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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 2479838" data-attributes="member: 944">Disclaimer: I recieved a copy for doing this review. Like Barbarians? You will love Unorthodox Barbarians. For $2 US you get some of the coolest core class varients I have seen in a long time.Appearance:Unorthodox Brabarians comes in a zip  file  under 3 megabytes.  The PDF is 32 pages with a color cover. It has nice layout as do all of the Unorthodox line.In addition to the main PDF, the product includes an .rtf version for easy content extraction,  and an onscreen version.A caution about the cover though. If a bit of beefcake, in the form of a mightily thewed barbarian without a shirt offends you, you will hate this cover. Me? I think its pretty decent art especially for a $2 PDF. Tom Misky did a good job Still even if you hate the art, get you should get the PDF for the content alone.Content:This PDF has 5core classes, The Conquerer, The Corsair, The Planar Marauder, The Savage Screamer and the Wild Rider.The conquerer is an exceptionally neat class with fighter type feats and special abilities, the ability to add more skills, a limited bardic courage  called Ignite Morale ,a variable sort of DR (1d4 instead of 2), fast movement, flanking protection and improved inititiative.The class just drips with possibility, Orc Conquerers, Barbaric warmasters and more. My only concern is that it might be mildly overpowered. Great ClassThe next class is the Corair. It has especially good art, a half orc pirate with  an eye patch. The class has sea related abilities, trap sense, a minor luck ability a bonus to AC if no armor is worn, blind fighting and a kind of static rage that adds some defense (+4 to AC) in exchange for limited (5 foot step) movement This class is reasonably balanced and would be great to represent something like Conans river Pirates or the like. My only perplexation is blind fighting, which doesn't quite fit in my opinionThe planar maurader is a really amazing class, much better than any of the planar varients in the manual of the planes. The class gains Planar Rage which grants elemental and other planar abilities, energy resistance, and planar travel and attunement abilities. This class is perfect for planes hopping games and PlanescapeThe Savage Screamer is just plain wierd and The class seems confusing until you think of the screams as Warcries. . It has fast movement and rage like a standard barbarian, a unecessary unarmored AC bonus, woodland stride and improvbed uncanny dodge but instead of the DR and trap abilities the class gains a range of sonic attacks in the form of curses and buffs. Its 20th level ability is also formidable, allowing a full attack on a charge. The very powerfull and versitile screams are limited by something like spell failure chance> I am not sure I liek this approach  since using the creams requires rage uses but with the power of the screams I can see the authors concerns It is a interesting varient although I think Warcrier might have been a less confusing nameThe last class is the Wild Rider In place of the barbarians abilities This elegant class gains mounted combat feats, a mounted defense ability that allows multiple use of mounted combat, an ability to spur greater speed  spur frenzy which is essentially rage for the mount. Nicely the class also includes an animal companion ability -- albiet a 1/2 level one. Including this ability was essential actuially since horse in D20 are very weak. Th efinal ability is As One which gives a hefty boost to AC, Spot and Listen while mounted. I like this class as it fills the mongol archetype very nicely, is balanced (if a bit weak actually) and looks fun. My only grumps are that I would like to have seen a rage ability for the rider as well. The image of the frothing horse and rider appeals to me. Also I suspect the animal companion  should have been full rather than half but that is pretty minor gripe and it doesn't detract from the class.My general opinion of this book is that it offers most interesting variant barbarians of any D20 supplement I have seen even Unearthed Arcana. Its hard to imagine a better value for the money.</blockquote>

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