Path of Violence

While all Barbarians channel intense emotion in their rages, there are a few that go beyond to revel in the pain and blood of combat. These Barbarians constantly are attempting the riskiest and most life-threatening maneuvers, pushing their body to their limits to find ways to surpass them. They are terrors of the battlefield, covered in blood and reducing their enemies to piles of viscera.

Obtain Wound

3rd-level Path of Violence feature

You turn the violence inflicted upon you into a resource to be used later. Starting at 3rd level when you are raging and take damage equal or greater than your proficiency modifier you may gain a Wound. Wounds may be spent to fuel your various abilities. You may only have a maximum number of wounds equal to your constitution modifier. The number of wounds you have resets to 0 after a short or long rest.

When you damage a creature with a melee weapon attack, you may expend wounds. For each wound expended, your attack deals an additional 1d6 damage.

Blood Hound

3rd-level Path of Violence feature

As an action, the Barbarian can open their senses to the tell tale signs of violence. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any creature not at full hitpoints within 60 feet of you that isn’t behind total cover. 

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Bloody Conquest

6th-level Path of Violence feature

You gain more footing on the battlefield and channel your rage in new ways giving additional options for your Wounds.

• You may use your bonus action to expend a wound to perform the dash
• When a creature targets an ally within 5 feet of you with an attack, you may use your reaction and spend a wound to have  the attack target you instead
• When unconscious you may expend a wound to add a +5 to your death saving throw.

Sense Weakness

10th-level Path of Violence feature

Your ability to track those who are approaching death becomes unmatched and your ability to take advantage of it more so. When you target a creature at less than 50% of their total hit points (rounded down), you have advantage on all attack rolls against that creature. If using your reckless attack barbarian feature when you attack the target you can reroll one of the dice once.

Masochism Tango

14th-level Path of Violence feature

You have become a master of your pain. When you start your turn at less than 50% of your max HP (rounded down), you gain one wound. In addition the additional damage dealt when you expend wounds increases to d8s.