The typical village aggressor is going to run up and pincer you while you are distracted and unprepped, or he walk through town menacingly, giving you a chance to put up your stuff, then he will leave and come back six hours later.

What the ranger COULD do is make it a point to harass said berserker mercilessly whenever he ventured into the wilderness. But alas, no cabal powers come to the aid of the Tribunal in that scenario.