Primal
Primal Path
Path
At 3rd level, a barbarian gains the Primal Path feature, which
offers you the choice of a subclass. Here is an option for that
feature: Path of the Carver.
Path
Path of
of the
the Carver
Carver
The Path of the Carver is a path taken by those who are
resonant with the voices of the dead. Able to hear their silent
wails, barbarians who follow this path often act as guardians
to the afterlife, escorting lost souls to a peaceful rest. They
serve as arbiters of the underworld, punishing those who
were wicked in life with searing torture beyond the grave.
The psychic cacophony of the damned can be a harrowing
song, however. Those who follow this path carve jack-o'-
lanterns as ceremonial masks, channeling a particular
emotion to steel their souls against the turbulent tide of the
departed. When a carver rages, their soul burns bright with
such fiery emotion that it singes nearby souls, reflected on
the flickering faces of their mask.
Hollow Head
3rd-level Path of the Carver feature
You don a blazing pumpkin as a helmet in battle, sickly light
seeping from its haunting expression. As a bonus action or as
a part of your rage, you can sprout an enchanted jack-o'-
lantern around your head that sheds bright light within a 5-
foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet. The
pumpkin appears to house an inextinguishable flame (your
choice of color) where your head would be and lasts until you
are knocked unconscious or you dismiss it (no action
required).
When you enter your rage, the jack-o'-lantern's bright light
radius grows to 15 feet and sheds dim light for an additional
15 feet. Additionally, creatures of your choice within 5 feet of
you must succeed a Wisdom saving throw or take fire
damage equal to your Barbarian level and become frightened
of you until the end of their next turn.
Whenever this subclass requires a saving throw, the DC
equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier.
Eerie Effigies
3rd-level Path of the Carver feature
Your strange craft extends beyond just carving faces, as you
fashion uncanny bodies to house them. As a bonus action,
you can raise a scarecrow in an unoccupied space within 10
feet of you. Its head is a jack-o'-lantern whose light behaves as
specified in your Hollow Head feature. It is enchanted to
magically resemble you (with a pumpkin head), though it is
unnaturally still. When the scarecrow takes damage, its true
nature is revealed as the illusion fades. It lasts until it is
destroyed or until you dismiss it as a bonus action.
Your scarecrows are objects (same size as you) with AC 11,
hit points equal to twice your Barbarian level, and are
immune to psychic damage. When a creature that you can
see within 5 feet of your scarecrow moves at least 5 feet away
from it, you can use your reaction to make an opportunity
attack against that creature as if you were in the scarecrow's
space, the flame in your jack o' lantern dimming and
reappearing in the scarecrow's head. If the opportunity attack
hits, the target must succeed a Wisdom saving throw or
become frightened of the scarecrow until the end of their
next turn.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when
you finish a short or long rest.
Haunted Visage
6th-level Path of the Carver feature
You draw upon the unextinguished will of the restless,
renewing them as will-o'-wisps to channel their fleeting
emotions. As a reaction to when a creature dies within 30
feet of you, you can imprison its untethered soul in a jack-o'-
lantern (yours or a scarecrow's). Its face twists into a new
expression, activating one of the following effects:
Joy. A wicked grin spreads across the jack-o'-lantern's face,
toothy with glee. Creatures within 5 feet of the jack-o'-lantern
must succeed a Wisdom saving throw or fall into a laughing
fit as if affected by the Tasha's Hideous Laughter spell.
Woe. The jack-o'-lantern's expression wilts, whispering of
despair and failure. For 1 minute, creatures within 20 feet of
the jack-o'-lantern have disadvantage on attack rolls and
ability checks. When a creature within the area fails a roll,
they take psychic damage equal to your Barbarian level.
Ire. The pumpkin's glower blazes with burning rage.
Creatures within 10 feet of the jack-o'-lantern must succeed a
Dexterity saving throw or take a number of d6 equal to your
proficiency bonus in psychic or fire damage (your choice) and
spend their next action attacking the nearest creature.
The wearer of the pumpkin is immune to these effects.
Additionally, a soul affected by this feature is not considered
free for resurrection for 1 hour.
Bump in the Night
10th-level Path of the Carver feature
Your foes cannot flee your nightmarish hunt as your presence
lurks in every unseen corner. You can use half of your
movement speed to teleport to an unoccupied space within 5
feet of a frightened creature within 30 feet you can see or to
swap places with one of your scarecrows that you can see.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when
you finish a short or long rest.
Phantasmagoria
10th-level Path of the Carver feature
You sow gnawing doubt among your foes, who learn to fear
the faces of loved ones and dead men alike. Souls you
capture are not free for up to 24 hours, and during this time
you can use an action to transform the wearer of the soul's
jack-o'-lantern (you or a scarecrow) into an illusory duplicate
of the dead creature if it was a humanoid. Their appearance
and voice is identical to the original. The transformation lasts
until you dismiss it as a bonus action.
Additionally, while wearing a jack-o'-lantern, you can freely
detach your head without being harmed.
All Hallows' Harvest
14th-level Path of the Carver feature
The foolhardy dismiss tales of a headless harbinger as
nothing more than a bedtime bogeyman, blind to how its
teller’s hands tremble as they lock up for nightfall. For the
duration of your rage, you can gain the following benefits:
You summon and mount a Nightmare under your control,
riding it during your rage. It cannot make attack actions or
fly, and disappears when your rage ends.
Your weapon twists into a soul-reaping scythe, blade, or
chain, maintaining its special properties and damage die.
You can choose to have it deal fire or psychic damage
instead of its original damage type, and hitting a creature
with it rips away a shard of their soul which counts as a
captured soul for this subclass's features. The weapon
always returns to your hand at the beginning of your turn.
Once per turn, you can activate your Hollow Head feature
after making an attack. Additionally, you can toss your
head as a natural ranged weapon attack that deals 2d6
fire damage on a hit. You can recall your head to your
hands or neck (no action required).
Credits
Credits
Homebrew Designer - Piggby
Feedback - Pepus
Art Credits
Cover Art - Aleksandr Plikhta
Page 1 - Jason Nguyen
Page 2 Top - Daniel Kamarudin
Page 2 Bottom - DevBurmak