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Barbarian D&D 2014

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Core barbarian traits

Hit die
d12
Primary ability
Strength
Saving throws
STR, CON
Armour
Light, Medium, Shields
Weapons
Simple, Martial

Skills. Choose 2 from Animal Handling, Athletics, Intimidation, Nature, Perception, Survival.

Starting equipment. You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: (a) a greataxe or (b) any martial melee weapon (a) two handaxes or (b) any simple weapon An explorer's pack and four javelins

SRD 5.1, p.8 · OGL 1.0a

Barbarian level table (D&D 2014)

LevelProficiency bonusWhat you gain
1+2STR & CON saves; choose 2 skills; gain Rage and Unarmored Defense. Rage Damage +2. Proficiencies (SRD 5.1 p.8): Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields. Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons. Equipment (SRD 5.1 p.8): You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: • (a) a greataxe or (b) any martial melee weapon • (a) two handaxes or (b) any simple weapon • An explorer's pack and four javelins
2+2Reckless Attack + Danger Sense
3+2Primal Path: choose Path of the Berserker (Frenzy).
4+2ASI: distribute +2 across abilities (or take a Feat).
5+3Extra Attack (attack twice whenever you take the Attack action); Fast Movement (+10 ft speed while you aren't wearing heavy armor).
6+3Path feature (Path of the Berserker: Mindless Rage — you can't be charmed or frightened while raging).
7+3Feral Instinct (advantage on Initiative; act on a surprised first turn if you rage first).
8+3ASI: distribute +2 across abilities (or take a Feat).
9+4Brutal Critical (one extra weapon damage die on a melee crit). Rage Damage +3.
10+4Intimidating Presence (action: frighten one creature within 30 ft).
11+4Relentless Rage: if you drop to 0 HP while raging and don't die outright, make a DC 10 CON save to drop to 1 HP instead. DC +5 each use; resets on a short or long rest.
12+4ASI: distribute +2 across abilities (or take a Feat).
13+5Brutal Critical improves to two extra weapon damage dice on a melee crit.
14+5Retaliation (reaction: melee attack vs a creature within 5 ft that damaged you).
15+5Persistent Rage: your rage ends early only if you fall unconscious or choose to end it.
16+5ASI: distribute +2 across abilities (or take a Feat). Rage Damage increases to +4.
17+6Brutal Critical improves to three extra weapon damage dice on a melee crit.
18+6Indomitable Might (STR check minimum = STR)
19+6ASI: distribute +2 across abilities (or take a Feat).
20+6Primal Champion (+4 STR/CON, max 24)

Barbarian class features

RageLevel 1

In battle, you fight with primal ferocity. On your turn, you can enter a rage as a bonus action. While raging, you gain the following benefits if you aren't wearing heavy armor: • You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. • When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain a bonus to the damage roll that increases as you gain levels as a barbarian, as shown in the Rage Damage column of the Barbarian table. • You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. If you are able to cast spells, you can't cast them or concentrate on them while raging. Your rage lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven't attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then. You can also end your rage on your turn as a bonus action. Once you have raged the number of times shown for your barbarian level in the Rages column of the Barbarian table, you must finish a long rest before you can rage again.

Unarmored DefenseLevel 1

While you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.

Danger SenseLevel 2

At 2nd level, you gain an uncanny sense of when things nearby aren't as they should be, giving you an edge when you dodge away from danger. You have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects that you can see, such as traps and spells. To gain this benefit, you can't be blinded, deafened, or incapacitated.

Reckless AttackLevel 2

Starting at 2nd level, you can throw aside all concern for defense to attack with fierce desperation. When you make your first attack on your turn, you can decide to attack recklessly. Doing so gives you advantage on melee weapon attack rolls using Strength during this turn, but attack rolls against you have advantage until your next turn.

Primal PathLevel 3

At 3rd level, you choose a path that shapes the nature of your rage. Choose the Path of the Berserker or the Path of the Totem Warrior, both detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th levels.

Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Extra AttackLevel 5

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Fast MovementLevel 5

Starting at 5th level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you aren't wearing heavy armor.

Feral InstinctLevel 7

By 7th level, your instincts are so honed that you have advantage on initiative rolls. Additionally, if you are surprised at the beginning of combat and aren't incapacitated, you can act normally on your first turn, but only if you enter your rage before doing anything else on that turn.

Brutal CriticalLevel 9

Beginning at 9th level, you can roll one additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a melee attack. This increases to two additional dice at 13th level and three additional dice at 17th level.

Relentless RageLevel 11

Starting at 11th level, your rage can keep you fighting despite grievous wounds. If you drop to 0 hit points while you're raging and don't die outright, you can make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. If you succeed, you drop to 1 hit point instead. Each time you use this feature after the first, the DC increases by 5. When you finish a short or long rest, the DC resets to 10.

Persistent RageLevel 15

Beginning at 15th level, your rage is so fierce that it ends early only if you fall unconscious or if you choose to end it.

Indomitable MightLevel 18

Beginning at 18th level, if your total for a Strength check is less than your Strength score, you can use that score in place of the total.

Primal ChampionLevel 20

At 20th level, you embody the power of the wilds. Your Strength and Constitution scores increase by 4. Your maximum for those scores is now 24.

Hit Dice (d12)

Hit Dice: 1d12 per barbarian level (SRD 5.1 p.8). Hit Points at 1st Level: 12 + your Constitution modifier. Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d12 (or 7) + your Constitution modifier per barbarian level after 1st. A character can spend one or more Hit Dice at the end of a short rest, up to the character's maximum number of Hit Dice, which is equal to the character's level. For each Hit Die spent in this way, the player rolls the die and adds the character's Constitution modifier to it. The character regains hit points equal to the total. The player can decide to spend an additional Hit Die after each roll. A character regains some spent Hit Dice upon finishing a long rest (p.87).

Path of the Berserker features

FrenzyLevel 3

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you can go into a frenzy when you rage. If you do so, for the duration of your rage you can make a single melee weapon attack as a bonus action on each of your turns after this one. When your rage ends, you suffer one level of exhaustion (as described in appendix PH-A).

Path of the BerserkerLevel 3

For some barbarians, rage is a means to an end—that end being violence. The Path of the Berserker is a path of untrammeled fury, slick with blood. As you enter the berserker's rage, you thrill in the chaos of battle, heedless of your own health or well-being.

Mindless RageLevel 6

Beginning at 6th level, you can't be charmed or frightened while raging. If you are charmed or frightened when you enter your rage, the effect is suspended for the duration of the rage.

Intimidating PresenceLevel 10

Beginning at 10th level, you can use your action to frighten someone with your menacing presence. When you do so, choose one creature that you can see within 30 feet of you. If the creature can see or hear you, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or be frightened of you until the end of your next turn. On subsequent turns, you can use your action to extend the duration of this effect on the frightened creature until the end of your next turn. This effect ends if the creature ends its turn out of line of sight or more than 60 feet away from you. If the creature succeeds on its saving throw, you can't use this feature on that creature again for 24 hours.

RetaliationLevel 14

Starting at 14th level, when you take damage from a creature that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against that creature.

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