Huskarl (3.5e Alternate Class Feature)
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Huskarl
An huskarl is an honor bond retainer and bodyguard oftentimes in the service of a lord, and sometimes selling their service. The huskarl is a freeman, or even a noble, who eschews the furious fighting style of barbarians, and instead crush her opponents with powerful challenges.
Class: Barbarian
Level: 1st-20th
Replaces: Rage, Trap Sense, Greater Rage, Tireless Rage, Mighty Rage
Benefit: An huskarl gain the following class features:
Alignment: An huskarl may be of lawful alignment, unlike most barbarians.
Order (Ex): An huskarl gains an order as a cavalier of her class level and must follow her order's edict and all of her order's benefits. She gains her order's ability at 2nd, 8th and 16th level. Additionally the huskarl uses her barbarian class level as cavalier level for the purpose of prerequisites and feats.
This ability replaces the rage power gained at 2nd, 8th and 16th level.
Challenge (Ex): An huskarl gains the challenge class feature of a samurai of her class level.
Additionally when she declare a challenge, the huskarl may designate an ally as her charge instead of an enemy to challenge. She treats all creatures threatening her charge as targets of her challenge, dealing half the normal challenge damage bonus against them. This alternate challenge ends if her charge dies, she retreats from the battle, or all enemies are defeated. The huskarl cannot select herself as her own charge.
Despite not being able to rage, an huskarl always gains the full benefits of all of her rage powers against the target of her challenge, including those who threaten her charge. If a power grants a passive bonus, it applies only against the target of her challenge. Additionally the huskarl cannot select any totem rage powers. Any rage powers which are once per rage are instead treated as once per encounter.
This ability replaces rage and greater rage and alters rage powers.
Dedicated Bodyguard (Ex): At 3rd level the huskarl is able to best protect her charge. She gains Combat Reflexes and Bodyguard as bonus feats.
In addition, whenever the huskarl uses the aid another action to increase an ally’s Armor Class, the bonus to Armor Class from the aid another action increases by 1.
Fierce Loyalty (Ex): At 3rd level an huskarl gains a +1 bonus on Will save and one extra attack of opportunity per round. At 7th level and each 4 levels thereafter this bonus increases by +1 and the huskarl gains an extra attack of opportunity per round.
This ability replaces trap sense.
Armor Training (Ex): A 4th level huskarl gain the fighter's armor training class feature as a fighter of her barbarian level –1.
This ability replaces the rage power gained at 4th level.
Fearless Challenge (Ex): At 17th level the huskarl becomes immune to fear-effects while using her challenge ability.
Unassailable Devotion (Ex): At 20th level the huskarl now adds her full challenge damage bonus against any creatures threatening her charge.
This ability replaces mighty rage
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| Class | Barbarian + |
| Identifier | 3.5e Alternate Class Feature + |
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| Summary | An huskarl is an honor bond retainer and b … An huskarl is an honor bond retainer and bodyguard oftentimes in the service of a lord, and sometimes selling their service. The huskarl is a freeman, or even a noble, who eschews the furious fighting style of barbarians, and instead crush her opponents with powerful challenges. sh her opponents with powerful challenges. + |
| Title | Huskarl + |
