Barbarian - Path of the Bloodline

Rivaz of the Claw, by Joshua Raphael

Rivaz of the Claw, by Joshua Raphael

The Path of the Bloodline is for barbarians imbued with a primal magic, with power coursing in their blood. But where a sorcerer might channel that heritage into magical might, a Bloodline barbarian uses it to become a ferocious warrior.

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Bloodline barbarians are inherently flexible, because of the huge range of options they get from their sorcerous bloodline. Some master offensive magic, become terrors on the battlefield. Others gain spells to help them move around the fight, confuse their foes, or  protect their allies.

Design-wise: This is a quick-and-dirty take on the 3.5/Pathfinder Bloodrager class, which is a sort of hybrid between barbarians and sorcerers. In order to cram in maximum flavor, I opted to give it *full caster* power scaling, but no spell slots - instead, it just gets to cast every spell once per day. May not work! It's weird and experimental. It includes spell lists for a variety of base-game sorcerous bloodlines, and guidance on adapting other bloodlines to work with it.

As always, if you want to discuss this subclass or see early previews of new ones, come talk about it on Discord.

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