I am making a spellcaster barbarian and am having trouble deciding between wisdom (druid flavored) or use strength/charisma(intimidating the weave of magic)
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"There are few problems that cannot be solved through the application of overwhelming arcane firepower" Mephistopheles
As someone who activated rage can't do spells/magic/etc. A spellcasting Barbarian is tricky to play. Combat spells will not be very helpful, buff spells would be useful as long as concertation is not involved.
I would say it should be intelligence so they can better understand when to rage and when not to.
I wonder if constitution could make sense? Flavoring it as them using their raw physical endurance to force magic to happen? Idk I just like to see weird applications for CON
I wonder if constitution could make sense? Flavoring it as them using their raw physical endurance to force magic to happen? Idk I just like to see weird applications for CON
That is a great idea
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"There are few problems that cannot be solved through the application of overwhelming arcane firepower" Mephistopheles
As someone who activated rage can't do spells/magic/etc. A spellcasting Barbarian is tricky to play. Combat spells will not be very helpful, buff spells would be useful as long as concertation is not involved.
I would say it should be intelligence so they can better understand when to rage and when not to.
There's nothing tricky about spell casting as a Barbarian. You aren't Raging from the time you wake up to the time you take a long rest.
While there are Barbarians who use spells - such as Wild Heart - these are almost exclusively out-of-combat utility. Rage is the central mechanic of the class and the class is crippled without it. Indeed, due to Primal Knowledge you'll often see Barbarians Raging out of combat.
So I'd question the premise. A "Barbarian who casts spells" sounds a lot more like a Druid than a Barbarian to me.
Rage is the central mechanic of the class and the class is crippled without it. Indeed, due to Primal Knowledge you'll often see Barbarians Raging out of combat.
That's your opinion. Barbarians don't rage 24/7. Players can decide for themselves when they want to cast spells or when they want to rage. I don't know if it is the Youtubers coming up with this and people just get on board because they saw it in a video, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to dip into a spell caster class or take the Magic Initiate Feat route.
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I am making a spellcaster barbarian and am having trouble deciding between wisdom (druid flavored) or use strength/charisma(intimidating the weave of magic)
"There are few problems that cannot be solved through the application of overwhelming arcane firepower" Mephistopheles
As someone who activated rage can't do spells/magic/etc. A spellcasting Barbarian is tricky to play. Combat spells will not be very helpful, buff spells would be useful as long as concertation is not involved.
I would say it should be intelligence so they can better understand when to rage and when not to.
i am making a homebrew subclass that can only do evocation spells and only while raging
"There are few problems that cannot be solved through the application of overwhelming arcane firepower" Mephistopheles
I wonder if constitution could make sense? Flavoring it as them using their raw physical endurance to force magic to happen? Idk I just like to see weird applications for CON
That is a great idea
"There are few problems that cannot be solved through the application of overwhelming arcane firepower" Mephistopheles
There's nothing tricky about spell casting as a Barbarian. You aren't Raging from the time you wake up to the time you take a long rest.
The spellcasting attribute would depend on what spell casting class you use: Druid= W, Wizard =I etc.
While there are Barbarians who use spells - such as Wild Heart - these are almost exclusively out-of-combat utility. Rage is the central mechanic of the class and the class is crippled without it. Indeed, due to Primal Knowledge you'll often see Barbarians Raging out of combat.
So I'd question the premise. A "Barbarian who casts spells" sounds a lot more like a Druid than a Barbarian to me.
That's your opinion. Barbarians don't rage 24/7. Players can decide for themselves when they want to cast spells or when they want to rage. I don't know if it is the Youtubers coming up with this and people just get on board because they saw it in a video, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to dip into a spell caster class or take the Magic Initiate Feat route.