Martial Bloodrager


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Good Morning ALLCON,

Please advise me on a non-spellcasting, martial archetype for the Bloodrager. The bloodline powers & flavor interest me greatly, but I would like martial ability instead of spellcasting levels. My goal is to allow more martial style & flavor, contrasting Bloodlines' savage potential. Please help me balance this?

Ideas kicked around were replacing Spellcaster levels with: 1 / X Level (Fighter) Bonus Feats, (some) Fighter style progression (Two-Handed, Freehand, etc.) as per the Advanced Player's Handbook's class options for Fighter. But how much of one such progression would be equal to the forfeited spellcasting?

The exemplar character I have in mind would be soldierly, steadily fighting to control her Rage through martial discipline. Martial artistry would be her way of focusing her (Draconic) bloodline's destructive tendencies.

If a class(es) has already been done to simulate this, that would be welcome to know too! The concept of playing a usually calm, collected 'good soldier' whose martial self-discipline is to keep that power in check (Ex: Ryu, Street Fighter ALL) could prove fun!

R/S


There is one archetype already. It gives up spellcasting for spell resistance while bloodraging of 8+bloodrager level. At levels it gains a new spell level increase the SR by one more. At 16 the SR is always on and not only when bloodraging.


haruhiko88 wrote:
There is one archetype already. It gives up spellcasting for spell resistance while bloodraging of 8+bloodrager level. At levels it gains a new spell level increase the SR by one more. At 16 the SR is always on and not only when bloodraging.

Right, but how could I balance replacing the SR benefit with some Martial/Combat feats? How many/often?


Nathaniel Walker wrote:
haruhiko88 wrote:
There is one archetype already. It gives up spellcasting for spell resistance while bloodraging of 8+bloodrager level. At levels it gains a new spell level increase the SR by one more. At 16 the SR is always on and not only when bloodraging.
Right, but how could I balance replacing the SR benefit with some Martial/Combat feats? How many/often?

just make a barbarian that gets more rage powers.

Theres now rules for weaker bloodline abilities you can take as rage powers.

Use two rage powers to get one normal bloodrager bloodline power/ability.


Awesome! Which book or post has this? Will take a look!


Nathaniel Walker wrote:
Awesome! Which book or post has this? Will take a look!

Look in the Barbarian section of the Advanced Class Guide. All the Bloodline Rage Powers are there.


The Barb bloodline powers aren't terribly great, unfortunately. Well, except for the Greater Elemental Blood feat. Now you can fly and pounce in the same build. That's pretty good.


There is one bloodrager archetype that can burn spell slots for self healing. That, too would be a good way for a non casting bloodrager.

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