Agamon
Adventurer
'Cause it is always a good idea to refer to a guy with an axeblade bigger than your head "effete"....
"Thulgar doesn't know what 'a-feet" means, but he thinks he'll cave in your skull, just in case."
D&D 5E Barbarian preview!
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"Thulgar doesn't know what 'a-feet" means, but he thinks he'll cave in your skull, just in case."
Melkor
Explorer
Not every barbarian needs to look like David & Peter Paul to be considered one, although I will be disappointed if Raised by the Dirtmaster isn't available as a background.
The hell you say!
That axe looks weird. It's bugging the hell out of me.
Remathilis
Legend
This thread needs moar barbarians.
There, now THERE are some barbarians!
There, now THERE are some barbarians!
ExploderWizard
Hero
It looks like a fantasy version of a francisca or bearded axe, or kind of a hybrid of them.
Wormwood
Adventurer
There, now THERE are some barbarians!
I come from the eighties and I offer our apologies.
I concur. Unlike Conan, Fafhrd actively disliked his barbarian origins and we meet him when he decides to flee his clan for civilization (after which he joins up with the Mouser). Throughout most of the Swords... stories, Fafhrd acts much more like a fighter than a typical D&D barbarian -- but then, Conan may be the visual inspiration for the AD&D barbarian, but that class hardly encompasses all that Conan was. Racism notwithstanding on Howard's part, the Conan stories are some of the best S&S ever written and Conan one of the most complex S&S heroes.
Really, i would have been happy with the barbarian as a fighter subclass -- add rage, ta da! -- and let background determine whether the character is a Viking, a Celt ::cough::Cimmerian::cough::, or a Maori.
ExploderWizard
Hero
There, now THERE are some barbarians!
The Bucket O Blood tavern is still a staple tavern in our games.
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