Not quite barbaric

[alsih2o]

In a rage barbarians get bonuses to STR and CON. Has anyone seen or designed a race that ahs he ability (wihtout buff spells) to become smarter? More dextrous? Wiser? More charismatic?

"Yeah, that Johnny the bard, he gets real, real likeable when he is singing fo a crowd but man he is detestable backstage when his charisma crashes!"

Anyone?

 

[Piratecat]

Yup! Malhavoc has a 3e psionic prestige class called the cerebral rager. It channels all that fury inside of you, where it improves your mental stats. Very deadly for a mind flayer.

 

[Inconsequenti-AL]

I think oriental adventures had the Sohei (sic?) as an alternative to the barbarian - they went into some sort of ki whirlwind - IIRC, gained Str, Dex and could flurry blows like a monk...

Mental 'rager' sounds like a great idea... Now that's what a Rage Mage should have been.

 

[Tonguez]

IMC I have a homebrew 'Totem Warrior' who replaces Rage with an ability called 'RUSH'. Rush works exactly like Rage but the Totem Warrior can choose which stats are increased (perhaps Cha and Wis (a master Negotiator), or Str and Dex (the martial artist))...