Path of Arcane Fury

If the Weave of magic is a grand, delicate fabric, wizards are meticulous tailors following a precise pattern, and sorcerers are natural seamstresses shaping the threads by instinct. Barbarians who walk the Path of Arcane Fury, however, don't sew. Their souls are tightly wound balls of chaotic arcane yarn, and when they rage, those threads violently snap and unravel.

These warriors have been permanently altered by extreme exposure to raw magical phenomena. The arcane fabric of the multiverse hasn't just touched them—it has been clumsily and tightly knotted directly into their mortal flesh.

For these barbarians, entering a rage is not merely an expression of primal anger; it is the violent unraveling of that magic. When they let slip their fury, they become living, breathing conduits of volatile energy. Their rage frays the boundaries of reality, causing chaotic surges of elemental and mystic power to erupt around them in unpredictable bursts.

Warriors of this path are feared for their sheer, overwhelming presence on the battlefield. They act as flesh-and-blood arcane batteries, capable of weaponizing magical backlash or channeling their tangled reserves into their allies to bolster their spells. They are storms of furious magic, proving that the arcane arts do not always require a needle and thread—sometimes, you just have to rip the fabric apart.

Lingering Magic

Your connection to the mystic forces grants you a heightened sense of magical energies. You can cast the detect magic spell innately, without expending a spell slot or requiring spellcasting components. For this spell, your spellcasting ability is Constitution, reflecting your deep bond with the arcane. When you detect magic, your body emits a faint glow in a color that corresponds to the detected school of magic, the hues of which you can choose. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. All expended uses are regained after you finish a long rest.

Wild Surge

The magical energy roiling inside you sometimes erupts from you. When you enter your rage, roll on the Wild Surge table to determine the magical effect produced.

If the effect requires a saving throw, the DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier.

Wild Surge

Bolstering Reserves

You can channel the magic surging inside you into other creatures. You have a pool of magical energy that replenishes when you finish a long rest. The maximum amount of energy in the pool is equal to your proficiency bonus. As an action, you can touch one creature (which can be yourself) and confer one of the following benefits of your choice to that creature:

• You can expend energy from the pool to restore one of the creature's expended spell slots, expending an amount of energy equal to the slot level. You cannot restore a spell slot of 6th level or higher, and a creature can only have a single spell slot restored to it this way once per long rest.
• The creature instead gains temporary hit points equal to five times the amount of energy expended, up to a maximum of 25 temporary hit points.

Chaotic Backlash

The magic crackling within your soul lashes out in times of danger. As a reaction when a creature within 60 feet of you forces you to make a saving throw while you are raging, you can roll on the Arcane Backlash table to determine an elemental type and deal 3d6 damage of that type to the creature.

Arcane Backlash

Controlled Chaos

Whenever you roll on the Wild Surge table, you can roll the die twice and choose which of the two effects to unleash. If you roll the same number on both dice, you can ignore the number and choose any effect on the table.

Additionally, while you are raging, you become a wellspring of wild magic. You can use a bonus action to trigger a Wild Surge and roll on the Wild Surge table. You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.