Battlerager Vigor limiting it - ideas?

[Garthanos]

Good!

Well the BRV, umm gimping sure seems like it was based on yours ;-)

I am secretly liking some of the effects of it... like the extra damage being a feature which kicks in if they quit concentrating attacks against you ... I like defenders doing the defender thing... an attracting attacks.
and always figured the BRV was supposed to be well the Barbarian. A striker in sheeps clothing. I can skin a Axe as a weirdly shaped End Balanced Sword and invoke a bit of anime feel... if I must ;-)

 

[Kzach]

I can skin a Axe as a weirdly shaped End Balanced Sword and invoke a bit of anime feel... if I must ;-)

I've never had a problem with people determining the shape of their weapons. The rules are there for balance but that doesn't mean a longsword has to LOOK like a longsword.

 

[FireLance]

Actually, with the new errata, I'm tempted to make the following feat available to Battlerager Vigor fighters to retain the flavor of the guy who gets stronger when hurt:

Wounded Vigor
Prerequisites: Fighter, Battlerager Vigor class feature
Benefit: At the start of your turn, if you have taken hit point damage from an enemy since the end of your last turn, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Constitution bonus.​

This feat also makes it easier for a Battlerager Vigor fighter to gain the damage bonus when in light armor or chainmail.

 

[Garthanos]

Did you catch the offshoot you inspired ...Empathic Vigor...
I like that it is Defendery!

http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4t...hings-errataed-july-2009-a-4.html#post4851618

It might be good for Half Elves another use for that vaguely defined
mystical power that seems to connect them to there allies.

 

[FireLance]

Did you catch the offshoot you inspired ...Empathic Vigor...
I like that it is Defendery!

http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4t...hings-errataed-july-2009-a-4.html#post4851618

It might be good for Half Elves another use for that vaguely defined
mystical power that seems to connect them to there allies.

Yes, I did. Nice work!

I personally think that Emphatic Vigor sounds more deva or maybe even dwarf than half-elf, though - half-elves seem to me to be more the "give bonuses to friends" type than the "get mad when friends are hurt" type.