Base Class: Barbarian
Strength In Pain
Where others fear pain, you revel in it. Whether through divine devotion, solemn vows, of sheer force of will you are able to turn your body's torment into righteous might.
By surviving damage and through self inflicted wounds, you bring yourself closer to divine perfection and find truths in agony.
Fervor
Beginning at 3rd level, your rage manifests as masochistic fervor. Whenever you enter a rage or as a bonus action while you are raging, you flay yourself with your weapon dealing damage to yourself equal to double your proficiency modifier. This damage ignored resistance and immunity. Whenever you use this feature, you gain temporary hit points until your next turn equal to triple your proficiency modifier.
Your devotion also build within you as your injuries mount. If you are at or below half of your maximum hit points, your weapon attacks deal an additional 1d6 points of either radiant or necrotic damage (your choice) to the first creature you attack on each of your turns.
Fearless Suffering
At 6th level, when you are at or below half your maximum hit points, you are immune to the frightened condition. Also, you gain proficiency in the Religion skill. If you are already proficient in the Religion skill, you may gain proficiency in another skill of your choice (you will have to manually add your proficiency to another skill if you are already proficient with the religion skill).
Lastly, whenever you make a religion check, you may take damage from your Fervor ability to gain advantage on that check.
Exaltation of Pain
Starting at 10th level, your rabid devotion can inspire others to endure suffering. When a creature within 30 feet of you, that you can see, takes damage, you may use your reaction to take damage from your Fervor ability and grant that creature resistance to all damage made from that attack. Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you complete a short of long rest.
In addition, you courtship of pain grants you advantage on death saving throws.
Vessel of Devastation
At 14th level the devastation your body has endured allows you to channel new limits of your fervor. Your fervor damage die changes to a d8 instead of a d6.
Furthermore, you can unleash a devastating blow as your pain drives you into a frenzy. When you hit with a weapon attack, you may deal an additional 1d8 fervor damage for every 15 hit points you are missing from you maximum hit points (maximum 3d8). Once you use this feature you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.
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