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<blockquote data-quote="Nyeshet" data-source="post: 2588499" data-attributes="member: 18363"><p>I view becoming a barbarian through later multiclassing as taking a step towards the feral side. As a group, adventuring, I'm not certain how this would occur. I see it more likely occuring in a single character (or small group of characters) somehow separated from civilization for a long period of time. They learn to survive in the wilderness, and in doing so some of the veneer of civilization sloughs off, making them more barbaric - more prone to potentially going hand to hand against a wolf or puma, more prone to rushing into combat instead of using tactics, more prone to using rage. </p><p></p><p>My main problem with the initial post is not the idea of someone encouraging their anger into becoming a rage - that actually makes a certain amount of sense. But why would they have skills such as Survival? I suggest altering the skill set to a more urban variant - what might be expected of a street thug or a mafia guard. Then I could see it working. </p><p></p><p>Also, nurturing this chaotic feeling of anger and rage is not the calm / patient way of the ninja. Initially the ninja ki abilities should not be possible while in a rage. I would even wonder about how one could attempt to set up a sneak attack while in a rage - as the former requires precision while the latter uses the near opposite: brute force. </p><p></p><p>As I recall, there are feats that allow one to continue leveling in the special abilities of one class while taking another (these might be the Eberron multiclass feats mentioned above). Require a feat for the Ki abilities and Sneak Attack to work while in a Rage. You might also have a feat allowing either Rage/day <em>or</em> Ki abilities gained/per day to increase while leveling in the other class (that seems about par for the course in regards to the multiclass feats mentioned earlier). </p><p></p><p>So: alter the Bbn class skills slightly, and require a feat for using Ki abilities (and maybe Sneak Attack) while in a rage, and I think it will work out okay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nyeshet, post: 2588499, member: 18363"] I view becoming a barbarian through later multiclassing as taking a step towards the feral side. As a group, adventuring, I'm not certain how this would occur. I see it more likely occuring in a single character (or small group of characters) somehow separated from civilization for a long period of time. They learn to survive in the wilderness, and in doing so some of the veneer of civilization sloughs off, making them more barbaric - more prone to potentially going hand to hand against a wolf or puma, more prone to rushing into combat instead of using tactics, more prone to using rage. My main problem with the initial post is not the idea of someone encouraging their anger into becoming a rage - that actually makes a certain amount of sense. But why would they have skills such as Survival? I suggest altering the skill set to a more urban variant - what might be expected of a street thug or a mafia guard. Then I could see it working. Also, nurturing this chaotic feeling of anger and rage is not the calm / patient way of the ninja. Initially the ninja ki abilities should not be possible while in a rage. I would even wonder about how one could attempt to set up a sneak attack while in a rage - as the former requires precision while the latter uses the near opposite: brute force. As I recall, there are feats that allow one to continue leveling in the special abilities of one class while taking another (these might be the Eberron multiclass feats mentioned above). Require a feat for the Ki abilities and Sneak Attack to work while in a Rage. You might also have a feat allowing either Rage/day [i]or[/i] Ki abilities gained/per day to increase while leveling in the other class (that seems about par for the course in regards to the multiclass feats mentioned earlier). So: alter the Bbn class skills slightly, and require a feat for using Ki abilities (and maybe Sneak Attack) while in a rage, and I think it will work out okay. [/QUOTE]
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