15	Tease	15
Acting	15

Weapon Proficiencies:
Medium Blades Group
Two-weapon Style Specialization
Ambidexterity

Allowed Weapons and Armor:

• Weapons: Any Melee
• Armor: Any armor or shields.

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Special Powers:

• GO BERSERK!: All berserkers have the ability to “go berserk.” The frenzy is not automatic; the character cannot turn it on at will. A berserker must spend one round working himself into a frenzy, during which he can take no other action. At the end of the round, the berserker makes a saving throw vs. death magic. If the save is successful, the character reaches the berserk state. If failed, he can continue making attempts for up to ten consecutive rounds. At the end of the tenth round, the character automatically succeeds.
  • Strength: The berserker’s Muscle score increases to 19. The character gains all bonuses (attack, damage, weight allowance, etc.) for his increased Strength.
  • Hit Points: The berserker instantly gains two additional hit points for every level. The hit points gained do not heal existing wounds; they are simply added to the character’s current total. These additional hit points can cause the character’s total to exceed the normal maximum the character is allowed.
  • Armor Class: The berserker’s base armor class improves by 1 for every level of the character. This adjustment is to the character’s normal unarmored rating. This bonus does not apply if the character is wearing armor.
  • Charms: While berserk, the character gains a +2 to all saving throws vs. charms or mental-
    based attacks.
  • Single-Mindedness: Once a character goes berserk, he must enter melee combat with the enemy. Though the berserker can pick and choose his targets, he cannot hang back from battle. If he does, the berserk fury leaves him within two rounds. Once in combat, a berserk character cannot change opponents until the current foe is either slain or flees and cannot be pursued. The restriction on changing opponents applies only after the berserker has actually entered into combat. If not actually engaged in melee, the character can move and attack whomever he chooses.
  • Retreat: Once a berserker has entered his battle fury, he cannot retreat from combat without breaking the delicate psychological state that generates his power. If the berserk character withdraws from combat, routs, or is forced to retreat, the berserk fury immediately ends.
  • Loss of Powers: As soon as the berserk rage ends, all powers gained (increased Strength, hit points, armor class and charm resistance) vanish. All damage suffered is taken from the temporary hit points first.
  • Exhaustion: Going berserk is a voluntary action; the player can choose to end it at any time. However, berserking can be physically draining. The character can only remain berserk for a number of rounds equal to his Fitness score. If he has not ended the rage before before this time, it instantly ceases. As soon as the character stops being berserk, he must make another saving throw vs. death. If the saving throw is successful, the character is unaffected by his fury. Should he fail the saving throw, the berserker is immediately drained and exhausted. The character’s Strength (both Muscle and Stamina) is reduced by 5 (from its normal non-berserk state) and remains reduced until the character has time to rest. Strength recovers at the rate of 1 point per turn of rest. The character cannot again attempt to go berserk until his Strength has returned to its normal level.
• When engaged with large numbers of weak enemies (less than 1 HD each), the warrior gains double his normal number of attacks per round (including doubling attacks with off-hand weapons). Starting at 11th level, this applies to any foe with 10 fewer HD than the warrior’s levels (so a 12th level warrior can do this against 2HD creatures).
• Infiltrators are extremely adept at social engineering. The Infiltrator gains a +2 bonus on all Charisma-based proficiency checks.
• Infiltrators are so adept at disguises that they only suffer a -4 penalty when attempting to appear as another race. He gains an additional +1 bonus on all Disguise checks for every four levels he gains.
• +4 bonus on any saving throw they must make to escape or lessen the effects of a cold-based or ice-based attack. Any damage they suffer from such attacks is made with a -1 penalty per die rolled.
• Sossrim gain a +1 on their saving throws versus dragon breath, and a +2 bonus on saving throws against any type of dragon-fear.
• A Sossrim has the ability to assume the shape of the many animals that live around him. This power may be employed once in any 24-hour period, with a duration in turns equal to his character level (3 Turns). The transformation takes one round and functions much like the wizard’s shape change spell. Unless the DM rules against a specific animal, the Sossrim may become any creature whose natural climate is arctic. The principle limiting factor of the character’s ability is that the creature cannot have more than half his own Hit Dice, rounded up (2HD).
  • List of Available Forms (2HD or less): Beaver, Bird of Tyaa, Ermine, Fox (Arctic), Ice Crab, Lynx Minimal, Mouse (Vole), Rabbit (Arctic Hare), Raven (Rook), Scathe Larva, Sea Otter, Snowy Owl, Wood Rohch, Wynzet (see also Arctic Land Animals)
• In a setting with snow on the ground, Sossrim can naturally pass without trace (as the spell). Sossrim also are able to hide against snowy terrain, until it seems that they are nearly invisible. This works similarly to the Hide in Shadows ability, but it only works in snow. It operates at +10% effectiveness in areas of heavy snow coverage, +10% in darkness, and -20% when hiding from someone with infravision.
• Berserkers gain experience according to the guidelines for the warrior group. In addition to the experience awards already listed, berserkers can earn an individual experience point award for initiating combat. This award is worth 200 experience points. The berserker character must be the one who leads his side into battle before the foes attack. Furthermore, the award is not given if it was clear from the start of the encounter that both sides intended to fight.

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Penalties:

• Characters of the Cold Lands suffer greatly from heat-based or fire-based attacks. Any saving throw made to escape or reduce the effects of attacks like this suffers a -4 penalty. These characters also suffer an extra 2 points of damage per die rolled from any such attack whether or not they successfully save against it.
• In places where the temperature tops 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the Sossrim becomes agitated and uncomfortable from the heat. All of his ability scores are reduced by 2 until he can get to a cooler site.
• This extreme enmity has not gone unnoticed by the white dragons around Sossal. The DM should create an NPC white dragon specifically as the PC’s enemy and begin working the warrior slowly towards the life-or-death confrontation with the dragon.
• There are many monsters whose natures and abilities baffle and surprise the Sossal warriors. Thus, a Sossrim character is surprised on a 1-4 on a d10 when encountering monsters that are not native to Arctic environments.
• The Infiltrator spends so much time taking on the roles of other people that he may begin to lose his own sense of identity. He suffers a -1 penalty per four levels (round up) on saving throws against charm, hypnotism, suggestion, domination, and memory altering effects.

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Advancement Notes

• +7% to Hide in Snow per level.
• When a Sossrim reaches seventh level, he or she must slay a white dragon within a year; the PC cannot rise above 7th level until he or she has killed a white dragon (50% or more of total damage).
• At 7th level, they can make 3 attacks every 2 rounds. At 13th level and up, they can make 2 attacks per round.
• A berserker can shapechange into a wolf at 4th level.
• The berserker can shapechange into a cave bear at 7th level.
• Berserkers attract followers upon attaining 9th level. Those willing to serve the berserker are few, but noteworthy. The berserker will attract ld4+1 heroes. Roll on the table below. These followers are fanatically loyal to the berserker, willing to stand by him even to the death.
• The berserker can shape-journey (hamfarir) at 12th level.

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Equipment: