Barbarian

Barbarians are brave, even reckless warriors, and their great strength and heartiness makes them well suited for adventure. Barbarians scornfully reject the fighter traditions of arms training and discipline, instead tapping into a powerful rage that makes them stronger, tougher, and better able to withstand attacks. They only have the energy for a few such displays per day, but it is usually sufficient. Constant exposure to danger also gives barbarians a sort of "sixth sense," a preternatural ability to sense danger and dodge attacks, and their running stamina is legendary.

Barbarians who strike beyond their homeland sometimes find that they go far indeed. Barbarians have no trouble with the dangers, the miles, and the wonders that traveling entails, and planar travel, while more grand, offers a barbarian a chance to refine his abilities.

Hit Die: d12

Proficiencies: Armor (Light, Medium), Shields, Weapons (Martial, Simple)

Skill Points: 4 + INT

Class Skills: Craft, Discipline, Heal, Intimidate, Knowledge (Engineering, Geography, Planes, Psionics, Religion) Listen, Lore, Parry, Profession (all but Bookkeeping, Sailor, Scribe), Ride, Taunt, Wilderness Lore

Level progression

Lvl	BAB	Saves			Feats	HP range		Damage reduction	reflex save bonus vs traps
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+1	+2	+0	+0	barbarian fast movement, barbarian rage (1x/day)	6-12		-	-
2nd	+2	+3	+0	+0	uncanny dodge I	12-24		-	-
3rd	+3	+3	+1	+1		18-36		-	-
4th	+4	+4	+1	+1	barbarian rage (2x/day)	24-48		-	-
5th	+5	+4	+1	+1	uncanny dodge II	30-60		-	+1
6th	+6/+1	+5	+2	+2		36-72		-	+1
7th	+7/+2	+5	+2	+2		42-84		-	+1
8th	+8/+3	+6	+2	+2	barbarian rage (3x/day)	48-96		-	+1
9th	+9/+4	+6	+3	+3		54-108		-	+1
10th	+10/+5	+7	+3	+3	uncanny dodge III	60-120		-	+2
11th	+11/+6/+1	+7	+3	+3	damage reduction I	66-132		1/-	+2
12th	+12/+7/+2	+8	+4	+4	barbarian rage (4x/day)	72-144		1/-	+2
13th	+13/+8/+3	+8	+4	+4	uncanny dodge IV	78-156		1/-	+3
14th	+14/+9/+4	+9	+4	+4	damage reduction II	84-168		2/-	+3
15th	+15/+10/+5	+9	+5	+5	greater rage (4x/day)	90-180		2/-	+3
16th	+16/+11/+6/+1	+10	+5	+5	greater rage (5x/day), uncanny dodge V	96-192		2/-	+4
17th	+17/+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+5	damage reduction III	102-204		3/-	+4
18th	+18/+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+6		108-216		3/-	+4
19th	+19/+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+6	uncanny dodge VI	114-228		3/-	+5
20th	+20/+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+6	damage reduction IV, greater rage (6x/day)	120-240		4/-	+5

Epic barbarian

The epic barbarian is a furious warrior who can cut his opponents to ribbons with awe-inspiring ease. He is the very incarnation of rage.

Hit die: d12

Skill points: 4 + int modifier

Bonus feats: The epic barbarian gains a bonus feat every four levels after 20th. In other words, at levels 24, 28, 32, 36, and 40.

Epic bonus feats: armor skin, devastating critical, epic damage reduction, epic prowess, epic toughness, epic weapon focus, mighty rage, overwhelming critical, superior initiative, terrifying rage, thundering rage

Unavailable epic feats: automatic quicken spell, automatic silent spell, automatic still spell, bane of enemies, construct shape, dragon shape, epic spell penetration, epic spell: dragon knight, epic spell: epic mage armor, epic spell: epic warding, epic spell: greater ruin, epic spell: hellball, epic spell: mummy dust, epic weapon specialization, great smiting, improved ki strike 4, improved ki strike 5, improved sneak attack, improved spell resistance, improved stunning fist, lasting inspiration, outsider shape, planar turning, undead shape
These general epic feats cannot be selected when taking a level of barbarian.

Epic barbarian level progression

Lvl	Feats	HP range		Damage reduction	reflex save bonus vs traps
21st		126-252		4/-	+5
22nd		132-264		4/-	+6
23rd	epic barbarian damage reduction	138-276		5/-	+6
24th	bonus feat	144-288		5/-	+6
25th		150-300		5/-	+7
26th	epic barbarian damage reduction II	156-312		6/-	+7
27th		162-324		6/-	+7
28th	bonus feat	168-336		6/-	+8
29th	epic barbarian damage reduction III	174-348		7/-	+8
30th		180-360		7/-	+8
31st		186-372		7/-	+9
32nd	bonus feat, epic barbarian damage reduction IV	192-384		8/-	+9
33rd		198-396		8/-	+9
34th		204-408		8/-	+10
35th	epic barbarian damage reduction V	210-420		9/-	+10
36th	bonus feat	216-432		9/-	+10
37th		222-444		9/-	+11
38th	epic barbarian damage reduction VI	228-456		10/-	+11
39th		234-468		10/-	+11
40th	bonus feat	240-480		10/-	+12

Prestige class tips

• Barbarians make powerful blackguards and weapon masters.
• The Red Dragon Disciple class adds constitution and strength, increasing the attack bonus, damage inflicted, hit points, and rage duration.
• The Pale Master class adds survivability to the barbarian class, augmenting the utility of the barbarian's high hit points by increasing armor class and providing immunity to critical hits.

Notes

• While barbarians do not receive armor proficiency (heavy), they do not lose any abilities or receive any penalties if they do take the feat and wear heavy armor.
• Mighty rage and greater rage stack, usually capping the magic bonus to constitution and strength without any items.
• Terrifying rage can be taken as soon as the barbarian acquires greater rage (level 15). Only the base intimidate requirement needs to be met to qualify -- being an epic barbarian is not required.
• Barbarian fast movement does not stack with monk speed.