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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kobold Stew" data-source="post: 9839131" data-attributes="member: 23484">Primal Knowledge and Backgrounds.While tying the skill bonuses through Primal Knowledge to Strength requires some special pleading to explain, as an ability it is effective but tightly controlled. Your range needs to be active, and all the skills (except perception) would normally take an Action. To maintain your Rage, though, requires your Bonus Action (since you are not attacking that turn).This is an effective (arguably severe) constraint on some multiclass builds. For example, a multiclass Barbarian/Rogue can't rage and use Primal Knowledge together wirh Cunning Action,  since that would mean losing your Rage (unless you were also attacking that round). There's still a place for 2-5 levels of Rogue, but it's not abusable.As for the skills:Barbarian class skills include Intimidation, Perception, and Survival. Acrobatics or Stealth would need to come from Background or Species (e.g. Humans get a free skill).Backgrounds:There are many backgrounds that work well for building around Primal Knowledge. Of the ones that give Strength bonuses,<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Entertainer has Acrobatics (and gives the Musician feat)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Guard has Perception (and gives the Alert feat, and Athletics, also a Barbarian class-skill)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Noble gives the Skilled feat (letting you take any three)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sailor gives Acrobatics and Perception (and give you the Tavern Brawler feat)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Soldier has Intimidation (and gives the near-useless Savage Attacker feat, and Athletics,  a class-skill)</li> </ul>If you want to be a stealthy Barbarian and get a starting strength bonus, the only option is Noble, or being Human (which gives a free skill).</blockquote>

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