Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

Chapter 4: Classes

HE TWELVE CLASSES PRESENTED IN THE

Player's Handbook are all found in the For-

gotten Realms. The material in this chap-

ter describes the place of those classes in

Faerun, particularly on the Sword Coast

and in the North. The chapter also in-

cludes new class-feature options for most

of the classes, as well as some new spells.

Barbarians

CLOSEST TO THE DARK ELVES, PwENT LOWERED HIS

head, with its long helmet spike, and impaled one elf

through the chest, blasting through the fme mesh of draw

armor easily and brutally. The second draw managed to

deflect the next battlerager's charge, turning the helmet

spike aside with both his swords. But a mailed fist, the

knuckles devilishly spiked with barbed points, caught the

draw under the chin and tore a gaping hole in his throat.

Fighting.for breath, the draw managed to score two nasty

hits on his opponent's back, but those two strikes did little in

the face of the flurry launched by the wild-eyed dwarf.

-R.A. Salvatore, Siege of Darkness

Many of the lands of the Sword Coast and the North are

savage, where day-to-day survival is a struggle. Such

lands breed hardy tribes and fierce warriors, such as the

Reghed and Uthgardt barbarians of the North and the

seafaring Northlanders of the Moonshae Isles and the

northernmost reaches of the Sword Coast.

Barbarians of these lands are most often humans or

half-ores, occasionally half-elves born of contact be-

tween savage human tribes and the elves of the North

or Western Heartlands, or tieflings from tribes known

to consort with fiends. Dwarf barbarians are famed and

feared warriors among the fiercely proud clans that have

reclaimed territories like Mithril Hall and Gautlgrym.

Barbarians of most other races hail from warmer south-

ern lands, rather than the Savage North, although south-

ern foundlings are sometimes adopted in the North and

raised by tribes there.

Primal Paths

Barbarians in the Forgotten Realms have the following
Primal Path options, in addition to those in the Player's
Handbook. Reghed and North lander barbarians tend
to follow the Path of the Berserker, while Uthgardt bar-
barians are nearly always followers of the Path of the
Totem Warrior.

PATH OF THE BATTLERAGER

Known as Kuldjargh (literally "axe idiot") in Dwarvish,

battleragers are dwarf followers of the gods of war and

take the Path of the Battlerager. They specialize in

wearing bulky, spiked armor and throwing themselves

into combat, striking with their body itself and giving

themselves over to the fury of battle.

RESTRICTION: DWARVES ONLY

Only dwarves can follow the Path of the Battlerager.

The battlerager fills a particular niche in dwarven soci-

ety and culture.

Your DM can lift this restriction to better suit the cam-

paign. The restriction exists for the Forgotten Realms.

It might not apply to your DM's setting or your DM's ver-

sion of the Realms.

BATTLERAGER ARMOR

When you choose this path at 3rd level, you gain the

ability to use spiked armor (see the "Spiked Armor"

sidebar) as a weapon.

While you are wearing spiked armor and are raging,

you can use a bonus action to make one melee weapon

attack with your armor spikes against a target within 5

feet of you. If the attack hits, the spikes deal ld4 pierc-

ing damage. You use your Strength modifier for the

attack and damage rolls.

Additionally, when you use the Attack action to grap-

ple a creature, the target takes 3 piercing damage if your

grapple check succeeds.

RECKLESS ABANDON

Beginning at 6th level, when you use Reckless Attack

while raging, you also gain temporary hit points equal to

your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1). They vanish

if any of them are left when your rage ends.

BATTLERAGER CHARGE

Beginning at 10th level, you can take the Dash action as

a bonus action while you are raging.

SPIKED RETRIBUTION

Starting at 14th level, when a creature within 5 feet of

you hits you with a melee attack, the attacker takes 3

piercing damage if you are raging, aren't incapacitated,

and are wearing spiked armor.

PATH OF THE TOTEM WARRIOR

If you follow the Path of the Totem Warrior from the

Player's Handbook, you have access to the options pre-

sented here.

TOTEM SPIRIT

These options are available to you when you choose a

totem animal at 3rd level.

Spiked Armor

Spiked armor is a rare type of medium armor made by

dwarves. It consists of a leather coat and leggings covered

with spikes that are usually made of metal.

Cost: 75 gp

AC: 14 + Dexterity modifier (max 2)

Stealth: Disadvantage

Weight: 45 lb.