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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sundragon2012" data-source="post: 2589428" data-attributes="member: 7624">My kneejerk reaction would be to say no only because in my games barbarian is more than just a class, its part of a cultural set of assumptions having to do with a less civilized point of view. In my setting folks don't choose to be barbarians, they either are or they aren't. However, in my games, barbarian doesn't always equate with berserker either.Having said that, if the player came up with a believable reason why this was going to happen I would be all ears. I would say that if his character knew of a barbarian tribe and had a contact within that tribe that could teach him their ways and train him in the fine art of going berserk, very much like the berserker lodges found in the forgotten realms, then I would say yes. He would be a babarian in class in a metagame sense, but in game he would be a ninja trained in a barbarian fighting style. In all ways he would be his normal, everyday ninja self, but in battle he could transform into a frothing, killing machine due to his special training.Something along those lines. However, I would require some in-game role playing and training for this to take place. IMO without some kind of vaguely consistant rationale, it would seem like nothing more than someone who wanted some kind of cool bonus and would smack of serious metagaming without some in game context to support this choice.Chris</blockquote>