[TSOY] Secret of the Berserker?

[James_Nostack]

How would one model a berzerker rage type of ability in TSOY?  I figure whatever it was, would either convert your Reason points to bonus dice for fightin', or else cost a lot of Reason points to activate... but other than that I am drawing a blank.

[sirogit]

Here's how I'd do the ability:

"Pay 2 Instinct + 2 Vigor to go into a Bezerker Rage. All attacks by the character during Bringing Down the Pain in combat do damage to EVERYONE involved(Including yourself) even if resisted successfully. The character is at a -2 penalty to mental tasks such as thought and perception not related to immediately killing things, and +2 to Resist a persuasion against killing things.

[Ron Edwards]

Buying it off: "Kill a friend."

Best,
Ron

[sirogit]

Like most Secrets, I'd tailor it to be applicable to out of physical-combat stuff to, becasue that's one of my favorite parts of TSOY and, well, I know a lot of people like that in real life.

[Andy Kitkowski]

Buying it off: "Kill a friend."

Woah.  Time to change my shorts.  That was cool.

Not only totally in line with fiction, but even the classic D&D players who played with "The Berserker" will instantly Get It.