Path of the Augmented

Barbarians who follow the Path of the Augmented blend primal rage with technological enhancement, replacing traditional fury with mechanically amplified strength. These warriors have integrated steam-powered mechanisms, hydraulic muscles, and reinforced frames into their bodies, allowing them to push beyond normal physical limitations. Some Augmented seek these modifications willingly to overcome natural weaknesses, while others receive them through experimental procedures they didn’t consent to. Regardless of origin, these warriors must learn to balance the immense power of their mechanical components with the strain they place on their remaining organic systems.

Mechanized Enhancement

Your body has been partially replaced with mechanical components. You gain the following benefits:

• You have advantage on saving throws against disease and poison.
• You no longer need to sleep, but you do need 4 hours of inactivity during which you remain conscious to gain the benefits of a long rest.
• You can use tools that you’re proficient with as if they were integrated into your body, allowing you to use them even when your hands are full.

Overclock

You can activate your mechanical enhancements to enter an overclocked state. This replaces your Rage feature.

As a bonus action, you can enter an Overclock state for 1 minute.

While overclocked, you gain the following benefits:

• You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
• When you make a Strength-based melee weapon attack, you gain a bonus to the damage roll equal to your Constitution modifier.
• You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
• Your movement speed increases by 10 feet.
• Small gears and pistons visibly move beneath your skin, and your eyes glow with a faint mechanical light.

If you are able to cast spells, you can’t cast them or concentrate on them while overclocked.

Your Overclock ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven’t attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then.

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

Hydraulic Assault

Your mechanical augmentations include hydraulic systems that enhance your striking power. While you are overclocked, you can use a bonus action to make an additional melee weapon attack.

Additionally, when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack while overclocked, the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier) or be pushed up to 10 feet away from you and knocked prone.

Reinforced Frame

Your skeletal structure has been reinforced with metal components and impact-absorbing mechanisms. You gain the following benefits:

• You gain proficiency in Dexterity saving throws.
• While overclocked, you can use a reaction when you take damage to reduce that damage by an amount equal to your Constitution modifier + half your barbarian level (rounded down).
• Your carrying capacity (including maximum lift and drag) is doubled, and you count as one size larger when determining what you can carry.

Pressure Release

You can release superheated steam from vents integrated into your mechanical components. While overclocked, as an action, you can release a burst of pressurized steam in a 10- foot radius circle, with center in yourself. Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier).

A creature takes 4d8 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Creatures that fail their saving throw are also pushed 10 feet away from you and have disadvantage on attack rolls until the start of your next turn as scalding steam obscures their vision.

After using this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.