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<blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 6175099" data-attributes="member: 1879">AFAIK you can't cast while raging. Yah, here it is: <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/barbarian.htm" target="_blank">&quot;While raging, a barbarian cannot use any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or Intelligence-based skills (except for Balance, Escape Artist, Intimidate, and Ride), the Concentration skill, or any abilities that require patience or concentration, nor can he cast spells or activate magic items that require a command word, a spell trigger (such as a wand), or spell completion (such as a scroll) to function.&quot;</a> - The SRD.That having been said I personally would be inclined to allow trainingless multi-classing into Barbarian moreso than almost any other class including sorcerer. Fantasy is full of tropes of heros who need guidance to unlock their magical inner potential, whereas the barbarian is just a guy with a bad temper. See Andy in The World's End for example. The training related stuff would be the weapons and armour proficiencies, and I don't see why the fighter couldn't teach those. As far as casting on a critical goes, I would assume that the force of the critical blow leaves the Knight enough of an opening to cast a spell in combat as his opponent reels. Unless the ability specifies otherwise I wouldn't call for a concentration check barring other factors like another character threatening in melee, then I'd call for the standard cast in melee check unless it's a swift action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andor, post: 6175099, member: 1879"] AFAIK you can't cast while raging. Yah, here it is: [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/barbarian.htm"]"While raging, a barbarian cannot use any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or Intelligence-based skills (except for Balance, Escape Artist, Intimidate, and Ride), the Concentration skill, or any abilities that require patience or concentration, nor can he cast spells or activate magic items that require a command word, a spell trigger (such as a wand), or spell completion (such as a scroll) to function."[/URL] - The SRD. That having been said I personally would be inclined to allow trainingless multi-classing into Barbarian moreso than almost any other class including sorcerer. Fantasy is full of tropes of heros who need guidance to unlock their magical inner potential, whereas the barbarian is just a guy with a bad temper. See Andy in The World's End for example. The training related stuff would be the weapons and armour proficiencies, and I don't see why the fighter couldn't teach those. As far as casting on a critical goes, I would assume that the force of the critical blow leaves the Knight enough of an opening to cast a spell in combat as his opponent reels. Unless the ability specifies otherwise I wouldn't call for a concentration check barring other factors like another character threatening in melee, then I'd call for the standard cast in melee check unless it's a swift action. [/QUOTE]

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