Berserker Approaches

Rage burns in every barbarian’s heart, a furnace that drives him or her toward greatness. Different barbarians attribute their rage to different sources, however. For some, it is an internal reservoir where pain, grief, and anger are forged into a fury hard as steel. Others see it as a spiritual blessing, a gift, or a great honor.

**Ballistic Approach**

For many, rushing an opponent with guns blazing is a last resort. For Berserkers of the Ballistic Approach, this isn’t a last resort; it’s the primary plan. Leading with a blaster and pure, unbridled rage, the berserker never lets an empty gun diminish their fury.

**Precision Approach**

Some berserkers have learned to channel their rage into a method of increasing their focus and precision to supernatural levels. Those berserkers who choose the Precision Approach hone their rage to a fine point, becoming agile warriors who ruthlessly dispatch their foes.

**Warchief Approach**

For some berserkers, it is their duty or birthright to lead their tribe and kin to battle and victory. The Warchief Approach is one forged from alliances, bonds, and strategy. In combat, your rages are less mindless, and more focused. Ignoring the distractions of unimportant events, your attention hones in on the battlefield and how best to direct and control it. You guide your allies’ strikes, and your presence is enough to wash away their fatigue.

**Addicted Approach**

For some, the consumption of substances is the entirety of their life. For berserkers of the Addicted Approach, substances cause their fury to burn stronger and deeper, granting significant benefits.

**Armored Approach**

Many berserkers forgo armor and rely on their own fortitude. Berserkers of the Armored Approach, however, embrace the use of armor. Each one customizes their own suit of armor to be used both defensively and offensively, so that the suit becomes an extension of the berserker’s own might and fury.

**Beastmaster Approach**

Many berserkers feel a primal attunement to nature. For berserkers of the Beastmaster Approach, that attunement manifests itself in bestial marks and manifestations that grant the berserker newfound abilities.

**Beastmaster Approach (Companion)**

Many berserkers feel a primal attunement to nature. For berserkers of the Beastmaster Approach, that attunement manifests itself in a bond with a beast companion that accompanies a berserker on his journey.

**Bloodstorm Approach**

The Bloodstorm Approach is said to have originated from a style practiced by vesk warriors, who performed gravity-defying feats with their flying vibroaxes through a combination of unorthodox techniques and a mystical belief in their own abilities. A berserker who follows this approach can hurl their devastating weapons at enemies with such power and skill that it completely blurs the line between melee and ranged combat.

**Brawling Approach**

Most berserkers require weapons. For berserkers of the Brawling Approach, however, everything is their weapon.

**Cyclone Approach**

The Cyclone Approach empowers the berserker’s ability to fight with weapons in each hand. Followers of this approach learn to move quickly to avoid attacks and can become a whirlwind of fury and steel, cleaving through hordes of enemies.

**Frenzied Approach**

For some berserkers, rage is a means to an end--that end being violence. The Frenzied Approach is that of untrammeled fury, slick with blood. As you enter the berserker’s rage, you thrill in the chaos of battle, heedless of your own health or well-being.

**Industrial Approach**

While some berserkers are content to surrender to their rage, others prefer a more tactful approach. Berserkers of the Industrial Approach augment their rage with the versatility of technology, adding elemental explosions to their already fearsome arsenal.

**Juggernaut Approach**

Certain berserkers find that the strongest offense is a good defense. Berserkers of the Juggernaut Approach wear the heaviest of armor not because they fear injury, but to strike fear in their hapless attackers.