Barbarian Path
Path of the Misty Stepper
Barbarians who follow the Path of the Misty Stepper just really f'n love misty step. What's it to you?
Path of the Misty Stepper Features
| Barbarian Level | Feature |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Mystic Steps, Misty Rage |
| 6th | Emergency Teleport |
| 10th | Misty Cameraderie |
| 14th | Warrior of the Mist |
Mystic Steps
Anytime you cast misty step through one of your subclass features, your spellcasting modifier for it is Constitution.
Misty Rage
When you adopt this path at 3rd level, your rage gives you the ability to move unconstrained around the battlefield. When you activate your rage and as a bonus action on any of your subsequent turns while you are raging, you can cast misty step. If you hit a creature with an attack for the first time immediately after teleporting next to it, your attack deals 1d10 bonus force damage.
You can cast misty step in this way a number of times equal to your rage uses plus your Constitution modifier. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Emergency Teleport
At 6th level, you can fall back on your favorite spell instinctively when threatened. As a reaction before you would drop to 0 hit points, you can cast misty step. If you do so, roll a d10. On a roll of 1-5, you dodge the triggering damage entirely and reduce it to 0.
Misty Camaraderie
At 10th level, your marvelous teleportation extends to your allies. When you could cast misty step through your Misty Rage feature, you can instead empower an ally to do the same. It still consumes a use of your feature, and is cast using your spellcasting modifier.
Warrior of the Mist
At 14th level, your penchant for short-distance teleportation reaches its peak. The bonus damage of your Misty Rage feature increases to 2d10, and anytime you reduce a hostile creature to 0 hit points, you regain one use of the feature.
Path of the Misty Stepper quirks
The following are some optional quirks for a player of this path to choose from.
| d6 | Quirk |
|---|---|
| 1 | You're pretty sure you were some sort of elf in a past life. |
| 2 | You like your food steaming-hot. |
| 3 | You prefer to sleep outside on foggy nights. |
| 4 | If someone invented some sort of fog machine, you would absolutely carry one with you everywhere. |
| 5 | You have nightmares about not being able to teleport. |
| 6 | Your runner-up path was Coastal Wizardry. |
Change Log
v0.2
- Change Misty Rage damage type to force
v0.1
- Rough Draft
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