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The scarred rager can do it just by himself without any gear.
This archetype halves fatigue duration, so he is only fatigued for 1 round after raging for 1 round. If you end rage at the end of your turn the fatigue will, as every 1 round duration effect only last until just before your next turn.
In other words you would always rage during your turns and be fatigued when it is not your turn.
The drawback is that you don't get your rage bonuses for AoOs and that you'd go unconscious below 0hp. Your AC, onb the other hand will not suffer because you no longer have the AC penalty for raging but the ac penalty for being fatigued, instead.
It doesn't work for all builds, because you will not be able to benefit from rage powers during opponent's turns while rage cycling, but apart from that it is just fine.
"Heart of the Fields: Humans born in rural areas are used to hard labor. They gain a bonus equal to half their character level to any one Craft or Profession skill, and once per day they may ignore an effect that would cause them to become fatigued or exhausted. This racial trait replaces the skilled racial trait."
Use Magic Device + wand of lesser restoration (to remove fatigue). Or just a friendly alchemist (with the Infusion discovery), cleric, druid, etc. to help out.
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The scarred rager can do it just by himself without any gear.
This archetype halves fatigue duration, so he is only fatigued for 1 round after raging for 1 round. If you end rage at the end of your turn the fatigue will, as every 1 round duration effect only last until just before your next turn.In other words you would always rage during your turns and be fatigued when it is not your turn.
I have a hard time believing that one round of rage and one round of fatigue all occur within the same round. At the very least, it goes against the spirit of intent of the rules.
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If you wanted to be just though, you would come back with an alternative, more flavorful - but equally effective - way to let your player rage-cycle. Or you just nerf his class hard with no reason, rule-wise.
OHNOES, the GM won't let me bend the rules in a way they weren't intended to be used.
*yawn*
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If you wanted to be just though, you would come back with an alternative, more flavorful - but equally effective - way to let your player rage-cycle. Or you just nerf his class hard with no reason, rule-wise.OHNOES, the GM won't let me bend the rules in a way they weren't intended to be used.
*yawn*
Not every ability combo is a bending of the rules.
Yeah. Really, that Archetype is the weakest way to Rage Cycle around.
If you're worried about Rage Cycling, that approach is the most balanced.
You simply CAN'T do it while Raging 'off turn', which is honestly the stronger aspect of Rage:
Bonuses to Saves, AoOs, and most Rage Powers don't use Standard Actions/etc, i.e. work great on AoOs.
If you have any Feat or Gear (like Furious Weapons) that only work while Raging, you can't use them off turn.
Unlike other means to Rage Cycle which grant actual immunity/Fatigue negation,
with this you actually ARE Fatigued and thusly penalized off your turn.
Honestly, that is so many trade-offs, that it doesn't really make sense to be doing this 'every round',
you will get much more out of it by Raging 'normally' for several rounds in a row.
Of course, when you do that, the Fatigue duration increases and you can no longer Rage Cycle immediately.
So it's more like something you might use when Surprised, or when you win Init vs. a tough enemy,
but don't use for the rest of the fight, unless the fight is 'spaced out' enough so that you can drop/re-Rage.
Mostly, I have to chuckle that people STILL disparage "Rage Cycling", even when this Paizo Archetype allow it from Level 2.
I mean, it's not really a new concept. They were certainly aware of Rage Cycling when this Archetype was written.
I believe Mr. Bulmahn inveighed once that Rage Cycling is indeed legit.
To be saying it is 'bending the rules' just isn't believable at this point.
heart of the fields alt. human racial ability, the chord of stubborn resolve, slotted pale green prism iounstone (via wayfinder)
Ioun Stone Scarlet and Green Cabochan, Flawed 8,000 gp combined with Internal Fortitude rage power is how my barbarian does it.