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Would being an Invulnerable Rager be against the rules?

How about instead of getting the bonus rage hp, the barbarian gets extra damage reduction? How much damage reduction do you think would be a fair trade? It also seems to accurately represent what a real rage might act like.

Ok, I get it.

I can see the benefit of having raging vitality, but is it useful without a healer? Would renewed vigor be enough to help with this?

Second, you have the right of it in a general sense. Upon hitting -1 HP in Rage, you drop out of Rage and lose all your "Rage HP".

Your mistake is believing you would end up at -5.

You'd be at -21. Dead as a doornail with 18 Con. Rage HP is not temporary HP, it is an actual addition to your HP total. There is no distinction between "Rage HP" and your normal HP.

I think I didn't write it clearly. If I have a total hp of 80. 60 of that is normal hp and 20 is the bonus rage hp. What happens if I go out of rage after I lose 65 hp?

I feel really stupid. Sorry for not understanding the basic rage hp rules.

In the campaign that I am in there are no healers just to let you know. Also lets say this character has 18 CON.

I want to make sure I have the rage hp figured out. Lets say I have 20 rage hp. I lose 5 of that after losing whatever normal hp I had. My rages run out and this makes me then drop to 0 then I have to subtract that 5 rage hp that I had lost bringing me to -5 hp. Right?

What would be point be of even having raging vitality? If I got anywhere near 0 hp, upon going out of rage I would automatically lose more than my CON score. So why would I even risk going to negative hp while raging without a way to effectively heal myself?

I get that renewed vigor can help some, but even at 5D8 +con modifier healing I would get nowhere near enough if I have 80 rage hp at level 20.

Why does everyone say that raging vitality is good?

Also, even with 80 rage hp, just losing 18 of that, then going out of rage, that would make me dead right? What is the point of all that extra hp?

Liahkim wrote:

I am a Barbarian that has an unusual fascination with rats. He wants to get one as a pet. I was thinking of making this rat's purpose a burglar.

How does the stealing mechanic work with pets?

You'll need to teach the rat a trick (see the Handle Animal skill) to tell him when to steal an item. I'd accept "fetch" from the core rulebook, or Animal Archive may have a more specific trick that applies. He'll then make Stealth and Sleight of Hand skill checks, in the same way that a character would, to take the item without being noticed.

Thanks!

Would the rat need to use sleight of hand checks if I told it to go get that potion sitting on the ground behind the counter or would that be more like fetch?

I am a Barbarian that has an unusual fascination with rats. He wants to get one as a pet. I was thinking of making this rat's purpose a burglar.

How does the stealing mechanic work with pets?

Also, I am extremely new to pathfinder and d&d in general, but have the basics down fairly well.