Barbarian Primal Path

Path of the Fractured

Barbarians are defined by their rage, channeling emotion
to unleash brief but potent destruction on their enemies.
A rare few study esoteric psychological techniques that
split their rage off from the rest of their psyche, dividing
their identity into two parts: ego and id. When their
ego is in control, the Fractured—as these barbarians
are known—are capable of a degree of self-control and
cunning few other barbarians are. When they allow their
id to take control, their countenance turns monstrous
and their bodies swell with the power of rage made
physically manifest.

Face of Rage
Starting at 3rd level, when you enter your rage, your
features distort and your body swells such that your
appearance completely changes. Creatures who don’t
witness your transformation and have not witnessed it in Brains and Brawn
the past do not recognize you. In addition, while raging,
At 6th level, while you are not raging, you have
you gain the following benefits if you aren’t wearing
resistance to psychic damage. While you are raging, you
heavy armor:
have resistance to all damage except psychic damage.
•Y ou can roll a 1d8 in place of the normal damage of
your unarmed strike, and your unarmed strikes count
as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance Cunning and Brutal
and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. At 10th level, while you are not raging, you can take a
•W hen you use the attack action with an unarmed bonus action on each of your turns to take the Disengage
strike and are not wielding a shield, you can make one or Help action. While you are raging, your unarmed
unarmed strike as a bonus action. strikes score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.
•Y ou count as one size larger when determining
who you can target and who can target you with
grappling, and your reach with unarmed attacks
Better Half
increases to 10 feet. At 14th level, when you take damage that would reduce
you to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to drop to
1 hit point instead and gain temporary hit points equal
Mask of Civility to half your maximum hit points. In addition, if you
Also at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with one of were raging your rage ends, and if you weren’t raging,
the following skills of your choice: Arcana, History, you enter a rage (even if you have no remaining uses of
Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Persuasion, or Religion. your rage). You lose all remaining temporary hit points
In addition, you gain proficiency with one artisan’s tool after 1 minute.
kit of your choice or learn to read, speak, and write one Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
language of your choice. you finish a long rest.

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 Primal Companion
At 3rd level, you gain a primal companion,
a spirit that accompanies you on your
adventures and instinctively fights alongside
you. Select either the Guardian or Striker, and
one of land, sea, or sky. Its in game statistics
found below, which uses your proficiency bonus
(PB) in several places.
Barbarian Primal Path You determine your companion’s appearance;
however, this does not affect its game statistics. Despite

Path of the taking on a physical form, your primal companion

does not need to breathe, eat, or sleep. You and your

Primal Spirit
primal companion can communicate with one another
telepathically while you are both on the same plane.
As an action, you can temporarily dismiss your
primal companion or summon it within 30 feet of you.
Many barbarians are in tune with the natural world, but In combat, your primal companion shares your initiative
few are as mystically intertwined with it as those who count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can
walk the Path of the Primal Spirit. These barbarians forge move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action
powerful connections with the beasts and natural spirits it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you use a
of the world, inspiring such ethereal beings to manifest bonus action on your turn to command it to take another
and journey with them on far-flung adventures. action. That action can be one in its stat block or some
Barbarians who follow this path have a deep other action. If you are incapacitated, your companion
reverence for the ecological cycle of the natural world. can take any action of its choice.
Such barbarians are as likely to accept quests and pleas You can spend one minute per short rest caring for
for aid from local wildlife as they are other humanoids. your primal companion. When you do, the spirit regains
This respect for animals doesn’t cross into naivety—no 2d6 hit points. Your primal companion regains all lost hit
barbarian better understands the circle of life and the points at the end of a long rest. If your primal companion
delicate balance between the needs of predator and prey dies, the spirit manifests in a form of your choice the
better than those who walk the Path of the Primal Spirit. next time you finish a long rest.

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 statistics and abilities instead of your own, and keep
Shared Rage your mental attributes. This possession ends if you
Also at 3rd level, while you are raging, your primal choose to exit the trance (no action required by you), the
companion has resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and beast you’re possessing is reduced to 0 hit points, or you
slashing damage. and the beast are on different planes of existence.
While in this trance, you are blinded and deafened in
Kin to Beasts regard to your own senses and cannot move or take ac-
At 6th level, you can cast the animal friendship and speak tions. You can remain in the trance for a number of hours
with animals spells using Constitution as your spellcast- up to half your level in this class + your Constitution mod-
ing ability. Once you cast a spell using this feature, you ifier. Once you use this feature to enter the trance, you
can’t cast either spell until you finish a short or long rest. cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

Skinrider’s Trance Shape of the Wild

At 10th level, you can use an action and choose your At 14th level, you can use a bonus action on your turn to
primal companion or one beast currently under the effect choose a new form for your primal companion, causing
of your animal friendship spell to enter a trance. For the it to transform instantaneously. When you cause your
duration of this trance, you possess the chosen creature. primal companion to transform in this way, its current
While possessing a creature, you sense the world hit points change to its new maximum hit points.
through the target’s senses, you have total control over Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until
its movement and actions, you use the beast’s physical you finish a short or long rest.

Primal Guardian Primal Striker

Medium (Large if Land or Sea) beast, neutral Medium Beast, neutral

Armor Class 12 plus PB (natural armor) Armor Class 12 plus PB (natural armor)
Hit Points 5 + six times your barbarian level Hit Points 5 + four times your barbarian level
Speed 30 ft.; fly 45 ft. (Sky only); swim 45 ft. (Sea only) Speed 40 ft.; fly 60 ft. (Sky only); swim 60 ft. (Sea only)

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
15 (+2) 12 (+1) 16 (+3) 4 (-3) 12 (+1) 6 (-2) 15 (+2) 15 (+2) 14 (+2) 4 (-3) 12 (+1) 7 (-2)

Saving Throws Str +2 plus PB, Con +3 plus PB Saving Throws Dex +2 plus PB, Wis +1 plus PB
Skills Athletics +2 plus PB, Intimidation -2 plus PB x 2, Skills Perception +1 plus PB, Stealth +2 plus PB
Perception +1 plus PB Senses Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11 plus PB
Senses Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11 plus PB Languages Understands your languages but cannot speak.
Languages Understands your languages but cannot speak. Challenge equal to your PB
Challenge equal to your PB
Flyby (Sky Only). The striker doesn’t provoke oppor-
Resilient Rage. When the guardian’s hit points fall be- tunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.
low half its maximum, it’s enraged for 10 minutes, gaining Aquatic Assault (Sea Only). While the striker is
temp hit points equal to half of its maximum. submerged in water it has advantage on natural weapon
Vigilant. The guardian can’t be surprised. attacks made against other creatures without a swim
speed submerged in water.
Actions
Enraged Strikes. While you are raging, the striker’s
Natural Weapon. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 plus PB, natural weapon attacks gain a damage bonus equal to
reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d4 + 2 bludgeoning, piercing, your Rage Damage.
or slashing damage (based on form chosen).
Actions
Reaction
Natural Weapon. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 plus PB,
Body Block. When an ally within 5 feet of it is hit by an reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + PB bludgeoning, piercing,
attack, the guardian takes the damage instead. or slashing damage (based on form chosen).
*Proficiency Bonus (PB)
Reaction
Harry (Land Only). When a creature within 5 feet of the
striker is attacked, the striker gives that attack roll advantage.
*Proficiency Bonus (PB)

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