Path of the Brawler

Not all pugilists and practitioners of unarmed combat focus on the disciplined life of martial studies.  Some brutes just like throw down, entranced by a bloody rage revels in the carnage of hand-to-hand combat.  Whether a student of the "sweet science" or just a barroom amateur that enjoys a good ruckus, you chose the Path of a Brawler because you like getting your hands dirty while trading blows with the other guy.  It allows you to release the beast within while testing your limits.  And the occasional extra income helps with getting your teeth and fingers straightened.

Unarmed and Unarmored

When you choose this path at 3rd level and are raging, you gain the following benefits while you are unarmed and you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a shield:

• You gain a bonus to your AC equal to your Strength modifier.
• You gain proficiency in unarmed strikes, adding your proficiency and Strength modifiers to both attack and damage rolls when not using a weapon.
• You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strike. This die changes as you gain in barbarian levels; becoming a d6 at level 7, a d8 at level 11, and a d10 at level 16.

 

Unarmed

When raging, you gain proficiency in unarmed strikes which allows you to add your proficiency and Strength modifiers to both attack and damage rolls when not using a weapon.

Unarmored

When raging and unarmored, you gain a bonus to your AC equal to your Strength modifier.

Keep Your Guard Up!

Beginning at 6th level, when you are raging, you can use your bonus action to Dodge.

Keep Your Guard Up!

When raging, you can use your bonus action to Dodge.

Imposing Presence

Beginning at 10th level, if you hit a creature with two or more attacks, you can use your reaction to Intimidate them while you are raging.  The target must make a contested Wisdom saving throw against your Intimidation check, or become Frightened of you for 1 minute.

Relentless Pummeling

Starting at 14th level, when you are raging and use your Extra Attack feature, you make four unarmed attacks instead of two.