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Path of The Totem Warrior

The Path of The Totem Warrior

The path of the Totem warrior is a spiritual journey, as the barbarian accepts a spirit animal as guide, protector, and inspiration. In battle, your totem spirit fills you with supernatural might, adding magical fuel to your barbarian rage. Most barbarian tribes consider a totem animal to be kin to a particular clan. In such cases, it is unusual for an individual to have more than one totem animal spirit, though exceptions exist.    

Spirit Seeker

Yours is a path that seeks attunement with the natural world, giving you a kinship with beasts. At 3rd level when you adopt this path, you gain the ability to cast the Beast Sense and Speak with Animals spells, but only as rituals.    

Totem Spirit

At 3rd level, when you adopt this path, you choose a totem spirit and gain its feature. You must make or acquire a physical totem object-an amulet or similar adornment-that incorporates fur or feathers, claws, teeth, or bones of the totem animal. At your option, you also gain minor physical attributes that are reminiscent of your totem spirit. For example, if you have a bear totem spirit, you might be unusually hairy and thick skinned, or if your totem is the eagle, your eyes turn bright yellow.   Your totem animal might be an animal related to those listed here but more appropriate to your homeland. For example, you could choose a hawk or vulture in place of an eagle.    

Bear

While raging, you have resistance to all damage except psychic damage. The spirit of the bear makes you tough enough to stand up to any punishment.  

Boar

While raging, you have resistance to all damage except psychic damage. The spirit of the boar makes you tough enough to stand up to any punishment.  

Eagle, or Hawk

While your raging and aren’t wearing heavy armour, other creatures have Disadvantage on opportunity attack rolls against you, and you can use the Dash Action as a Bonus Action on your turn. The spirit of the eagle makes you into a predator who can weave through the fray with ease.  

Elk, or Horse

While your raging and aren’t wearing heavy armour, other creatures have Disadvantage on opportunity attack rolls against you, and you can use the Dash Action as a Bonus Action on your turn.  

White Tiger, Snow Leopard, or Mountain Lion

While your raging, your friends have Advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature within 5 feet of you that is hostile to you.  

Wolf

While your raging, your friends have Advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature within 5 feet of you that is hostile to you. The spirit of the wolf makes you a leader of hunters.    

Aspect of The Beast

At 6th level, you gain a magical benefit based on the totem animal of your choice. You can choose the same animal you selected at 3rd level or a different one.    

Bear

You gain the might of a bear. Your carrying capacity (including maximum load and maximum lift) is doubled, and you have Advantage on Strength Checks made to push, pull, lift, or break objects.  

Boar

You gain the might of a boar. Your carrying capacity (including maximum load and maximum lift) is doubled, and you have Advantage on Strength Checks made to push, pull, lift, or break objects.  

Eagle, or Hawk

You gain the eyesight of an eagle or a hawk. You can see up to 1 mile away with no difficulty, able to discern even fine details as though looking at something no more than 100 feet away from you. Additionally, dim light doesn’t impose Disadvantage on your Wisdom (Perception) Checks.  

Elk, or Horse

You gain the speed of an Elk or Horse, you can move an extra 5 feet on your turn. You have Advantage on Dexterity Checks when trying to evade a dangerous situation.  

White Tiger, Snow Leopard, or Mountain Lion

You can track other creatures while traveling at a fast pace, and you can move stealthily while traveling at a normal pace. You can move an extra 5 feet on your turn by using the agility of one of the big cats.  

Wolf

You gain the hunting sensibilities of a wolf. You can track other creatures while traveling at a fast pace, and you can move stealthily while traveling at a normal pace.    

Spirit Walker

At 10th level, you can cast Commune with nature spell, but only as a ritual. When you do so, a spiritual version of one of the animals you choose for Totem Spirit or Aspect of the Beast appears to you to convey the information you seek.    

Totemic Attunement

At 14th level, you gain a magical benefit based on a totem animal of your choice. You can choose the same animal you selected previously or a different one.  

Bear

While you are raging, any creature within 5 feet of you that’s hostile to you has Disadvantage on Attack rolls against targets other than you or another character with this feature. An enemy is immune to this effect if it can’t see or hear you or if it can’t be frightened.  

Boar

While you are raging, any creature within 5 feet of you that’s hostile to you has Disadvantage on Attack rolls against targets other than you or another character with this feature. An enemy is immune to this effect if it can’t see or hear you or if it can’t be frightened.  

Eagle, or Hawk

While raging, you have a flying speed equal to your current walking speed. This benefit works only in short bursts; you fall if you end your turn in the air and nothing else is holding you aloft.  

Elk, or Horse

While you are raging, any creature within 5 feet of you that’s hostile to you has Disadvantage on Attack rolls. You also have Advantage on Attack rolls and Dexterity Checks.  

White Tiger, Snow Leopard, or Mountain Lion

While you’re raging, you can use a Bonus Action on your turn to knock a Large or Smaller creature prone when you hit it with a melee weapon attack.  

Wolf

While you’re raging, you can use a Bonus Action on your turn to knock a Large or Smaller creature prone when you hit it with a melee weapon attack.
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The Original Article is from D&D 5e Players Handbook (PHB) by Wizards of the Coast (WotC)


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