Gaap the Ice Devil (Berzerker bug??)
 

I was playing aroung with ice devils today and gave gaap a sword and shield. This Ice devil comes equipped with his very own hell sword. Even though I re-equipped him, he still went berzerk. Then at the end of the battle (after wiping out the AI army) he lost his berzerker rage, then....died. I got the province and lost my devil.

WHAT's GOING ON HERE!

Thanks, Yc

Re: Gaap the Ice Devil (Berzerker bug??)
 

There is no bug and no problem. Gaap happens to have the Berserker ability (+3) naturally, so there is no way to avoid it.

Units do not gain any special bonuses (such as berserking ability, magic resistances or anything else) from weapons that have been assigned to them with the #weapon command in the creation phase, or if you mod them to have some magical weapon. The only effects that will apply are the ones that are intrinsic to the weapon's attack, e.g. Flambeau as an intrinsic weapon still does 3x damage against undead and demons, but you do NOT get the fire resistance bonus because it is not a property of the weapon's attack, but rather a property of the magic item.

Edi

Re: Gaap the Ice Devil (Berzerker bug??)
 

You cannot lose berserker rage mid-battle. Was he by any chance poisoned or something like that?

Re: Gaap the Ice Devil (Berzerker bug??)
 

Nopers.
He layed the beats down. The Indies retreated, then turned back to attack again when all they're leaders were off map, then got smacked down again. The indies retreated a second time. When all defenders were finally off map.....Gaap lost his berzerker rage, then died a second later with 86 hp. I don't get it.
-Yc

Re: Gaap the Ice Devil (Berzerker bug??)
 

Hell swords are leeching weapons... Leeched hp's are consumed over time, but I that wouldn't drop him down below his maximum... Was he glowing purple (decay)?

Did he disappear from the battle screen (perhaps with a burst of blood) or did he just not appear in the province commander list after the battle?

If you have your game file, you could upload it so others could see what's going on.