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If a PC multiclasses into Barbarian and then pays to swap one of their powers for a barbarian power with the Rage keyword, do they gain the benefits of the barbarian rage granted by the power?
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She dances in the shadows where others fear to tread;
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Yes...why wouldn't they? It is an effect of the power not a class feature.
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Rage feels kinda class feature-y, and it certainly was in previous editions, so I thought it best to verify it, rather than assume.
__________________ signed Jere, Lord of Pendragon
"Raven dark but beautiful, in a malevolent sort of way;
With eyes that speak of wonders on the other side of Day.
She dances in the shadows where others fear to tread;
But though her touch may kill you, it's her love that you should dread."
There are still barbarian class features tied to raging - namely, Rage Strike (which wouldn't be very useful to someone MCing into barbarian) and the boost to the barbarian at-wills.
Barbarian is one of the nicer classes for fighters to move into. The DR rage is awesome for a defender. There are good utilities and encounters (with high [w]) too.
I was actually considering it for a ranger PC. The PC is mostly striker, but has taken feats to gain plate armor so he can be a bit tanky when needed.
The +2 damage for 1 encounter per day seems rather nice, and I was looking into other powers/abilities from barb that might also be synergistic.
__________________ signed Jere, Lord of Pendragon
"Raven dark but beautiful, in a malevolent sort of way;
With eyes that speak of wonders on the other side of Day.
She dances in the shadows where others fear to tread;
But though her touch may kill you, it's her love that you should dread."
Barbarians are so nice to multi into because someone decided that having a striker who's damage bonus is purely provided by his powers was a great idea, and pretty much everyone pointed out that it would have this exact problem.
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