As a barbarian I appreciate this video since my INT is too low to read the book

"YOU DON'T SEE GROG!" Can now be mechanically viable.

I am VERY thankful that they finally made Berserker a viable subclass! The Exhaustion cost of Frenzy made it the only subclass that actively hurt the character for using their ability instead of it just being situational or underpowered. Thank you very much!

They've turned barb into "I unga therefore I bunga." and I love it.

"I would like to rage."

People need to realize that the new “Rage” isn’t just “Rage” anymore. It’s not the barbarian getting mad. It’s the barbarian manifesting otherworldly power. Each barbarian can choose how to manifest it. That is the rebranding. They are just keeping the same name to not confuse players. The name should just be called “Primal Transformation” or something like that etc etc. Just an FYI for everyone complaining that it doesn’t make sense.

Primal Knowledge finally lets you play the Barbrogue slasher villain of your dreams

I think of rage strength persuasion being like the anime protagonist angrily explaining their ideals while every else is shocked by their passion

Considering the Great Old One Warlock, Dance Bard, and Assassin Rogue have been willingly 'leaked' to KZfaqrs, my guess is that those three are next.

Considering that it's been stated that they had the most amoung of changes alongside the Fighter... please release the Ranger video soon.

Path of the World Tree barbarians should 100% be able to just banish themself and an enemy to have a 1-on-1 duel on the branches of the world tree

Looks like they clarified brutal strike advantage stacking.

Sap weapon property is a good choice for barbarians. It removes opponent advantage with a hit while recklessly attacking.

I love the barbarian...under level 6 or 7 .. hope they have built in more things for it to do so players what to play barbs to 20th level

Warlocks together we can summon our class video by collectively beseeching our patrons to release the video 🙌🏾 *summoning warlock video*

Excited to see the final version of Brutal Strikes!

Anyone else feel like their favourite class will be last

I have never wanted to play a barbarian. I now want to play a barbarian.

As a Barbarian main, I've never used Brutal Critical, mostly because I always forgot it existed because of how little I would roll a crit

So the Zealot's "Rage of the Gods" feature...does it still allow you to fight even if you hit 0 or "die" like the original "Rage Beyond Death"? I kind of still want to be too angry to die. All the othe stuff sounds cool but I hope this wasn't taken away.

I just realized the bonus action to maintain rage wasn’t actually a thing that existed already. I think it misread the ‘you can end the rage as a bonus action’ part as a being part of the previous sentence, and so have always allowed barbarians to ‘seethe’ as a bonus action. Good to know it’s official now

I like that Berserker is tightened up.

Excited to see what they changed, Barbs are one of my favorites.... Have been forever

Darth Maul using his bonus action to maintain his rage during duel of the fates before it was cool

I hope you still kept the being-revived-for-free part of Warrior of the Gods, even if you added other stuff. It wasn't much more than a ribbon feature in terms of how often it would be useful in most games, but it was incredibly thematic and flavourful.

I love how Path of the World Tree just lets you yeet people all over the battlefield- very nice. ~_~

The Karen Barbarian who Rages in stores, maintains it with their bonus action, and uses Strength to "speak with the manager" 😂

I love having all of those choices, in the “Totem Warrior” the new Wildheart. The more options the better. I just hope that the Elk with the increased mobility features, is still an option. That one is my favorite. Please Wotc have those options still be able to be chosen!

About 17 minutes in you say something that isn't quite accurate. You claim that people thought they had to choose the same animal totems in the original version of Path of the Totem Warrior because they saw the same animals reappearing in each feature. While this is true, it leaves out the fact that the subclass description discourages choosing different animals, saying it is very rare for someone to have multiple types of totem animals. It said that you *could* use multiple, but to me it heavily implied that you shouldn't without consulting your DM.

Wildheart can change their always-on power with a long rest, but fighter can't change their Fighting Style with a long rest?

Honestly, besides being mechanically consistent (hey, bonus action to start rage, bonus action to maintain rage) it even makes narrative sense, because as you start using your bonus action for utility again (you know, not fighting) your character comes closer back to reality and less consumed by the Rage 🤔

Wish they visited Path of the Beast for this new system that uses rage outside of combat. Lot of options they could of added to further this within the theme that also isn't as aggressive as growing claws/tail/mandible.

Bonus action to maintain rage?! YES! Thank you! 🙏 👍🤩

Hey yall, the timestamp for the path of the zealot is a great deal later than it should be. Put it at 21:53.

RIP Brutal Critical. All they had to do was increase crit range from nat 20 to 19-20 and it would have been impactful again. Instead it got replaced with more frequent lower damage and weapon mastery-esque effects. Weapon Mastery will become the DM's bane. Combat has more statuses and martial attacks now have more effects that they implement making combat overall more complex. 19-20 crit range really would have made everyone happy.

In terms of game design, I can't pretend I like the Primal Knowledge allowing the Barbarian to Rage to use **Persuasion** (emphasis added due to some misreading) and Strength in any social situation. I would be OK with it *if* was to convince folks in combat, like Persuasion to exert leadership, give morale, etc. My reasons are obvious : some characters may be built to be social/charismatic, let them shine, rather than allow a Barb with 18 Str attempt his own non-combat Persuasion. Compare that with a Fighter who wants to play a leader: the Barb will oddly be better at Persuasion, pretty much for free (well, while Raging only), while that Fighter will invest in Charisma, a proper subclass, etc. - I am of course *not* talking about Intimidation, which is fine. Barbs could have a permanent feature to Intimidate with Str and I would be fine with that. I am also ok with Acrobatics using Str while Raging in combat or Persuasion with Str in combat to lead NPC allies in a charge.

I Reread Primal Knowledge on the UA and I really want to know how you Rage Sneak. Least Persuasion isn't on the list, I want to Rage Seduce the barmaid ain't right.

Waiting for the Treantmonk reaction.

So if I get this right, while you are raging you can use strength for persuasion or intimidation (and a few others) but rage also gives you advantage on strength checks. So barbarian can actually be a party face 😮. Probably not as good as charisma based classes but still, that's pretty cool

Thank you for letting Dungeon Dudes give us an in depth look at the World Tree Barbarian subclass. What a fantastic edition to the iconic Barbarian class! I love it!

Really like the Zealot Barb changes. I've been playing one in a high level campaign and it's a blast.

I would love to see some attack options in the Wild Heart as in the BG3.

I’m curious with Druids

I want barbarians to be able to use strength for their unarmed defense instead of dexterity.

"you get to choose the animal every time" BRAAAVE-STAR!

I'm so looking forward to open these new books and flesh out so great PC's.

Warlock and Wizard next please and thank you.

I appreciate the thought and care put into revising the classes (and the whole game, really). I look forward to channeling the power of salmon.

I really like the little clarification for the zealot barbarian that they need not necessarily worship and particular god, or gods in general and can instead be linked to a different kind of divine source. I am currently playing a zealot barbarian who actually dislikes so many people's blind following of gods and instead draws power from the belief in his own potential.

I'm looking forward to this one Also very curious about the rogue and about sorcerer subclasses

I hope that there are statements in the PHB that the DM makes the final decision if something is allowed and appropriate.

They made Barbarian, Rogue, and Fighter so damn cool! Haven't checked out the other ones yet aside from Paladin and Ranger (which are disappointing) but so far these are awesome.

I am so excited for these updates! I love playing a barb and now being able to use strength for intimidation checks just feels right. I do however wish they would change how dual wielding off hand attacks works. With so many other things costing a bonus action dual wielding never feels good on any melee class. Like when i think of berserker I think of 2 hand axes or battle axes and just being a whirlwind of steel. But with frenzied strike, rage, and other things being tied to bonus actions the default is always just using a 2h weapon and using either the frenzy bonus attack or GWM bonus attack. I know they are adding the nick mastery for light weapon dual wielding, but I think if you took the dual wield fight style or feat that you would be able to make additional off hand attacks up to the amount of extra attacks you would get from your attack action. That way you would really feel like a true dual wielder instead of, "im going to swing with my main hand 4 times and then my off hand once" as a fighter.

these videos need some text on screen to highlight each new change

I love that the rage is now something you can use outside of combat. Thank you. Barbarians needed more outside of combat features.

world tree barb sounds like the barbarian version of a twilight cleric, sounds really cool

I would want the capstone for world tree barb to let you use plane shift.

Thanks Wizards cost, all your Pre-order bonuses are for the USA only leaving us in the rest of the world to pay more and not even get the digi bonuses. thanks for showing the love to your players from around the world.

Path of the World Tree, I can see a campaign where you are slightly sapping the World Tree's energy every time you use it. If it's just a few barbs, it's NO PROBLEM. But when it's a few groups of barbs, it can cause instability to the World Tree. Could be a good campaign, if you play it as a plane-jumping hunt.

Primal Knowledge is basically getting so frustrated when you can't solve a math problem that you force the universe to just tell you the god damned answer.

One of the most important parts of a tank is forcing your enemy to target you. It sounds like path of the world tree might be pretty good at that. Pretty excited about that!

Bonus action to sustain is awesome but most DM’s give you time to act regardless, any combat beyond 10 rounds are high level battles!

Wild Heart sounds fun!

I really hope the zelott still has the feature that makes it easier to resurrect. I really like the theme that this person is a warrior that can basically be summoned without cost and is basically a summon. Please please please don't touch that

I just need to see Ranger info, there were barely any changes in the UA so I need to see if anything’s different

Geez they better be altering the Monster Manual pretty heavily. Every class is getting buffed to OP levels. Here’s hoping every single encounter isnt going to be over in one round.

Is it bad that I’m not crazy upset by any of the new changes I’ve seen? Like, I get the vibe from the comments that I should be angry and up in arms, but I’m not.

Anyone else feel like Primal Knowledge sucks? You can use it on Acrobatics, Intimidation, Perception, Stealth, or Survival. You get to use strength for the check and since you are raging, you get advantage. Why does it use up a rage though? That cost is too high to be worth it. You can maintain a rage for 10 minutes, but how many of these checks will you make in a 10 minute span? I'd say you would be lucky to get 3 checks. You probably aren't chaining stealth checks. Once you try to intimidate someone, you'll either get what you need or you won't be allowed to try again. You usually won't be hiven multiple perception or survival checks in 10 minutes. And the chance of you neesing multiple Acrobatics checks in 10 minutes is low. Barbs shouldn't have to spend their combat resources to have any out of combat use, because then they won't be useful in combat (without rages) and are basically just a worse fighter. Not being able to rage in combat also locks you out of most of your subclass features most times. Reckless attack is hard to justify most times without rage resistance.

Quietly screaming sneaking in to the enemy stronghold.

Brutal critical is gone 🦀🦀🦀

Can't imagine people using Primal Knowledge outside of combat much. Weaken yourself in future combat for one minute of better ability checks

So now i can actually make a Conan the BARBARIAN build

I am hoping Call Emotions get a clause for Rage. It feels wrong that is no longer can be used to counter a Rage by pausing combat for a round. How is a barbarian able to use a bonus action to maintain rage when can't feel that rage?

That ability to use strength for other abilities will make my homebrew Path of the Hulking Transformation feature difficult. It replaces all Strength checks and attacks with INT.

This could've been the opportunity to make Artificers cool. But looks like they'll be left behind. Especially since all other classes are free on DnD beyond. So that's another barrier to entry

Relentless Rage is no longer stepping on a rake. "Get up, smack them, and then fall back down"

It sounds like the overriding philosophy for the 2024 Rules is "As long as the Players are having fun, it's good," which is great... Sadistic RAW DMs everywhere will now be pushing Homebrew Rules from AD&D with a Tomb of Horror's flavor.

Path of the World Tree Barbarian: closest D&D will ever get to Mortal Combat's "COME HERE!"

So far all I'm seeing in these videos is all reward with zero risk. Heaven forbid players get punished for their mistakes.

Are we getting all of the other class previews as well? Love to hear about Druid and Warlock.

Imagine having this new barbarian as a leonin in DnD especially as a berserker that would be terrifying to the enemy.

I interpret danger sense as fantasy anxiety.

Wildheart sounds super interesting

Barbarians still got my bloody pumping heart in their hand.

The Berserker genuinely sounds terrifying now.

At least he didn't have to say ockolite in this one

Wait, what? Is he fucking cooking for the first time?

Let me get this straight...I can salmon rage now? Lmao!

I wonder if Brutal Strike was intended to be used once per turn. I think thw wording drom the last playtest confused me a bit, since it is unclear when you "use Reckless Attack". Do you use it when you first declare you will attack recklessly or do you use it every time you attack, since you are using the advantage gained from it?

All these martials updates are great, but honestly I'm just waiting to see if the Sorcerer is a viable class or still a suboptimal Wizard. The one from UA7 was not promising and kinda messed up, hopefully they've listened to the community since then 🤔

I play-tested the new barbarian, and as someone who really dislikes melee classes, I thought it was really fun!

These changes are great! A lot of fun choices for barbarian players. I like some subclasses more than others. I sure hope I can buy them individually still. ;)

Anyone else hear the meow around the 12 min mark?

R.I.P. Zealot Barbarian.

So the path of the wild-heart is basically being like BraveStarr "Strength of the Bear, Speed of the Puma, Eyes of the Hawk, Ears of the Wolf!"

One character they should bring is the cavalier

Zealot seems SOOO much better.

Glad to see barbarians getting to use STR for more, but hate making them use a rage just to be good at a skill outside of combat. Just attach the bonus to subclasses or something else. They are already stretched for stats.

Did someone say powercreep? Going to be really great to see the MM is going to deal with all this increased player power.

Oh wow, this will date Fantasy High season 3, because now, there is such a thing as barbarian healing