deganawida
Legend
Hate quoting myself; seems like the height of arrogance. However, wanted to mention that I did confirm that the descriptive text for the barbarian and the rage mechanic were both changed to minimize anger, and instead focus on drawing from primal power as a whole.Did the flavor text for barbarians in 5e always define rage as not necessarily anger but drawing on some primal force or instinct? Because, if not, then I dig the change. He-Man intensifies.
This is, in my opinion, a great change, as it moves the barbarian away from only being Wolverine or a berserker by default, and into, as was mentioned by others, including fictional characters such as Tarzan or even He-Man (hey, Grayskull is a source of primal power; that’s one reason that everyone wants to control it).
I’m very pleased by this change, and it has made it more likely that I will purchase the revised books*. Hopefully, this will continue through the playtests. We’ll see If it sticks, but that really is my hope.
* I’m a pretty simple guy. I’ve bought and played RPGs before for just a class or concept that I really liked. Nothing has to be 100% for me.