AD&D Character Creation: Berserker Weapon Proficiencies

The Berserker is a Viking fighter class, and as such can learn and use any weapons and any armor, with only a few restrictions. The most notable restriction is that the character is a melee fighter, and will shun missile weapons entirely. The second restriction only limits initial weapons: since the character is a Viking human, he cannot begin with weapons which are not available in the Viking culture.

This armor is available within the Viking milieu and useable by a Berserker:

Chain Mail
Small Helmet
Leather Armor
Padded Armor
Buckler
Large Shield
Medium Shield
Small Shield
Small Wood Shield
Spiked Buckler
Studded Leather Armor

These are the melee weapons available in the Viking culture:

Aklys
Battle Axe
Hand or Throwing Axe
Bardiche
Caltrop
Club
Dagger and Scabbard
Fauchard
Footman's Flail
Horseman's Flail
Military Fork
Garrote
Glaive
Guisarme
Halberd
Hammer
Harpoon
Knife & Scabbard

Light Lance
Medium Lance
Lasso
Footman's Mace
Horseman's Mace
Morningstar
Partisan
Footman's Military Pick
Horseman's Military Pick
Sap
Spear
Spetum
Staff, quarter
Sword & Scabbard, Bastard
Sword & Scabbard, Broad
Sword & Scabbard, Falchion
Trident
Voulge
Whip

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