Path of the Giantkin

Barbarians that feel weak in their younger years often look for examples of true strength. Doing so brings many to the power and might of the giants, as their very footsteps make the ground quake. Barbarians can follow their gargantuan footprints and gain favor, or be victim to an experiment or ritual that uses their blood. Either way, giant-kind will now be a part of the recipient's lineage. As such, they can change their bodies temporarily into different powerful forms with boons of the great true giants.

 

Bigger than Life

At 3rd level when you pick this subclass, you can choose to spend a rage and transform into an aspect of a true giant once per long rest for one minute. You can transform into the aspects of: Hill, Stone, Frost, Fire, Cloud, and Storm Giants.

• Transforming keeps your current hit points, but does give you temporary hit points. Amount of temporary hit points is twice your barbarian level.
• Your unarmored AC becomes 13 plus the aspect's constitution modifier.
• For the duration; your racial traits, class features, background perks, and proficiencies are replaced with the abilities and proficiencies of your chosen aspect. You also for the duration lose the ability to cast and concentrate on spells.
• Your speed, once transformed, is 40ft.
• While transformed, you are proficient with heavy weapons.
• Regardless of your original height, you become 8ft. tall. Even if you are already 8ft. in height, the change is still noticeable as your muscle mass increases exponentially.
• You gain the benefits of rage while transformed. Such as advantage on strength checks and strength saving throws, extra rage damage, and resistance to bludgeoning/slashing/piercing damage.
• When you get extra attack in your base form, you get it in your aspect form.

 

ASPECTS:

Hill Giant Aspect: Str(18) Dex(10) Con(20) Int(9) Wis(16) Cha(10)

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics and Intimidation

Damage Resistance: Poison

Aspect Ability: Kill You Dead!- For one combat round per transformation, you can use your action to make 4 attacks.

 

Stone Giant Aspect: Str(20) Dex(16) Con(14) Int(12) Wis(12) Cha(9)

Skill Proficiencies: Performance and Perception

Damage Resistance: Psychic

Aspect Ability: Artistic Precision- Twice per transformation, you can add 2d6 to any roll you choose.

 

Frost Giant Aspect: Str(20) Dex(16) Con(18) Int(9) Wis(10) Cha(10)

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics and Acrobatics

Damage Resistance: Cold

Aspect Ability: Abominable- Twice per transformation as a reaction, you can reduce a single attack’s damage to 0. Enemy weapons and spells are influenced by this.

 

Fire Giant Aspect: Str(18) Dex(10) Con(20) Int(16) Wis(9) Cha(10)

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics and History

Damage Resistance: Fire

Aspect Ability: Forgestarter- When you attack, you can choose to do fire damage instead of the normal damage associated with the weapon used.

 

Cloud Giant Aspect: Str(18) Dex(20) Con(16) Int(10) Wis(9) Cha(10)

Skill Proficiencies: Deception and Persuasion

Damage Resistance: Thunder

Aspect Ability: Battle Clout- As a bonus action, you can cast vicious mockery.

 

Storm Giant Aspect: Str(18) Dex(20) Con(12) Int(10) Wis(14) Cha(9)

Skill Proficiencies: History and Religion

Damage Resistance: Lightning

Aspect Ability: Lightning Strike- Twice per transformation, you can use an action to launch lightning from your fingertips toward a single target. This does 2d10 damage to targets that fail a DC12 dex. saving throw, unless they succeed which causes the target to take half damage.

Still as the Mountain

At 6th level, this feature allows you to use your reaction to negate being moved by an offensive spell or ability. While transformed this feature makes you proficient in wisdom and charisma saving throws.

Unbeatable

At 10th level, you become resistant to all damage while raging or transformed.

Aspect of Annam

At 14th level you gain the Aspect of Annam, allows you to use your original form’s racial traits, gives you the choice to grow up to a maximum of 12 ft. in height (which makes you a large creature), and even summon a magical heavy weapon of your choice.

 

ASPECT OF ANNAM: Str(22) Dex(20) Con(20) Int(10) Wis(12) Cha(12)

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Acrobatics, Insight, and Religion

Damage Resistance: All

Aspect Ability: Prostrate All- Once per transformation, as an action, you can make all creatures large or smaller within 30ft. fall prone until the end of their next turn.