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True Viking beserker

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Deadmanwalking:
Mistletoe is a good Norse-themed catch, and it's likely at least +2 to boot.

And yeah, for a berserker, I'd go Gard's stunt, Inhuman Strength, Supernatural Recovery, and maybe Inhuman Toughness if you can afford it.

Bosh:
With berzerkers I'd lean much more towards toughness than recovery, in the Sagas they're very tough (swords not cutting their skin is their main shtick) but they're not noted for their endurance (they usually pass out/get all weak and useless for a while after the fury ends in the stories see Egil's father and grandfather in Egil's Saga for example).

Another thing to think about with Norse mythology is a lot of the shapeshifters don't actually change their shape they send forth their soul in animal shape while their body stays behind, which would be an interesting twist on some Dresden stuff.

TheMouse:

--- Quote from: Tush Hog on May 07, 2010, 02:34:13 AM ---Basically, he is a beserker from centuries past returned from valhalla to fight the good fight as a merc for Odin   8)

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The word you're looking for is einherjar. Those are the slain who have been taken to Valhalla.


--- Quote from: Deadmanwalking on May 07, 2010, 03:08:10 AM ---Mistletoe is a good Norse-themed catch, and it's likely at least +2 to boot.

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That's very Baldr of you.

Another thoroughly appropriate Catch would be anything wielded by a supernatural woman you have been romantically involved with. Because in Norse myth you never, ever become romantically involved with supernatural women. It just never works out.

KOFFEYKID:
Id go with:

COST   ABILITY
 -1   Berserker
 -1   No Pain, No Gain
 -4   Supernatural Strength
 -2   Inhuman Speed
+3   The Catch (Mistletoe)
 -2    Inhuman Recovery
 -2    Inhuman Toughness

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