The Shadow
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EDIT: This thread has expanded into new fighting styles generally. This was the original post:
I just had a thought of how to build a barbarian.
Supposing there's a Berserker fighting style like so:
Level 1: Rage: You can fly into a berserk rage for the remainder of a combat by spending an expertise die. While enraged, Deadly Strike damage is maximized, but Parried damage is recorded, and you receive half of it when the combat ends. You take -2 to AC while enraged.
(There might need to be a rule for coming out of a rage too. Ideas?)
Level 3: Cleave
Level 5: Lethal Reflexes: You can spend an expertise die to take an extra reaction in a round. (Or maybe Jab would do just as well?)
Combine that with a suitable background - would Uncanny Dodge work as a background trait, or too much? - and I think that's a start for a barbarian. Your thoughts?
(To clarify, 5e Uncanny Dodge would be something like immunity to being surprised, and maybe cancelling disadvantage from being attacked by an unseen opponent?)
I just had a thought of how to build a barbarian.
Supposing there's a Berserker fighting style like so:
Level 1: Rage: You can fly into a berserk rage for the remainder of a combat by spending an expertise die. While enraged, Deadly Strike damage is maximized, but Parried damage is recorded, and you receive half of it when the combat ends. You take -2 to AC while enraged.
(There might need to be a rule for coming out of a rage too. Ideas?)
Level 3: Cleave
Level 5: Lethal Reflexes: You can spend an expertise die to take an extra reaction in a round. (Or maybe Jab would do just as well?)
Combine that with a suitable background - would Uncanny Dodge work as a background trait, or too much? - and I think that's a start for a barbarian. Your thoughts?
(To clarify, 5e Uncanny Dodge would be something like immunity to being surprised, and maybe cancelling disadvantage from being attacked by an unseen opponent?)
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