Variant Barbarian = Steppe Rider

[Thurbane]

Hi all,

Looking for some help.

In my campaign world, there are two distinct types of Barbarians:

- The frozen North "Viking" type Barbarians

- The Eastern Steppes "Mongol/Cossack" type Barbarians

I'm looking for some abilities related to Mounted Combat to give the Steppes Barbarians to replce the Rage ability.

Can anyone suggest a feat-chain or other abilities to replace the Rage ability? Or perhaps there is an existing class that would be suitable, a base class, not prestige. And preferrably not just fighter - I want the Steppes Riders to stand out from the crowd.

Thanks - T

 

[Edheldur]

I'm looking for some abilities related to Mounted Combat to give the Steppes Barbarians to replce the Rage ability.

Can anyone suggest a feat-chain or other abilities to replace the Rage ability? Or perhaps there is an existing class that would be suitable, a base class, not prestige. And preferrably not just fighter - I want the Steppes Riders to stand out from the crowd.

Well, there's this variant barbarian taken from here:

Barbarian

A barbarian who prefers crafty hunting over pure ferocity might choose to exchange his rage ability for certain ranger class features.
Gain

Favored enemy (as ranger); archery combat style, improved archery combat style, and archery combat style mastery (as ranger).
Lose

Rage, greater rage, indomitable will, tireless rage, mighty rage.

I've used it in my games and found no problem with it (actually, I use a lot of the variant classes presented in UA)