His clan retreated from the civilised world to try and avoid temptation and corruption. He was out on a trading expedition to a city when he was delayed over winter. When he returned he found his clan, starving and desperate, had fallen into devil worship, striking deals for souls to make it through the hard times.
Farra, deeply ashamed of the failing of his clan, murdered them all in a fit of blinding rage. Now when he rages it's the fall of his people, and his reaction to their fall, that powers his berserk state.
My Half-Orc Barbarian, Vol'Kar, gets very upset when people argue with him over the color blue. He does not understand the color red, therefore any red is understood by him as actually being the color blue, including shades of other colors that represent red more strongly, such as oranges and purples. He will go out of his way to say that things are blue when they are in fact not, and damned you are if you try to tell him otherwise.
Frostfire-on-the-Moss; is an outlander, variant aasimar, [of the line of servants of house of Ra; ie crystalline ruby hair, hence the name] who was raised by Giant Lynxes [who couldn't pronounce her common name]. She is 2nd level bard; and disguises her self as a commoner peasant girl by wearing a Furred Coif with black tufted cat ears, over her hair. and has laced together a set of peasant clothes out of thick soft leather. [her leather armor] She came down from the mountain when the Giant Lynxes decided she was older enough to to find her own two-foot Mate and Range.. to the City where she has taken to Busking Fuzzy-tail Bumble-snout stories in song and DANCE [like she did for Lynx Kittens}, in the City-square for money, and pays any children watching a copper piece.
Why is this here.. it turns out the Giant Lynx, language has a word that means both BATTLE, And DANCE..And she loves to dance.. she took two levels in Bard..And dances, sings and skips where ever she goes.
She felt bad that after some "Dances" she was only able to do the performance of Calling the Celestial Lynx Spirit Escort Guardians, to take the spirits of those who died in the dance/battle to their home in the happy hunting lands.So took one level of cleric so now she dances even more rituals.. and can marry, bury, create holy water, and coming of age for kittens. When she gets to forth level bard and takes a feat that raises her Str. by 0ne she will take gain the ability to create power with the second form of Dance and kcall Battle-ecstasy [Rage] in the thrall of glorious dance.
My dragonborne barbarian Drucalian gets severely angry when either somebody doesn’t have a pet or when words are mispronounced and that relates back to his childhood where he was beaten by his father to speak properly
Mohrdus my Half-Orc barbarian, used to get really pissed off by abuse of power, picking on the weaklings and in general persons who want to be in a position of power but (in his eyes) don't have the balls to get their hands dirty.
Now his brain has been devoured by an Intellect Devourer, who tries to convince the party that Mohrdus is sill the same old. Why you ask? Well he was intimidated by Khyber into help bring the prophecy to fulfillment to free Khyber once again.
My dwarf barbarian, Greta Van Tuskgrinder, rages when her enemies are really full of themselves. In her backstory she actually bashed a guy's nose because she couldn't stand him. She sort of has a complex about how disorderly her rage makes her, since dwarves are supposed to be lawful, but barbarians tend to be chaotic. That's partially why she's a Battlerager: it's a way for her to claim her dwarven identity in her own way.
I have a Stout Hafling Barbarian named Silvy who gets REAL pissed whenever anyone calls her short. She's like 3'5 so she really is short, but she hates when people don't take her seriously cause she's small. I general, she hates it when people discount her "barbarianness" due to her being a Halfling or small in general. She once bit a guys' nose off because he called her "little girl." :D
Had a Human Barb named Shattyr Swiftcore who would rage simply for being told he couldn't do something. He loved freedom and the consequences that came with it, so whenever someone told him he couldn't do something, he would say "Couldn't? Or SHOULDN'T?" Because if they gave some BS reason as to why he could not do something, it would piss him off to the point that he would violently go out of his way to prove them wrong. Got into a lot of trouble and sometimes we ended up in terrible situations with the law or even enemies, but he would always have the last laugh and say "See? I told ya so".
When he was a student at a Wizarding Academy, they mocked and ridiculed him for his lack of magical ability (he had trouble focusing and couldn't "concentrate" on spells, you see).
They laughed him out of the wizard tower when he failed his exams. He's had a grudge against magic-users ever since.
Long story short, however, is that he dedicated himself to perfecting himself physically, got buff, and improved his own personal self-esteem. He is still quite intelligent.
Whenever an arrogant wizard sneers at another person, or abuses their magic...good 'ol Pasha would give them a beating to teach them some humility.
He particularly hates the Red Wizards of Thay, and has a special distaste for Mordenkainen.
Blarg Bowelstone is a mountain dwarf who suffers from a rare affliction known as Dumathoin's Curse, the main symptom of which is that he has not been able to poop for seven years. This makes him irritable at the best of times, and can propel him into a frothing white-hot rage at the worst. He hopes that, by proving his worth on the field of battle, the curse will be lifted and he can have a normal bowel movement again.
Wine. My halfing Barbarian Harold Tosscobble just gets wine drunk. Which is great as he is Path of the Ancestral Guardians. So he gets joined by ghosts of drunk halflings.
My Dragonborn Barbarian, Rawnblade, is based on the Redwall book series. Rawnblade is the name of the weapon wielded by the Badger Lord and all badgers suffer from the bloodwrath which causes them to go berserk, inflicting massive damage in battle while sustaining large blows. My Barbarian is a Totem Warrior (Bear). I figured a furry dragonborn is similar to a badger.
Zook Pigsticker (known as Monty) is a Totem Barbarian Gnome who prefers Longsword and Shield. For totems, he used Bear and Eagle. He's normally an easy going, prankster type who surprises people by actually being pretty smart and possessing a love for books. Note: I rolled really good stats. 15, 15, 16, 14, 11, 14, not counting racial and class adjustments.
Monty's people were once famous enchanters, but the greed of others lead to them being hunted down for their skills and knowledge. They built a community in a dangerous forest. Over time, they became more focused on a combination of illusion and druidic magic, with the enchanting becoming rare and closely guarded. Everyone was required to serve in some capacity in the Guard for a few years. While there, they were evaluated. The primary branches were Martial and Spellcasting, with most spellcasters focusing on druidic magic.
Monty was found to be a superb martial specimen, but the druids also sensed some affinity with their ways. It turned out that Monty was in contact with something.. different... than the norm. He could summon large, wise Capybara, named Dumas, to be used as a mount. (Honestly, only benefit was roleplay and good swimmer. Most of the RP stuff never got used and Monty quickly became just as fast...)
His rage was him willingly giving in to his feral nature. His teeth sharpened, his eyes became cat-like, and his hair grew more wild. I could benefit from the custom Feat described below as part of my rage.
With the agreement of the DM, I made a custom Feat on DndBeyond for free at level one that allowed him to willingly sharpen his teeth, grow and sharpen his nails, and take on the feral look described above. He could do any or all of that as a bonus action, and gained a few attacks that used Str or Dex based on what he did. He could revert everything back to normal as a bonus action. Only used the attacks once in an RP situation.
My favorite Barbarian I've played was an old lady (Spirit Guardian Path) who had her kingdom stolen from her by a bunch of evil Dragonborn. They took away her powerful magics and reduced her from being a warlord to a forgotten memory. She spent her entire life trying to regain her throne and now as an old woman she still has not stopped. Her bitterness is what drove her into a ferocious rage, not to mention any ageism she encountered!
Kagren Needlefist is a Duergar barbarian, trained by the drow to perform in thier fighting pits. He's the consummate duelist fighting with rapier and buckler. His rage is a place of intense focus where time seems to slow for him and the world narrows to him and his opponents.
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Any time an unfathomably powerful entity sweeps in and offers godlike rewards in return for just a few teensy favors, it’s a scam. Unless it’s me. I’d never lie to you, reader dearest.
For my Tiefling berserker, Farra, it's shame.
His clan retreated from the civilised world to try and avoid temptation and corruption. He was out on a trading expedition to a city when he was delayed over winter. When he returned he found his clan, starving and desperate, had fallen into devil worship, striking deals for souls to make it through the hard times.
Farra, deeply ashamed of the failing of his clan, murdered them all in a fit of blinding rage. Now when he rages it's the fall of his people, and his reaction to their fall, that powers his berserk state.
My Half-Orc Barbarian, Vol'Kar, gets very upset when people argue with him over the color blue. He does not understand the color red, therefore any red is understood by him as actually being the color blue, including shades of other colors that represent red more strongly, such as oranges and purples. He will go out of his way to say that things are blue when they are in fact not, and damned you are if you try to tell him otherwise.
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Frostfire-on-the-Moss; is an outlander, variant aasimar, [of the line of servants of house of Ra; ie crystalline ruby hair, hence the name] who was raised by Giant Lynxes [who couldn't pronounce her common name].
She is 2nd level bard; and disguises her self as a commoner peasant girl by wearing a Furred Coif with black tufted cat ears, over her hair.
and has laced together a set of peasant clothes out of thick soft leather. [her leather armor]
She came down from the mountain when the Giant Lynxes decided she was older enough to to find her own two-foot Mate and Range.. to the City where she has taken to Busking Fuzzy-tail Bumble-snout stories in song and DANCE [like she did for Lynx Kittens}, in the City-square for money, and pays any children watching a copper piece.
Why is this here.. it turns out the Giant Lynx, language has a word that means both BATTLE, And DANCE..And she loves to dance.. she took two levels in Bard..And dances, sings and skips where ever she goes.
She felt bad that after some "Dances" she was only able to do the performance of Calling the Celestial Lynx Spirit Escort Guardians, to take the spirits of those who died in the dance/battle to their home in the happy hunting lands.So took one level of cleric so now she dances even more rituals.. and can marry, bury, create holy water, and coming of age for kittens.
When she gets to forth level bard and takes a feat that raises her Str. by 0ne she will take gain the ability to create power with the second form of Dance and kcall Battle-ecstasy [Rage] in the thrall of glorious dance.
Itinerant Deputy Shire-reave Tomas Burrfoot - world walker, Raft-captain, speaker to his dead
Toddy Shelfungus- Rider of the Order of Ill Luck, Speaker to Friends of Friends, and Horribly big nosed
Jarl Archi of Jenisis Glade Fee- Noble Knight of the Dragonborn Goldcrest Clan, Sorcerer of the Noble Investigator;y; Knightly order of the Wolfhound
One of my players is a Dwarf Barb, and he goes into a rage when the booze is gone.
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My dragonborne barbarian Drucalian gets severely angry when either somebody doesn’t have a pet or when words are mispronounced and that relates back to his childhood where he was beaten by his father to speak properly
Mohrdus my Half-Orc barbarian, used to get really pissed off by abuse of power, picking on the weaklings and in general persons who want to be in a position of power but (in his eyes) don't have the balls to get their hands dirty.
Now his brain has been devoured by an Intellect Devourer, who tries to convince the party that Mohrdus is sill the same old. Why you ask? Well he was intimidated by Khyber into help bring the prophecy to fulfillment to free Khyber once again.
My dwarf barbarian, Greta Van Tuskgrinder, rages when her enemies are really full of themselves. In her backstory she actually bashed a guy's nose because she couldn't stand him. She sort of has a complex about how disorderly her rage makes her, since dwarves are supposed to be lawful, but barbarians tend to be chaotic. That's partially why she's a Battlerager: it's a way for her to claim her dwarven identity in her own way.
Hombrew: Way of Wresting, Circle of Sacrifice
I have a Stout Hafling Barbarian named Silvy who gets REAL pissed whenever anyone calls her short. She's like 3'5 so she really is short, but she hates when people don't take her seriously cause she's small. I general, she hates it when people discount her "barbarianness" due to her being a Halfling or small in general. She once bit a guys' nose off because he called her "little girl." :D
Had a Human Barb named Shattyr Swiftcore who would rage simply for being told he couldn't do something. He loved freedom and the consequences that came with it, so whenever someone told him he couldn't do something, he would say "Couldn't? Or SHOULDN'T?" Because if they gave some BS reason as to why he could not do something, it would piss him off to the point that he would violently go out of his way to prove them wrong. Got into a lot of trouble and sometimes we ended up in terrible situations with the law or even enemies, but he would always have the last laugh and say "See? I told ya so".
Wizards.
When he was a student at a Wizarding Academy, they mocked and ridiculed him for his lack of magical ability (he had trouble focusing and couldn't "concentrate" on spells, you see).
They laughed him out of the wizard tower when he failed his exams. He's had a grudge against magic-users ever since.
Long story short, however, is that he dedicated himself to perfecting himself physically, got buff, and improved his own personal self-esteem. He is still quite intelligent.
Whenever an arrogant wizard sneers at another person, or abuses their magic...good 'ol Pasha would give them a beating to teach them some humility.
He particularly hates the Red Wizards of Thay, and has a special distaste for Mordenkainen.
Blarg Bowelstone is a mountain dwarf who suffers from a rare affliction known as Dumathoin's Curse, the main symptom of which is that he has not been able to poop for seven years. This makes him irritable at the best of times, and can propel him into a frothing white-hot rage at the worst. He hopes that, by proving his worth on the field of battle, the curse will be lifted and he can have a normal bowel movement again.
Wine. My halfing Barbarian Harold Tosscobble just gets wine drunk. Which is great as he is Path of the Ancestral Guardians. So he gets joined by ghosts of drunk halflings.
"Toss a coin to your [Insert class here]"
When someone ruffles or dirties my noble barbarian's clothes he gets real mad.
My Dragonborn Barbarian, Rawnblade, is based on the Redwall book series. Rawnblade is the name of the weapon wielded by the Badger Lord and all badgers suffer from the bloodwrath which causes them to go berserk, inflicting massive damage in battle while sustaining large blows. My Barbarian is a Totem Warrior (Bear). I figured a furry dragonborn is similar to a badger.
Zook Pigsticker (known as Monty) is a Totem Barbarian Gnome who prefers Longsword and Shield. For totems, he used Bear and Eagle. He's normally an easy going, prankster type who surprises people by actually being pretty smart and possessing a love for books. Note: I rolled really good stats. 15, 15, 16, 14, 11, 14, not counting racial and class adjustments.
Monty's people were once famous enchanters, but the greed of others lead to them being hunted down for their skills and knowledge. They built a community in a dangerous forest. Over time, they became more focused on a combination of illusion and druidic magic, with the enchanting becoming rare and closely guarded. Everyone was required to serve in some capacity in the Guard for a few years. While there, they were evaluated. The primary branches were Martial and Spellcasting, with most spellcasters focusing on druidic magic.
Monty was found to be a superb martial specimen, but the druids also sensed some affinity with their ways. It turned out that Monty was in contact with something.. different... than the norm. He could summon large, wise Capybara, named Dumas, to be used as a mount. (Honestly, only benefit was roleplay and good swimmer. Most of the RP stuff never got used and Monty quickly became just as fast...)
His rage was him willingly giving in to his feral nature. His teeth sharpened, his eyes became cat-like, and his hair grew more wild. I could benefit from the custom Feat described below as part of my rage.
With the agreement of the DM, I made a custom Feat on DndBeyond for free at level one that allowed him to willingly sharpen his teeth, grow and sharpen his nails, and take on the feral look described above. He could do any or all of that as a bonus action, and gained a few attacks that used Str or Dex based on what he did. He could revert everything back to normal as a bonus action. Only used the attacks once in an RP situation.
My wood elf barbarian, Faen, doesn’t like open spaces or left turns.
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Working on an orc barbarian using the new Eberron variant...
Ogden is a farmer. Or was a farmer.
First, a dragon passed over his farm, spraying fire and burning all his crops.
He salvaged his crops and tried again..****y to have a beholder, of all things, randomly wander through and blast them to bits.
He tried again; this time, a portal to the plane of fire somehow opened, causing an inferno to reduce his land to ashes once again.
By this point, Ogden was pissed. But he begrudgingly tried again, and grew the damn crops.
The army of a local lord came through, and demanded Ogdens crops be offered to feed it.
And that was how Ogden became a barbarian; he slaughtered those representatives of the lord's army, and has been on the run ever since.
My favorite Barbarian I've played was an old lady (Spirit Guardian Path) who had her kingdom stolen from her by a bunch of evil Dragonborn. They took away her powerful magics and reduced her from being a warlord to a forgotten memory. She spent her entire life trying to regain her throne and now as an old woman she still has not stopped. Her bitterness is what drove her into a ferocious rage, not to mention any ageism she encountered!
Kagren Needlefist is a Duergar barbarian, trained by the drow to perform in thier fighting pits. He's the consummate duelist fighting with rapier and buckler. His rage is a place of intense focus where time seems to slow for him and the world narrows to him and his opponents.
Any time an unfathomably powerful entity sweeps in and offers godlike rewards in return for just a few teensy favors, it’s a scam. Unless it’s me. I’d never lie to you, reader dearest.
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