Base Class: Barbarian
Jedeth barreled down the tree-strewn hillside, the furious woman giving chase despite his best efforts. Though he dared not take the time to look back, he knew the pursuit continued from the crashing and snapping of bark and branches from behind. What had surprised him initially was how monstrously huge she was. Jedeth had stumbled upon her in a clearing, and even then she had been well over 6 feet tall. Astoundingly, as she grew more inexplicably angry at him, and began the hounding he was now occupied with, she seemed to grow moment by moment. The one time he had chanced a glance backward, she must have been at least 20 feet tall. He thought at first he had tripped, which was completely understandable as he ran down rough hillside dodging scrubs and trees in headlong flight. Then, as the ground fell out from beneath him, he noticed the pressure on his flanks. She must have picked him up, much like he would a pup in the town square. Quickly his situation evolved into being squeezed tight in a mammoth fist, his chest barely able to draw air. He tried to plead, tried to whimper or fight, but the grip was like iron and he knew he could not escape. She glared at him, fury seeping from every pore. No, not glaring, she was studying him, sizing him up. Oh gods, he had seen that look before. She was eyeing him as he would a side of beef fresh cut from the hearth roast. Jedeth barely had time to fail at a scream, before she shoved him down her gullet. He felt her teeth scrape against his skin, followed by the moist inside of her throat squeezing him, more gently than her fist had done but more than strong enough to ensure he could not escape. The last of the day’s light left him as her mouth closed behind him, leaving him struggling in darkness. Though it took awhile for her digestion to do its duty, eventually the wiggling inside her halted. As the lethargy of a satisfying meal washed over her, she shrank back down to normal size. Once more she roamed the woods, now in search of a place to sleep the peaceful rest of the satiated.
Growing Rage
You may choose to grow in size when you rage. When you do so, you gain the effects of the Enlarge portion of the Enlarge/ Reduce spell. These effects last for the duration of your rage.
Trampling Stride
You can move through the space of any creature that is of a smaller size than yours. As an action, you may move up to your speed and may move through the space of creatures who are at least one size smaller than you. After completing this movement, you may have all creatures whose space you moved through make a Strength saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes 4d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage and it is knocked prone. On a success, they take half damage and are not knocked prone. The DC for the saving throw is equal to 8 + your Strength modifier + your proficiency bonus. Creatures that are already prone when you move through their space automatically fail the saving throw.
Microvore
As an action, you may attempt to swallow a grappled creature that is medium size or smaller, and at least 2 sizes smaller than you. When you do so, the creature must make a Dexterity saving throw against a DC of 8 + your Strength modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failure they are swallowed. A swallowed creature is blinded and restrained, has total cover against attacks and other effects outside of you, and must make a Constitution saving throw at the beginning of its turns. If the creature fails the saving throw it takes 5d6 acid damage, or half as much damage if it succeeds. The DC for this saving throw is equal to 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency. If you take 10 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside you, at the end of that creature’s turn you must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against a DC of 15 or half the damage taken this turn, whichever is higher. On a failure, you regurgitate the creature, which falls prone in a space within 10 feet of you of their choosing. If you fall unconscious or die, the swallowed creature is no longer restrained and may escape from within you by using 20 feet of movement, exiting prone. You may release a swallowed creature by regurgitating it as an action. You may only have one creature swallowed at a time. If your size shrinks while you have a creature swallowed you automatically regurgitate the creature to an unoccupied space adjacent to you.
Enormous Physique
You have learned to expand to the physical limits of your body. When you rage, you may choose to grow to your maximum size rather than use the effects of Growing Rage. For the duration of your rage, you gain the following effects:
- Your size increases to Huge. Your weight becomes 1,000 pounds.
- You get a +4 bonus to your Strength ability score. This bonus may not cause your Strength score to exceed 24.
- Add 5 feet to your melee range.
- You deal 2d8 bonus bludgeoning damage when you hit with an attack.
- You become immune to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical sources.
- You make Dexterity saving throws with disadvantage.
- Your speed is reduced by 5 feet.
- If the space you occupy when you use this feature cannot accommodate this new size, you may not use this feature when you rage.
You may use this feature once per long rest.
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