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Hello again everyone!
Have you ever looked at the 120+ different classes and subclasses in the 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons game and thought, "golly, they should add more!" Yeah, me neither. But I have wondered which one would Survive a head-to-head contest against all of the others. Do barbarians make you angry? Do they make you want to RAAAGE?? Well spend your Bonus action and get frothy, we're about to find out which one makes it to the top!
(Yes, I know that this has been done before, but lots of new subclasses have been released in the years since. It's time to see how the old champs hold up against the new kids.)
So allow me to introduce:
SURVIVOR: 5E CHARACTER CLASSES
Round II: The Barbarian
This week, we are going to examine the Barbarian class. Currently there are nine subclasses available for the Barbarian, and we're going to find out which one Survives!
The winner of this contest will advance to the Final Round, where it will represent ALL Barbarians in the 5th Edition D&D game.
The Finalists
The Rules and Stuff
The Most Important Bits
Three important points that you must read before voting--
BARBARIAN SUBCLASSES
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Path of the Ancestral Guardian (Xanathar's Guiide to Everything)
Path of the Battlerager (Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide)
Path of the Beast (Tasha's Cauldron of Everything)
Path of the Berserker (Player's Handbook)
Path of the Giant (Unearthed Arcana, "Giant Options")
Path of the Storm Herald (Xanathar's Guide to Everything)
Path of the Totem Warrior (Player's Handbook)
Path of Wild Magic (Tasha's Cauldron)
Path of the Zealot (Xanathar's Guiide to Everything)
Have you ever looked at the 120+ different classes and subclasses in the 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons game and thought, "golly, they should add more!" Yeah, me neither. But I have wondered which one would Survive a head-to-head contest against all of the others. Do barbarians make you angry? Do they make you want to RAAAGE?? Well spend your Bonus action and get frothy, we're about to find out which one makes it to the top!
(Yes, I know that this has been done before, but lots of new subclasses have been released in the years since. It's time to see how the old champs hold up against the new kids.)
So allow me to introduce:
SURVIVOR: 5E CHARACTER CLASSES
Round II: The Barbarian
This week, we are going to examine the Barbarian class. Currently there are nine subclasses available for the Barbarian, and we're going to find out which one Survives!
The winner of this contest will advance to the Final Round, where it will represent ALL Barbarians in the 5th Edition D&D game.
The Finalists
Round I, Artificers: Battle Smith
The Rules and Stuff
- In this round, only the Barbarian subclasses are presented.
- Only the subclasses written by Wizards of the Coast qualify. No third-party entries!
- Each entry starts with 20 points.
- Every day, you vote for one subclass that you like, which gains 1 point. And then you vote for a different subclass, which loses 2 points. It is intentional that a negative vote is worth more than a positive vote - first, because it takes something extra to whittle these guys down to size. Second, because.
- Mark your upvotes in green, and downvotes in red. Or just show them in bold text and use "+1" and "-2" to mark them, if colored text is too difficult on your browsing device.
- It's easier if you just copy and paste the previous poster’s vote and change the numbers.
- You may vote only once per day in each category. This is an honor system, and we are all honorable gamers; please do not abuse it. If this means you vote once at night one day, and once the next morning - that's fine, but don't vote again until the following day. Rule of thumb: if your most recent vote post says "yesterday" in the date tag, you can vote again.
- This is purely a popularity contest and you do not have to explain an upvote or downvote, but feel free to - explanations are where the fun is! When downvotes reach 0 the subclass is removed from the list.
- Finally, if an entry has one point left, then you have to make the choice to use all of your downvotes to eliminate it; there is no vote splitting. In addition, you can't upvote and downvote the same entry (no "see" votes). And you have to use BOTH YOUR UPVOTE AND DOWNVOTE if you vote.
The Most Important Bits
Three important points that you must read before voting--
- This is a pure popularity contest, and is meant to be fun. You can cast your votes for whatever reason you want; spite, malice, overall tankiness, RAAAAGE, irrational love or hatred of loincloths, beefcake artwork, strategic voting, and so on are all perfectly acceptable. You can comment for the reasons for your vote, or not - up to you! But this is for enjoyment only.
- This week (and the next few weeks to come) features a list of character subclasses from the Player's Handbook, the Dungeon Master's Guide, Xanathar's Guide to Everything, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, Unearthed Arcana, and other places. Only the subclasses written by Wizards of the Coast are included.
- As always, the list is the list. If you have a complaint about the list, please direct it to /dev/null.
BARBARIAN SUBCLASSES
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Path of the Ancestral Guardian (Xanathar's Guiide to Everything)
Path of the Battlerager (Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide)
Path of the Beast (Tasha's Cauldron of Everything)
Path of the Berserker (Player's Handbook)
Path of the Giant (Unearthed Arcana, "Giant Options")
Path of the Storm Herald (Xanathar's Guide to Everything)
Path of the Totem Warrior (Player's Handbook)
Path of Wild Magic (Tasha's Cauldron)
Path of the Zealot (Xanathar's Guiide to Everything)
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