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Barbarian Class LLC01 JMG00501 Barbarian Class By James Mishler & Jodi Moran-Mishler Published by James Mishler Games Sample file 1 LLC #1: BARBARIAN CLASS PUBLISHER: James Mishler AUTHORS: James Mishler and Jodi Moran-Mishler DESIGN & LAYOUT: James Mishler Find out more information about the Olden Lands™, the Chronicles of Mhoriedh™, and other products from James Mishler Games at http://jamesmishlergames.blogspot.com or e-mail us at jamesmishler@gmail.com LLC #1: Barbarian Class © 2014 James Mishler. All Rights Reserved. For more information on Labyrinth Lord™ and related products or to join the Labyrinth Lord Society, please contact Goblinoid Games on the web at www.goblinoidgames.com or email at troll@trolllord.com This book is published pursuant to a License from Goblinoid Games. Labyrinth Lord™ is Copyright © 2007-2014, Daniel Proctor. Labyrinth Lord™, Advanced Labyrinth Lord™, and Realms of Crawling Chaos™ are trademarks of Daniel Proctor. All Rights Reserved. These trademarks are used under the Labyrinth Lord Trademark License 1.2, available at www.goblinoidgames.com The body text of this product is in Souvenir; titles, logos, and section headings are in Baldur. Thanks to Patrick “Mad Irishman” Murphy of Mad Irishman Productions for the use of the Baldur font. For Baldur and other excellent fonts, plus a ton of great character sheets, go to www.mad-irishman.net Sample file 2 BARBARIAN CLASS A barbarian is a warrior who grew up amongst the Proficient Weapons: Barbarians can use any so-called “uncivilized” tribes and kingdoms, from weapon; however, as the typical range of weapons realms where men are free from the debilitating available to a barbarian in his tribal setting is limited, debaucheries of urban civilization. Life is harsh he has a penalty to hit with those weapons with among the barbarian tribes, even when they are at which he is not proficient. All barbarians are peace, and all men (and often, women) are required proficient with clubs, daggers, javelins, slings, to be warriors first and foremost. Barbarians are spears, and staffs. Each barbarian tribal type also masters of making the most of the least, having to has its own set of tribal weapons with which the survive whatever nature throws at them. barbarian stripling will have proficiency. Most barbarians are happy just to make do and live Each level after the 1st, a barbarian may become their lives quietly in their distant meadowlands, proficient in one new weapon; he must either fjords, or desert oases, but some few get the itch to choose one weapon that he successfully used during see the wider world and experience the legendary a previous level or take one week’s time to train in depravities of the “civilized” world first-hand… that, the new weapon of choice. The barbarian suffers a or to trod the jeweled thrones of the world under penalty of -2 to hit when he wields a weapon in their sandaled feet and build their own savage which he has not gained proficiency. kingdom! Battle Rage: A barbarian may go into a Battle Rage Prime Requisite: Barbarians do not have a Prime once per day at 1st level, twice per day at 3rd level, Requisite and do not gain experience points from three times per day at 6th level, four times per day high ability scores. at 9th level, five times per day at 12th level, and six th Minimum Ability Scores: [3d6, in order] Strength times per day at 15 level. Each Battle Rage lasts 12, Dexterity 12, Constitution 13, Intelligence 6, for five rounds plus one round per level. A and Charisma 6; [3d6, roll 1s over, or 4d6, pick barbarian can only go into a Battle Rage when best three, assign] Strength 15, Dexterity 15, wearing tribal armor or no armor. Constitution 16, Intelligence 6, and Charisma 6. While in a Battle Rage the barbarian gains a +2 Racial Level Limits: Only humans may take the bonus to hit with a single attack or may strike twice barbarian class, and are unlimited in advancement. per round with no penalty. The barbarian may [A generous Labyrinth Lord might consider allowing choose each round at his turn whether to take two dwarves, gnoles, goblin-men, half-elves, half-ogres, attacks or take the bonus to hit. The barbarian also and half-orcs to advance as barbarians up to 7th gains a -2 bonus to AC and a +2 bonus to save level; always ask your Labyrinth Lord first!] against mind-affecting spells (+4 against fear effects). If the barbarian has more than one use of Hit Dice: Barbarians use twelve-sided dice (d12) to Battle Rage left for the day, he may choose to determine hit points. Barbarians gain one hit die extend his current Battle Rage by using another use per level up to and including 9th level. Four hit of Battle Rage. points are gained per level after 9th, with Constitution modifiers no longer applicable. During his Battle Rage the barbarian can only use melee weapons or throwing weapons, and cannot Armor: Barbarians can wear any type of armor, but use missile weapons nor take any action that can only use certain barbarian abilities when requires patience or concentration. He may use a unarmored or wearing the following Tribal Armors shield. If dual-wielding, he applies the +2 bonus to usually include leather armor, studded leather hit only to one attack of his choice; if he chooses armor, scale mail, and chain mail, plus helmet and two attacks, the second attack is with the weapon shieldSample. of his choice (i.e., either filetwo primary or two Fight As: Fighters of hit dice equal to their level. secondary attacks). 3 The barbarian may leave his Battle Rage at will. wearing no armor or tribal armor and not otherwise When the barbarian exits his Battle Rage he is moderately or heavily encumbered. If he is immediately fatigued and suffers a -2 penalty to hit otherwise armored or moderately or heavily and damage, a +2 penalty to AC, and moves at encumbered, he moves at normal human speeds only half normal speed (no charging or running). with no bonuses. This weakness lasts for one turn (10 minutes) per Illiterate: Few barbarian tribes have their own runic round he was in his Battle Rage. Application of a alphabet or similar forms of writing, and among cure light wounds spell alleviates this weakness, but such tribes it is the barbarian shamans (clerics or heals no hit points. druids) who command the ability to read and write. Berserk Rage: All barbarians have the option to A barbarian begins play illiterate, even if his turn their Battle Rage into a full Berserker Rage. Intelligence score otherwise indicates that he can When Berserk the barbarian gets has a bonus of +2 read and write. A barbarian can learn to read later to hit and attacks twice per round at no penalty. He in life, through his journeys and adventures, as the also has a -4 bonus to AC, a +4 bonus to save judge adjudicates. against mind-affecting spells, and is immune to all Impressive Physique: A barbarian not wearing forms of fear. armor gets a -1 bonus to his Armor Class, with an A Berserk barbarian can ignore death itself, added bonus depending on his Charisma. With remaining standing and fighting even when reduced Charisma 13-15 the bonus would be a total of -2 to a number of negative hit points no greater than AC, at 16+17 a total bonus of -3 AC, and at 18 a his level; when further reduced, the barbarian still total bonus of -4 AC. The base bonus increases to - falls dead as normal. Note that from the moment 2 at 3rd, -3 at 6th, and -4 at 9th, -5 at 12th, and -6 the barbarian enters a Berserk Rage the Labyrinth at 15th. The barbarian can wear a helmet and carry Lord keeps track of the character’s hit points a shield (each of which provides a -1 bonus to AC) secretly; at no time is the barbarian player or any and still gain this bonus. other player allowed to know the current hit point The barbarian need not be naked to gain this total of the Berserk barbarian! bonus; he can still wear clothing, including a Unfortunately, the downside of going Berserk is that codpiece, loincloth, or thong; halter-top or bikini- unlike Battle Rage, one cannot simply end the top; leather weapon harness; furs; or a combination Berserk Rage at will, nor does it have a time limit. thereof. Studded leather or plate codpieces or The barbarian can try to shake off the Berserker girdled leather kilts, chain or scale mail loincloths, Rage once per round by make a saving throw and chain or scale halter-tops or bikini-tops can also versus Spells. Failure indicates he remains Berserk each provide a -1 bonus to AC if worn; these each and, if no enemies are within range of a charge, cost as much as a full suit due to the smaller size of must attack the nearest target, which might include the links or scales and the extra-fine work assembly. non-combatants or even allies! Outlander: Barbarians are considered by most When the Berserk Rage ends, if the barbarian is at civilized peoples to be stupid and brutish at best, negative hit points he must make a saving throw sub-human at worst. Thus, when dealing with any versus Death or die immediately. If he survives, he “civilized” peoples, the barbarian suffers a -4 has a number of rounds equal to his level to get penalty on all negotiations and social interactions.
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