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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rkanodia" data-source="post: 1502873" data-attributes="member: 11681">Hi all.  I was thinking about designing a sort of spy-hunter character for use as an NPC in my campaign.  It occurred to me that a rogue/barbarian would be pretty ideal for the purpose: he can have high ranks in Sense Motive, Diplomacy, Intimidate and Gather Information to identify spies and assassins; with lots of hit points and Uncanny Dodge, he will be able to beat them down in a melee; with fast movement, he can make it hard for them to get away.However, the barbarian has other class features that make less sense for the spy-hunter.  Specifically. I'm looking at Rage and Trap Sense.  If I were to make a pseudo-prestige class (making quick modifications to a core class a la Unearthed Arcana), what would be fair to trade those abilities for?  I was thinking Trap Sense could be changed to Poison Resistance but keep its regular progression.Rage is a trickier.  Can anyone think of something that would be good to do with it?  I was thinking about maybe having some kind of alternative combat mode, mechanically somewhat similar to Rage but thematically different, such as a Focus ability, which grants a dodge bonus and enables the use of acrobatic, wuxia-style attacks.  Has anyone done stuff like that before?  Are there any suggestions, or ideas completely out of left field for what to swap Rage for?</blockquote>