Anything is possible, you'll likely need to get the Fighting Initiate: Two Weapon style and Dual Wielder Feats to make it as good as you can. You could also use dual battle axes instead of hand axes if you wanted a bit of a damage boost as well.
Edit: You might have to keep an eye on which abilities you get that use a bonus action as that'll compete with your off hand attack.
As an aside, if you want some info about viking axe fighting do a search on You tube, theres a few vids where experts break down the viking fighting styles
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If you want inspiration for a raging Viking using two axes (actually, they would be called seax), read John Gwyne's The Shadow of the Gods. Lots of raging barbarians. Totem of the Wolf or Bear would be perfect.
The stories of viking berserkers fit well with a bunch of Barbarian types; the actual Berserker sub-class is the obvious one, but then all Barbarians have a kind of fighting frenzy when you combine reckless attacks with Rage, and Berserker isn't well suited to dual wielding if that's what you're keen to use.
You might also consider a Totem Warrior with the Bear totem, since berserker literally means "bear shirt" or "bear warrior", though you could also go for an Ulfheðnar (wolf warrior), these both have some powerful features in that sub-class and it's got a bit of Druid mixed in which seems appropriate.
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Is it possible to create a Barb build that duel wields two hand axes
Anything is possible, you'll likely need to get the Fighting Initiate: Two Weapon style and Dual Wielder Feats to make it as good as you can. You could also use dual battle axes instead of hand axes if you wanted a bit of a damage boost as well.
Edit: You might have to keep an eye on which abilities you get that use a bonus action as that'll compete with your off hand attack.
Although, to be fair, I'm not sure vikings actually fought with two axes...
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
Yup. Vikings make for lousy barbarians. Champions and Battle Masters are a better fit.
As an aside, if you want some info about viking axe fighting do a search on You tube, theres a few vids where experts break down the viking fighting styles
If you want inspiration for a raging Viking using two axes (actually, they would be called seax), read John Gwyne's The Shadow of the Gods. Lots of raging barbarians. Totem of the Wolf or Bear would be perfect.
Even better, listen to the audiobook. Stunning.
Why would a viking be calling an axe a knife? Sounds weird. Do they call shields helmets, also?
What does that have to do with vikings?
The stories of viking berserkers fit well with a bunch of Barbarian types; the actual Berserker sub-class is the obvious one, but then all Barbarians have a kind of fighting frenzy when you combine reckless attacks with Rage, and Berserker isn't well suited to dual wielding if that's what you're keen to use.
You might also consider a Totem Warrior with the Bear totem, since berserker literally means "bear shirt" or "bear warrior", though you could also go for an Ulfheðnar (wolf warrior), these both have some powerful features in that sub-class and it's got a bit of Druid mixed in which seems appropriate.
Former D&D Beyond Customer of six years: With the axing of piecemeal purchasing, lack of meaningful development, and toxic moderation the site isn't worth paying for anymore. I remain a free user only until my groups are done migrating from DDB, and if necessary D&D, after which I'm done. There are better systems owned by better companies out there.
I have unsubscribed from all topics and will not reply to messages. My homebrew is now 100% unsupported.