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Berserker

CR 2 humanoid • D&D 5e Homebrew Creature

Created by @LightReign

Berserker

Medium humanoid, True Neutral

UNCOMMON
CHALLENGE
2
450 XP

Introduction

Dangerous when healthy. Lethal when wounded. The berserker doesn't break under pressure — it breaks open, fighting harder the closer it gets to death.

Ability Scores

STR
16(+3)
DEX
12(+1)
CON
17(+3)
INT
9(-1)
WIS
11(+0)
CHA
9(-1)
ARMOR CLASS
13
HIT POINTS
67
9d8 + 27
SPEED
30 ft.
INITIATIVE
11
+1

Saving Throws

STR+3
Base modifier
DEX+1
Base modifier
CON+3
Base modifier
INT-1
Base modifier
WIS+0
Base modifier
CHA-1
Base modifier
Senses
passive Perception 10
Languages
Common
Gear
Greataxe, Hide Armor

Traits

Blood Frenzy

While Bloodied, the Berserker has Advantage on attack rolls and saving throws.

Most fighters get worse as the wounds stack up — slower, less focused, more desperate. The berserker runs in the opposite direction. Something in the pain sharpens them, the smell of their own blood cutting through whatever passed for restraint before the fight started. By the time they're truly hurt, they're also truly dangerous — swinging harder, holding on longer, refusing to go down through what seems less like willpower and more like something older and angrier that doesn't know how to stop.

Actions

Greataxe

Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft.

Hit: 9 (1d12 + 3) slashing damage.

No finesse. No flourish. The greataxe comes around in a wide, committed arc — the kind of swing that doesn't leave much room for a follow-up if it misses, and doesn't need one if it doesn't. The berserker isn't trying to outthink you. They're trying to put the axe through you, and they've got enough strength behind it that the plan doesn't need to be more complicated than that.

Creator Notes

Official D&D 5th Edition creature from the System Reference Document 5.2. Stats, abilities, and descriptions are faithful to the original SRD text. Extracted and formatted for Rolling Realm to provide a comprehensive library of official monsters as templates and references for homebrewers.

Created by @LightReign
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