Berserker Armor

Berserk is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. Set in a medieval Europe-inspired dark fantasy world, the story centers on the characters of Guts, a lone mercenary, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the "Band of the Hawk". Themes of isolation, camaraderie, and the question of whether humanity is fundamentally good or evil pervade the story, as it explores both the best and worst of human nature. Both the manga and anime are noted for their use of graphic violence and sexual content.

Berserker Armor

Plate, legendary (requires attunement)

The Berserker Armor is a cursed suit of highly durable armor, one of several of its kind, forged by the dwarves.

It removes the wearer's subconscious limitations (including pain) which prevent them from using their full potential, thus giving them extraordinary levels of strength and endurance. The armor can temporarily fix injuries: binding bleeding wounds, reinforcing broken bones, and forcibly fixing dislocated joints, piercing the flesh with thin barbs and spikes if necessary.

This plate has a + 1 bonus to AC. While wearing the armor, you are immune to the frightened condition and exhaustion effects, and you receive a + 2 bonus to Strength, to a maximum of 22. As a bonus action, you can activate the armor to gain the effects of a haste spell. While wearing the armor, you gain temporary hit points equal to your maximum hit points. This pool repleanishes when you finish a long rest.

Cursed. While attuned to this armor, when you drop below your current hitpoint maximum and every turn after that until the end of the combat, you have to make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw at the beginning of your turn to avoid entering a Berserker Rage. While in a Berserker Rage, you can't differentiate between friend or foe, you gain a bonus to damage equal to your proficiency bonus, and you can make an extra attack as a bonus action. While under the effects of the Berserker Rage you must move directly to the nearest creature and use the attack action against that creature. If there are multiple targets the DM chooses your target. At the end of each turns you must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw to end the rage. If you fall to 0 hit points while wearing this armor, you instantly die and your soul is destroyed, preventing resurrection. Your soul can only be recovered with a wish spell.

If you fall to 0 hit points while wearing this armor, you instantly die and your soul is destroyed, preventing ressurrection. Your soul can only be recovered with a wish spell.