



Path of Empathy

Some barbarians have the ability to forge a supernatural connection with others, sharing their experience. The source of this power can vary, whether it's an inherent psychic ability, an occult ritual, unseen strings of fate, or some other quirk or circumstance.

Pain Bond

Starting when you choose this path at 3rd level, you can attempt connect to another creature when you rage or as a bonus action during a rage. When you do so, choose one creature you see within 30 feet of you, it must succeed on a Charisma saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or become bonded with you until your rage ends, you use this ability again, or it is no longer within 30 feet of you. Creatures have disadvantage on this saving throw if they have dealt damage to you in the past hour.

Whenever you are dealt damage and resist it, the bonded creature is dealt the same amount of damage that you resisted. This damage ignores resistances.

You can communicate telepathically with the bonded creature, and it can communicate telepathically with you. You don’t need to share a language with the creature to understand each others' telepathic utterences, but the creature must be able to understand at least one language.

Skill Bond

Starting at 6th level, you can connect your understanding with another creature's. As an action, you can grant a willing creature proficiency in a skill you are proficient in, and it can grant you proficiency in a skill it is proficienct in. This ability lasts for an hour or until you use it again, whichever comes first.

Greater Empathy

At 10th level, creatures remain bonded with you out to a distance of 120 feet and you can attempt to connect with a creature as a reaction to being dealt damage by it. In addition when using Skill Bond, if both you and the creature choose a skill you are both already proficient in, you both gain expertise in the chosen skill instead for the duration of the ability.

Heart Bond

When you reach 14th level, you become more in tune with those you're bonded to. When a bonded creature deals damage to you, you can use your reaction to gain resistance to one of the damage types of the attack. This resistance lasts for 24 hours or until you use this ability again.













