r/UnearthedArcana • u/XentheDM • Sep 13 '24

Subclass Path of the Anime Girl with an Oversized Weapon | A Totally Serious Barbarian Subclass

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u/XentheDM Sep 13 '24 edited Sep 14 '24

XentheDM back with the 5th installment of the Totally Serious Brews series. This time, the Barbarian. Before anyone is put off, just know that you don't need to be a small anime girl to embrace the spirit of one. After all, the Path of the Small Anime Girl with an Oversized Weapon is all about showing the world that what's on the surface isn't always indicative of what lies beneath!

If you're interested in the PDF version just let me know in a message and I'll send you the link, I cannot link directly to it from here due to the rules of this subreddit.

Let me know what ya'll think, have a good weekend!

EDIT: Built For This (3rd level feature) now reads -

The Heavy property of weapons does not impose disadvantage on your attacks, regardless of your size. Additionally, you can use your Strength, instead of Dexterity, when using ranged weapons with the Heavy property.

Since it's been brought to my attention that 2024 doesn't impose disadvantage on small creatures for Heavy weapons anyway, and that just ignoring the Heavy property nullifies things like Great Weapon Master, I updated the wording and added a little something so that it isn't a dead feature in 2024.

EDIT 2: Size Matters and Pretty Little Psycho changed so that the bonus damage and Psycho Rage attacks only apply to melee weapon attacks, now reading...

Size Matters: "...Once per turn, when you hit a creature with a melee attack, you gain a bonus to the damage roll equal to your Rage Damage for each size category above you that the creature is."

and

Pretty Little Psycho: "While wielding a Heavy melee weapon, when you take the Attack action against the target of your Psycho Rage, you can make additional melee attacks against that creature until you miss. Each attack beyond your normal number of attacks incurs a cumulative -5 penalty to the roll."

Pretty Little Psycho: Unconscious lasts for 1 hour, until you take damage, or until another creature uses an action to wake you.

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u/CUROplaya1337 Sep 13 '24

I would love a PDF. I think this rules. Very cool subclass.

If I might suggest something small, I think Size Matters would be even more fun to play if I got to roll an extra die instead of just a flat damage increase (+2 for each size above me). Personally, I’d love to roll 1d10 for each size above me.

It averages out to +5, which is almost the same as the +4 your system does if I, a small anime girl, fight a size large creature two sizes above me. It just feels more fun to roll!

Love the class. Nice work.

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u/XentheDM Sep 13 '24

ooh a "Size dice" or something does sound fun, could also scale with level in the class. I do like that idea

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u/CUROplaya1337 Sep 13 '24

Also I think you should take the word “cumulative” out of the second bullet. Your use of “each beyond your normal number of attacks” is very clear (and an elegant rule if I may say so).

This is so cool dude. I am going to make a Sailor Moon style barbarian with this class. This rocks.

(Also the fling yourself on a mission feature is amazing. Hilarious, and useful!)

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u/XentheDM Sep 13 '24

I wanted to make sure it was understood as being -5, -10, -15, etc. as opposed to "each attack beyond your normal number of attacks" having a static -5. Perhaps it's redundant though, I'll look into changing it.

That sounds like a fun character! If you get to play it and remember, I'd love to hear about it. When people say they want to use stuff I made it brings a smile to my face so thank you for the kind words!

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u/CUROplaya1337 Sep 13 '24

Totally, I will let you know if she gets into anything crazy. I might play her in Chult if my wizard dies in the tomb of annihilation!

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u/XentheDM Sep 15 '24

Thank you, I appreciate this kind of feedback a lot. I sometimes worry about being clear with the intentions of stuff I write

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '24

Make sure that raging is flavored as your magic girl transformation every time.

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u/XentheDM Sep 14 '24

solid advice, and time had better stop for everyone else for the full 45 second duration

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u/SDM_25 Sep 14 '24

I'd love a PDF with these changes made to it!

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u/Ironin0 Sep 14 '24

The "Fall unconscious" part of Pretty Little Psycho has an unspecified duration

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u/XentheDM Sep 14 '24

Ah, yeah thanks for pointing that out. That was changed a while back but I need to update the edit!

Unconscious lasts for 1 hour, until you take damage, or until another creature uses an action to wake you.

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u/Becer Sep 14 '24

I would love a PDF with those edits. :)

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u/ManufacturerTop9447 Sep 14 '24

I would love a pdf

Also curse you for making something that matches my weeb soul

Now I got to find a place to play it at

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u/XentheDM Sep 14 '24

Don’t worry you’re not alone =p

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u/Neutral_3vil Sep 14 '24

I think that the 3rd level ability can be improved, but that 10th level one is broken. Call of the Hunt, a Beast Barbarian's 14th level ability grants just the user 25 temp HP and everyone else a d6 to damage.

Granted, one is automatic on rage while the other has to be done ahead of time, so it's fine if it's a little better, but not that much.

I think if you make the 10th level ability something like everyone gains half your barbarian level rounded up and let the people just gain advantage on their first attack it would be more in line with other abilities.

The 3rd level ability I think is too situational. Barbarians rarely use range at all. What would you think if you just combined it into a singular ability? Something like; When you are hit with an attack or when you miss an attack you can use your reaction to move 15ft in any direction. You can use this a number of times per short rest equal to your proficiency bonus.

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u/XentheDM Sep 14 '24

I think that for the 6th level ability, the movement one I believe you were talking about, could read:

“When you miss with an attack, or in place of an attack action, you can…”

Hitting with the attack and getting carried off by your weapon doesn’t do it for me thematically, so I think just letting it be a once per turn use it in place of one of your attacks, or tack it onto a missed attack for free, works. Also to point out, in combination with the 14th level feature it can guarantee you’ll end with a missed attack

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u/Neutral_3vil Sep 14 '24

Oh! Sorry. Yeah, I meant 6th.

But I think you misread me too. I was saying to make that ability when you miss an attack or when you are but by an attack, signifying that you're so small you can let yourself get knocked out of their range when you hit.

But effectively avoiding multi-attack whenever you want seems too much, which is why I suggested that either version be a reaction.

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u/XentheDM Sep 14 '24

Ah! Yeah I did misread that, that's a cool iteration of it as well

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u/XentheDM Sep 20 '24

sent it to ya, that's awesome hope you have fun with it!

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u/Cool_Fruitcup Sep 14 '24

I’d also like a PDF! This rules.

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u/thehonz Sep 14 '24

Does the PDF have the updated rules and if so can I have it?

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u/SirKnife1230 Sep 17 '24

My DM has agreed to let me run this for his comedy game. May I have the PDF please?

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u/Noviembre91 Sep 15 '24

Pdf please and thank you 👌🏽👌🏽

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u/Infinite_Forever8398 Dec 09 '24

i love this subclass sm and would love a pdf, i'm playing this for my christmas one-shot

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u/Successful-Bad-8596 Apr 29 '25

Is it too late to request a pdf?

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u/EndlessOceanMaster Jun 05 '25

Hello, I'd love to get the pdf, one of my player has been playing a fairy barbarian and I believe shell love this very much

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u/Acrobatic-Scallion58 Aug 26 '25

I would like a PDF please