Have you ever admired a foe's strength and power, wanted to be able to harness its abilities for your own ends? When David Adams approached us to commission this ravenous barbarian subclass, his answer to that question was a resounding "YES!"

Outlandish Adventure Productions, commissioned by David Adams, presents:

The Path of the Liver Eater, a barbarian subclass that harvests the essence of fallen creatures to channel the creatures' powers through their rage. Based on the real-life practices of ancient warriors who would consume the heart or liver of powerful foes to absorb their strength and courage, a Liver Eater can peform a ritual at the end of each combat to harvest an essence by gorging themself on a vital component of a fallen creature. When they enter their rage, a Liver Eater can expend one of their stored essences to gain powers based on the type of creature from which the essence was harvested.

Did you defeat a dragon? Use its essence to gain a breath weapon! Slay a monstrosity? Grow an extra appendage that you can use to interact with objects and make extra attacks! Smite a fiend? Use its power to summon a fiendish minion of your own! Rules are included for every creature type save for construct and undead, which lack the vitality required for you to harvest an essence.

Also included in this subclass supplement is an optional rule for realms in which harvesting the essence of, and thereby eating, humanoids is taboo. This rule provides additional abilities for villainous player or non-player characters that are willing to make the trade-off of reducing their own life force. Another optional rule included is for "Legendary" essences, in which defeating a powerful being or BBEG can be rewarded with a unique essence that you can use to gain the incredibly powerful abilities of that creature for a single rage.

We hope you enjoy the Path of the Liver Eater as much as we, our players, and David Adams do! We'd love to hear your feedback, so please send us any questions or comments you have. Also, if you perceive any balance issues, please let us know and we will address them as quickly as we can.

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Update History

2/7/2019 v1.0.1 - Updated the Credits section to reflect the editor changing their name

2/7/2019 v1.0 - Original Path of the Liver Eater supplement uploaded

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