Animal Rager

The animal within you breaks free, turning you into a feral creature of nature when you rage. You follow your instincts rather than reason, and you find yourself at home in the wilderness.

Career

Other Benefits

First Level

• Bestial Rage
  Bestial Rage - Instinct Ability 1

  REACTION
  
  

  
  Trigger You use the Rage action on your turn.

  Description When you Rage, you gain your chosen animal’s unarmed attack (or attacks).
  Applications The specific attack gained, the damage it deals, and its traits are listed on the Animal Instincts Table.
  These attacks are in the brawling group. Your Rage action gains the morph, primal, and transmutation traits.
  Bestial Rage

Seventh Level

• Bestial Specialization
  Bestial Specialization - Instinct Ability 7

  REACTION
  
  

  
  Trigger You use the Rage action on your turn.

  
  Applications Increase the damage die size for the unarmed attacks granted by your chosen animal by one step, and increase the additional damage from Rage from 2 to 5 for your chosen animal’s unarmed attacks. 
  The frog’s tongue attack and deer’s antler attack gain reach 10 feet. If you have greater weapon specialization, increase the damage from Rage from 5 to 12 for your chosen animal’s unarmed attacks.
  Bestial Specialization

Ninth Level

• Bestial Resistance
  Bestial Resistance - Instinct Ability 9

  TRAIT
  
  

  
  Trigger You use the Rage action on your turn.

  Description Repeated exposure and toughened skin allow you to fend off harm. 
  Applications While raging, you gain resistance equal to 3 + your Constitution modifier to piercing and slashing damage types.
  Bestial Resistance

Type

Military

Famous in the Field

• Lagora Baorn

Used By

• Hrotaw Yaul Clan

Class Feats

Sixth Level

• Animal Skin Animal Skin
  Animal Skin - Class Feat 6

  TRAIT
  
  

  Requirements Animal Instinct
  Trigger You take damage and are capable of entering a rage.

  Description Your proficiency in unarmored defense increases to expert.
  While you are raging and unarmored, your skin transforms into a thick hide resembling your animal’s skin. 
  Applications You gain a +1 status bonus to AC instead of taking a –1 penalty to AC;
  if you have the greater juggernaut class feature, this status bonus increases to +2. The thickness of your hide gives you a Dexterity modifier cap to your AC of +3.

Eighth Level

• Animal Rage Animal Rage
  Animal Rage - Class Feat 6

  SINGLE ACTION
  
  

  Description You transform into your animal. 
  Applications You gain the effects of the 3rd-level animal form spell except you use your own statistics, temporary Hit Points, and unarmed attacks instead of those granted by animal form. You also retain the constant abilities of your gear. If your animal is a frog, your tongue’s reach increases to 15 feet. Dismissing the transformation gains the rage trait.

Twelth Level

• Predator's Pounce Predator's Pounce
  Predator's Pounce - Class Feat 12

  SINGLE ACTION
  
  

  Requirements animal instinct, You are unarmored or wearing light armor.

  Description You close the distance to your prey in a blur, pouncing on the creature before it can react.
  Applications You Stride up to your Speed and make a Strike at the end of your movement.

Animal Instinct - Barbarian Instinct

TRAIT

Description The fury of a wild predator fills you when you Rage, granting you ferocious unarmed attacks.
Applications Cultures that revere vicious animals (such as apes or bears) give rise to barbarians with this instinct. You might also be at war with an uncontrollable, animalistic side of your personality, or you might be a descendant of a werewolf or another werecreature. Select an animal Animal Instincts that best matches your chosen animal.

Animal	Attack	Damage	Traits
Ape	Fist	B	Grapple, unarmed
Bear	Jaws	P	Unarmed
	Claw	S	Agile, unarmed
Bull	Horn	P	Shove, unarmed
Cat	Jaws	P	Unarmed
	Claws	S	Agile, Unarmed
Deer	Antler	P	Grapple, Unarmed
Frog	Jaws	B	Unarmed
	Tongue	B	Agile, Unarmed
Shark	Jaws	P	Grapple, Unarmed
Snake	fangs	P	Grapple, Unarmed
Wolf	jaws	P	Trip, Unarmed

Anathema

Flagrantly disrespecting an animal of your chosen kind is anathema to your instinct, as is using weapons while raging.