The Woad: Reworked into a Barbarian Subclass(Feedback, Ideas, Balancing, etc)

[viral elk]

<@&634107343180660739> Looking for feedback/criticism on this.

[hollow minnow]

-# role ping don't work in forums

[late swift]

Hm, dunno. While going Barb is probably the right way, you gotta be careful not to copy Beast. There needs to be something that separates it a bit more. And it could use some more interesting effects anyway

Also the name is perhaps a tad awkward if you know what woad is, though it's a good word to use for sure

Though, on second read... it's kinda cool already, it just needs a bit more oomph

Like, you could have a set of Triggers, a set of Reactions, a set of Bonuses, and then the Relentless thing at 14. That way you'd be able to mix and match instead of being stuck with just three choices at all levels

Dunno if you can actually make something like that work, but I think it could be cool

[viral elk]

What is beast

oh i have somehow never heard of this subclass

[late swift]

Oh wait I meant Totem

Storm Herald is at risk of being similar too

[viral elk]

In what ways

[late swift]

List of selectable options that turn on when you rage

[viral elk]

That

i don't think that's a very good criticism

that's just, a general format for designing a subclass

Having a couple of options that turn on when you activate a class feature is just a pretty standard design principle present in Totem barbarian, as well as Storm Herald