Regressive Rage

Regressive rage [Minor] by Iczer

'You are making me stern. you won't like it when I'm stern'

The character can enter a voluntary rage by which he suffers from a hideous transformation in return for heightened strength and ferocity.

1) The change. The change takes one melee round to take effect, during which time the character is effectively stunned (no attacks, can barely move, no skill use. may dodge and parry at -4)

2) Effects of transformation: +10 SDC +2 PS +1 PE -2 IQ -1 ME -1MA -1 PB per level. Strength becomes Extraordinary. In addition, the character gains 3 mutations during this time (roll on random mutation table. changes are rolled once and applied everytime the regresive rage is invoked). character also enjoys +1 attack per melee +2 damage and +1 to strike (but -1 to parry and dodge) Skill use while transformed is at -10% (hard to concentrate) or -25% if it involves any level of thought. Character also gains 3d6 inches of height and 4d4x10 pounds of weight.

3) Variable change: the character is msotly in control of his transformations. He may choose to merely partially transform. A partially transfomed can ignore one or more mutations, only gains half as much hieght and weight and no skill penalties (and also, no extra attack, damage and strike/parry bonuses). a partially transformed character is immune to the duration restriction listed below. To be considered partially transformed, the character must invoke less than half his normal level bonuses from this power.

4) Duration: an enraged and fully transformed character stays that way for as long as he is fighting or feels the need to be aggressive. After this point he rapidly drops his guard, and loses one level's worth of changes every melee round untill fully human again, at which point he becomes fatigued for 3d6+10 minutes (-2 to all combat actions, half attacks and speed, -20% to skill use)