Post by Admin on Mar 28, 2016 8:20:34 GMT
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NEW D&D CHARACTER SUBCLASS: THE BERSERKER
by John Pickens
October 1976
Here is the OD&D version of the Berserker, which, for AD&D, will eventually get redone in Dragon #133. (Note that the original Berserker is also found in Best of Dragon, Vol. II).
In the original version, Berserkers are associated with a lycanthrope clan, and, can assume a wereshape.
Anyway, myself, I've always favored keeping the Barbarian and the Berserker as separate classes -- they get conflated in later editions (3e+) of D&D.
So, here's a couple of questions:
A) Does anyone have any experience playing a Berserker in AD&D?
B) What are your general thoughts on allowing PCs to play the many and varied NPC classes in Dragon?
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