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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Classic Villany" data-source="post: 4817357" data-attributes="member: 60808">Wow, and here I thought I was probably the only one crazy enough to run a Small Frenzied Berzerker. I ran a Gnome Barbarian/Fighter/Frenzied Berzerker named Gau (named after the Finaly Fantasy 6 character) in one Campaign and had a blast with him.The main reason I did it was just because I thought the idea of a Rabid/Frenzied Gnome was just too funny not to try. I had no idea how effective the combo was untill I got him into combat. I countered the strength penalty of being a Gnome and reduced damage from being Small by taking Monkey Grip to get a Medium Great Axe. Later on I ratched things up a little more with some Gauntlets of Ogre Strength.  The Gnome's Con Bonus made by Rages and Frenzies last longer and combined with the large HD from my Classes gave me tons of HP.More than anything he was fun to Roleplay. I decided to make him from a secluded tribe of Feral Gnomes to justify him being a Barbarian and from there I roleplayed him as kind of a combination of Animal from the Muppets, The Tazmanian Devil and Stitch from Disney's Lilo & Stitch. Gau had a particularly interesting relationship with the party Paladin. He would try converting Gau to Torm, Gau would spit on him and eventualy the Paladin came to believe spitting was Gau's way of expressing respect. Gau would occasionaly run wild after the enemies were all dead, but eventually he would either gain control or be restrained by the party's Wizard before hurting anyone. Only once did he really go out of controll and kill some party members. Gau eventually regained his senses, but he didn't recieve any healing for a while. I don't remember how exactly but I do remember that the party members he killed were resurected. Anyway, the Frenzied Berzerker is a double-edged sword. It can be used by PC's but IMO the player should really check with the party before taking it to make sure everyone playing is okay with it. If not, it could really mess up a game for people not prepared to deal with an indiscriminate killing machine that could easily turn on them.</blockquote>

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