Path of the Soldier

Most barbarians are born, but one of the most dangerous type of barbarians is created through a dark history of combat. Soldier barbarians can refine their rage into a strategical focus, enduring enemy blows, directing allies, and setting up precise attacks using tactics drawn from their vast degree of combat experience. Whether its done in a sadistic rage or a cold tactical focus; you will pierce, sever, and break your opponents one way or another.

Focus

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you learn to harness your rage and refine it into a strategical focus. At the start of your rage, you can choose to focus. Regardless of which state you started with, you can choose to switch between your focused state or normal raged state as a bonus action on subsequent turns.

While focusing, you gain the following benefits instead of the normal rage benefits if you aren’t wearing heavy armor:

• You gain advantage on Dexterity checks.
• You can benefit from the Brutal Critical feature while using a ranged weapon.
• When you make a weapon attack using Dexterity, you gain a +1 bonus to the attack rolls.
• You may use your Reckless Attack feature on weapon attacks using Dexterity, however, you only gain advantage on your first attack with that weapon during your turn.
• You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

If you are able to cast spells, you can only cast cantrips while Focusing.

Focus

You are in your focused state.

Normal

You are in your normal state.

Rage

You are in your raged state.

Focus/Rage Features

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you learn to harness your rage and refine it into a strategical focus. At the start of your rage, you can choose to focus. Regardless of which state you started with, you can choose to switch between your focused state or normal raged state as a bonus action on subsequent turns.

While focusing, you gain the following benefits instead of the normal rage benefits if you aren’t wearing heavy armor:

• You gain advantage on Dexterity checks.
• You can benefit from the Brutal Critical feature while using a ranged weapon.
• When you make a weapon attack using Dexterity, you gain a +1 bonus to the attack rolls.
• You may use your Reckless Attack feature on weapon attacks using Dexterity, however, you only gain advantage on your first attack with that weapon during your turn.
• You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

If you are able to cast spells, you can only cast cantrips while Focusing.

Your focus lasts for 1 minute, if your turn ends and you haven’t attacked a hostile creature or taken damage since your last turn, you can make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, you maintain your focus and don’t end your rage early. This DC increases by 5 for every subsequent turn you need to make this save.

Focus

You are in your focused state.

Normal

You are in your normal state.

Rage

You are in your raged state.

Strategic Placement

Beginning at 6th level, you learn how to best utilize cover in a combat situation. Whenever you are behind cover, you gain a bonus equal to your proficiency bonus to your attack rolls against creatures opposing your cover. You can choose to grant this bonus to any non-hostile creature within 5 feet of you if they are behind cover.

Commanding Spirit

Beginning at 10th level, you can use the Help action as a bonus action and grant the benefiting creature temporary hit points equal to 1d12 + your barbarian level. 

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses after finishing a short or long rest.

Coordinated Strike

Starting at 14th level, as an action you can command all allies within 30 feet of you to strike at once, all allied creatures within range can use their reactions to make a weapon attack against one or more creatures of your choice. This feature cannot be used again until you finish a short or long rest.