Homebrew Wasteland Barbarians (Natural Lycanthropes) Species Details

 People: People of the Wastelands have varying skin tones and hair color. The people are tall, 6”-7”, strong and sturdy. They live in the furs of the animals with minimal cotton or hemp clothing often stolen off the dead Norse who raid them or cotton and silk from the Dragon villages they raid from. More often than not, they stay in their animal form, and wonder the wastelands, hunting to survive. Those who remain in Human form are often herders. 

 Culture: The Wasteland Barbarians have a clan-based organization. Women hold multiple husbands and sometimes men hold multiple wives. There are many internal conflicts between the various tribes and frequent battles over grazing land. Women are considered equal in the society and are revered as mothers and the creators of life. They have shaman’s who act as their healers and mediators in times of conflict. To kill a shaman is to invite death, therefore, no matter what clan a shaman is from, they are always welcome and treated with respect between all of the clans. Shaman’s can be men or women but are more often women as women are thought to be the source of spiritual power.

Wastelands: The Wastelands are called such because the border is nothing but dried and cracked land. Nothing grows due to the countless battles that have soaked the ground with immortal blood. A massive river once passed through the borderlands from the Dragon Mountains but has since been blocked off from the Dragon’s end, and the water hasn’t flowed since the last good Empress’ reign. Further into the Wastelands, however, the lands open up to safari like plains. The land is not good for farming but abundant enough for heard animals and wild plants to thrive.

Allies: The Wasteland barbarian and the people of the Fire mountain have a good and respectful relationship. They have a great trade network, trading furs and meat for weapons and armor. Both cultures have similar views in terms of women and often marry into one another’s cultures willingly.

The barbarians also get along well with the Greenwood Elves as both sides have a deep respect and love for nature. They get together once a year at the Great Tree to honor their ancestors and thank the land for its bounty. This is the one time of year that the Dragons will allow Barbarians to pass through their lands.

 Rivals: The people of the Wastelands and the Dragons do not get along at all. The Dragons think the Wasteland people to be barbaric and untrustworthy. While the Wasteland people think the Dragons to be arrogant and lazy, taking things from others instead of working for it themselves. The Dragons block off water supplies from the mountains to the Wastelands to serve their own purposes and take the Wasteland tribe’s treasures. The Wasteland people, contrariwise, send raiders into the lower mountain towns to take supplies and kill the Dragons to use their skins and parts for decoration and medicinal purposes.

The Norse and the Wasteland Barbarians do not get along as well. This is greatly due to the fact that the Norse often Raid the coasts of the Wastelands and often kidnap their women who are a vital aspect of Barbarian culture.

The Ice Elves have a long-standing hatred for the Wasteland peoples. This is due to differences in ideology. The Ice elves consider the Wasteland peoples to be Barbaric and despise their uncivilized way of dealing with their internal affairs. The Wasteland people consider the Ice elves haughty, docile and weak. 

Wasteland Barbarians (Natural Lycanthropes) Traits

Lycanthrope

Strength Through Trials

Barbarians are blessed with strength and stamina, receiving a +2 to Strength and Constitution. With no centralized government or education, they also receive a -2 to Intelligent. Wasteland Barbarians are also immune to Poison but vulnerable to Acid. 

Natural Shifter

Barbarians are born Lycanthropes, and their natural form is that of an animal.

Barbarians are granted two alternate forms: human form, and hybrid form. Stats of their animal form and hybrid form vary according to the animal they are. (Let me know your animal of choice and I will as a subrace for it.)

Barbarians have proficiency in perception in any form due to their nature, and their trials in the Wastelands gives them proficiency in survival.

Nature's Ally

Barbarians are allies to the natural world and, as such, are granted Animal Friendship, but so are they the defenders of nature and, like the hidden dangers of the natural world, they have access to the Poison Spray spell. 

Alternate Form

Here are your choices for which animal your can play. I am making the animals according to what people tell me they are playing. If you want a specific animal, please DM me in discord, and I will make it for you.