Path of the Living Tomb
Some barbarians channel their own fury. You channel something else - an entity long buried, entombed within your soul, body, or bloodline. When you rage, it claws at the walls of its prison, leaking through your veins as power, madness, and metamorphosis. The longer you fight, the thinner the walls between you and it become.
Path of the Masked
Barbarians who walk the Path of the Masked become avatars of shifting wrath. Through ancient rites or haunted ancestry, they channel different warrior spirits through enchanted masks - each one a vessel for a different kind of rage. By donning these faces mid-battle, they twist their fighting style to suit the storm.
Path of the Mirage
Some barbarians erupt in fire, fury, or frost. You erupt into uncertainty. Those who follow the Path of the Mirage turn their rage into unreality - distorting sound, space, and sight through sheer will. They shimmer like heat over sand, flicker with impossible motion, and become storms of vanishing violence. A mirage is not a trick. It is a truth so unbearable that the mind bends around it.
Path of the Mutability
Some barbarians call upon bestial rage. Others channel ancestral power. But you? Yours is the blessing of a forgotten behemoth - a primal essence that shifts your size with your fury. By embracing physical instability, you become an unpredictable force on the battlefield: a stalking gnat, a crushing titan, or something in between.
Path of the Olympian
Embarking on the Path of the Olympian, barbarians invoke the might and majesty of ancient gods, channeling divine wrath and heroic valor into every aspect of their being. Inspired by the legends of Olympus (which, in this setting, refers to the entire pantheon), these warriors strive to embody the virtues and powers of the deities themselves - pursuing strength, courage, and glory beyond mortal limits. Their fury echoes the divine, carving their names into myth with every battle.
Path of the Oni
Barbarians who follow the Path of the Oni embrace monstrous power, either through dark pacts, ancestral inheritance, or forbidden rituals. Marked by horns, crimson or cerulean skin, and lightning-charged rage, these warriors embody the fury of oni legends - terrifying, fast, and destructive.
Path of the Seared Mind
Barbarians who follow the Path of the Seared Mind have endured mental anguish so profound it became a second skin. Their rage is not loud - it is internal combustion. Spells that seek to command, delusions that seek to twist, and psychic assaults that seek to dominate - all recoil off their burning mind. Their thoughts are fire. Their presence is pain.
Path of the Stillstorm
Barbarians who walk the Path of the Stillstorm embody contradiction: a quiet fury, motionless yet unstoppable. While others thrash and roar, they remain rooted and unshaken - until the storm inside them lashes out. These warriors hold their rage like lightning behind the clouds, striking back only when disturbed. They do not chase you. They make you regret coming close.
Path of the Tethered
Barbarians who follow the Path of the Tethered see rage not as destruction, but as attachment. Their fury binds them to others - through force of will, through instinct, or through sheer presence. They share wounds, mirror actions, and become an inescapable force on the battlefield. Once they rage, someone is coming with them - whether they want to or not.
Path of the Toska
Barbarians who walk the Path of the Toska are vessels of profound sorrow. Their rage is not fueled by hate or wrath, but by grief so deep it scars reality. When they rage, it is a symphony of heartache - where screams echo like dirges and every swing of a weapon is a lament. Their enemies feel the weight of loss upon them, and their allies draw unexpected strength from the barbarian’s sorrowful resilience.