UA variant: Whirling Frenzy

[Aust Diamondew]

What kind of character concepts do you think this variant is appropriate for?
I'm not interested in weather or not it's a balanced alternative to rage.

I'm just interested in what character archetypes, character concepts etc this variant is meant for.
Thanks for your opinions.

PS: This might be the wrong forum but I'm not sure.

 

[francisca]

Well, I don't know how much of a concept this is, but I took a dwarf, took 2 levels of barbarian with the Whirling Frenzy variant, then finished him out with levels in fighter. Put a Dwarven waraxe in his hand, and he was a wrecking machine.

 

[Aust Diamondew]

What I mean is when you think of the typical barbarian rage you see this huge muscle man screaming at the top of his lungs, foaming from the mouth who is suddenly recklessly charging heedless of his injuries and hacking apart foes with inhuman strength.

 

[francisca]

I see. Well, how about a lithe female wielding a scimitar and a short sword. Kinda of a whirling dervette...

 

[Campbell]

I've been considering playing a Whirling Frenzy Barbarian with a few Psychic Warrior levels to emulate the combat style of the main character from Prince of Persia: the Warrior Within.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

A dervish-style warrior. I like the variant, and wrote out a full slightly-variant base class for it.

EDIT: For elf and halfling barbarians. For Nyss.

 

[Crothian]

I always thought of like spiked chain weapon or other cord/chain/rope like item

 

[Piratecat]

I really like the concept for any kind of dexterity-based or speed-based fighter. Scimitars and spiked chains make the most sense to me, but this is how I think of elvish barbarians.

 

[Andre La Roche]

I see. Well, how about a lithe female wielding a scimitar and a short sword. Kinda of a whirling dervette...

Funny you say that--I had just that sort of NPC using this variant a few sessions ago.

I also tend to think that barbarians who use the whirling frenzy variation have chaotic instead of lawful barred to them. There's just something about the imagery of a quick, calculated, dodging barbarian that doesn't go with the "chaotic-frothing-at-the-mouth" imagery.

 

[Three_Haligonians]

*COUGH* famous... *COUGH* good drow.. *COUGH* with scimitars... *COUGH COUGH*




J from Three Haligonians