You Might Be a Wild Magic Barbarian | Barbarian Subclass Guide for DND 5e

[@fearthepiggaming2998]

I actually had a couple of players who individually decided to play a wild magic barbarian and sorcerer respectively they also both decided to play half-elves with a sea elf bloodline so when they popped up at the table they were a little surprised by that. It also turned out that the sorcerer came from a family with a rich and powerful bloodline who basically only cared about magical supremacy as it were. The Barbarian on the other hand was abandoned by his parents and left on the doorstep of an orphanage. So I ended up deciding as the DM that the two were actually brother and sister. It was a huge epic twist that I will forever remember.

[@GoobieTheGoob]

I love that as a DM, you can take inconsistencies in narrative and turn them into logical paths, take similarities and turn them into story opportunities, and so on. The world is your oyster! 😌

[@casbot71]

Did they fancy each other before they found out, and did the sister end up marrying the Rogue/Scoundrel (called Han) of the Party?

[@fearthepiggaming2998]

@@casbot71 aside from some very early flirting not so much. The Barbarian actually ended up in a relationship with the with the party's Bard who was a cute little halfling and the sorcerer actually ended up falling for the headmaster at the magic college because "she wanted to be teacher's pet" XD

[@queliolionelo]

Must have been WILD! get it? aight imma show myself out, no need to escort me.

[@CNMashin]

​@@fearthepiggaming2998phrasing? Cause God damn...

[@earthrester9198]

"You give off so much Himbo Energy it actually manifests as Witchcraft." Holy shit, that line is perfect.

[@KnicKnac]

I've played a Wild Magic Barbarian in a one-shot and honestly it was so much fun. 12/10 would scream into the weave again.

[@a.z.pantera5577]

I like the imagine each of the effects of the Wild Surge is you being a Midgardian tapping into the energies of the Norse Nine Realms. Like the weapon throw being from Svartalfheim, the pixie and flumph are summoned from Alfheim, the vines at your feet come from Vanaheim, the reactive damage is from Muspelheim(?), the dark blast comes from Helheim, the bamf is from Niflheim, the extra armor is perhaps Jotunheim, and the beam of light comes from Asgard.

[@meerzanazmi2823]

I was indecisive about whether to go with Wild magic or Ancestral Guardians and this comment made me settle for Wild Oh gods the next game night's gonna be chaotic ( ᗜ‸ᗜ )

[@a.z.pantera5577]

@@meerzanazmi2823 glad I could be of service :)

[@mvetter]

Correct me if I'm wrong but Rage is a 1 minute ability. Normally it ends early if you don't attack or aren't attacked. Persistent Rage only means it lasts the full minute no matter what, with the exception of falling unconscious. It's not an, "I get to be super angry all day" unlock. At most it's 5-6 minutes of being extremely angry until level 20 and you can theoretically rage 1,440 times for an extremely angry, albeit exhausting, day.

[@GoobieTheGoob]

Agreed. RAW, this checks out.

[@HLGJammer]

Is it attack / be attacked or hit / be hit?

[@mvetter]

@@HLGJammer in the 5E handbook, it's described as the Barb having to make an attack or take damage to keep rage up. Specifically reads as follows: "lt ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven't attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then."

[@HLGJammer]

@@mvetter ah so kind of a mix. Haven't had a chance to play for a while

[@morganpryde9125]

Barb can just punch himself in the face, no?

[@kainepeterson6638]

I am currently playing a Warforged Wild Magic Barb. His Rages are a preprogrammed "Combat Mode" that his creators used to augment his abilities, but since he's been freed he can't control the exact effects he gets, so it leads to comedy gold. Wild Magic barbs are FUN, and I highly suggest someone looking for fun try out Wild Magic barb

[@shadowmyst9661]

I like to give all my Flumphs Jamaican accents in my games. For some reason it just makes the exploding ones so much funnier to me as they always sound so happy and just fucking explode in a shower of magic sparkles.

[@WolfHreda]

So, I've been playing BG3 since Early Access, and I only just learned last night that you can pick up enemies and use them as improvised and thrown weapons. And the Berserker Barbarian gets a buff to this ability. It's been hilarious, and my pockets are stuffed with four each Imps and Intellect Devourers for when I don't have any enemies close enough.

[@RenoKyrie]

Tavern Brawler Feat is also a must for Yeeter Berserker Because it doubles your Strength Modifier on Damage Roll and Attack Roll with improvised, thrown, and unarmed attacks Have a caster use Enlarge on the Berserker and now you can even yeet Large sized enemies

[@WolfHreda]

@@RenoKyrie I also bought a magic ring from the Halfling merchant in the grove that adds 1d4 to thrown weapon damage. My Barbarian looks like a wrestler running around in nothing but boots, gloves, his underwear, and a cape.

[@RenoKyrie]

​@@WolfHredaand suddenly the Barbarian starts yeeting enemies, a javelin, and a bomb barrel because screw you The Cleric with Bless also supporting the Barbarian landing hits alongside the Divination Wizard While the Ranger and Druid ruins the enemy movement with Spike Growth and Plant Growth(Also Web if you pick Wolf Spider as Beastmaster)

[@Kylesico912x]

@@RenoKyrie I mean, if you're throwing around bombs, do you really need to hit?

[@sigmastylin8394]

Wild Magic Barbarian is easily the barbarian subclass I've been most interested in trying out! Loved the video as I do all YMBA stuff. Hoping to see Spirits Bard in this round as it's one I'll be playing in an upcoming campaign!! Big slay on the vid YMBA

[@jeffreyeshbach9372]

Absolutely great video. Your clip edits were especially perfect this time around. It always makes the day better when I see you dropped a new video.

[@gamepire5312]

awesome vid as usual^^ if i may suggest something, how about oathbreaker pala or shadow monk next? would love to see your creativity and humor for those 2

[@nathkavable]

I've adopted pointy hats wild magic barbarian Backstory for mine it works so good love my magical rage mage

[@syrupchugger421]

You make this subclass sound a lot of fun. Thanks for the video.

[@rs-bx9im]

That sponsor seems fantastic! Glad to watch yet another banger!

[@RenoKyrie]

>Do you want to live in a world by Miyazaki? Why yes, im an Armored Core fan, how can you tell?

[@juanortiz-dp4pw]

Dawg I love your videos I use them so my players can understand the classes and subs better and they loving it

[@youmightbeadnd]

Thanks so much man. The support from everyone has been so kind.

[@casualpotato44]

If you're interested in playing Wild Magic Barb, I'd suggest looking online into some homebrew that modifies the wild magic table and some path features. In particular something that makes the wild magic damage scale as you level up (unlike the base wild magic table which i believe is constant). I've seen one that modifies the basic table and I've seen some that makes the wild magic a d20 roll with instant and/or persistent encounter-long effects. Find what looks good for you and have fun!

[@Zamun]

Thanks for the content, and thanks more for the PointyHat shout out.

[@Seraphzero0]

Nice! Never paid enough attention to Barbs I like the giving spell slots back thing. Very unique

[@StarchyFellow]

There's even a homebrew table with 100 effects for the barb. Really chaotic, as it should be.

[@katherinepitts4620]

I’m building a Harengon Wild Magic Barbarian with anxiety. If he panics, he rages, triggering his wild magic. I’ve already tested him out in a two shot and the group loved him, so I can’t wait to play him again.

[@dylanleonmoore]

Hehe. I'm doing the same thing but with a firbolg. Anxious big boy who was never so good at druiding lol.

[@dylanleonmoore]

Except when he rages he cries because big boy tries his best to be a pacifist.

[@trently89]

AMAZING video!!! I love this series!

[@Venomtankmod]

I’m here to see champion or samurai just to see the jokes about basic but being OP

[@GoobieTheGoob]

Champion has by far got to be one of the most boring fighter subclasses I’ve ever seen. Strong or not, everything flavor wise about them is purely mechanical, lacking any defining characteristics outside of things that could just be the flair of another fighter subclass, which gives it a lack of pazaaz.

[@Venomtankmod]

@@GoobieTheGoob yeah, but you can have some real fun with it if you wanna build around it but have a solid useful base. I once played a Locatha who insisted on using a folding chair as his preferred weapon. No tavern brawler, so I was doing like 10 damage without crit tops bc the dm ruled chair does 1d6 damage. Still so much fun to be able to play dumb and be able to make it work

[@notsochosenone5669]

Well, champion is as far from OP as you can possibly be. It is, without any exaggeration, less than +1 average damage to an attack with greatsword (as big of a weapon you can get). Samurai is better, but still quite bad.

[@laughingjack85]

​@@notsochosenone5669Then you ain't playing a samurai well. Gotta pair it with Great weapon master or sharpshooter. The adv. Offsets the -5 for a +10 dmg.

[@notsochosenone5669]

@@laughingjack85 3 turns per day (not even a short rest). Also you need to use a bonus action (so, no PAM or CBE for you).

[@HellishSpoon]

I wanted to make a barbarian mage in bg3 but no spells work while raging...except way of the four elements monks spells! its pretty awesome having the ranged spell casting and the tankiness of the barb

[@Cookiemunster779]

Sorcerer is such a cool class because it’s allows for a total gigachad that just happened to also be born better than you or a total menace to society that also happens to be correct when he mentions that he’s just better.

[@tetsushatarii2108]

I'm gonna be a barbarian in my brothers campaign when he eventually gets it going. I might make him a wild magic barbarian now. This seems like it has a lot of potential for fun moments.

[@AtelierGod]

The only thing I could think that’d be nice is add some scaling effects on the WMS table so that it doesn’t feel like a wet noddle at higher levels.

[@mattmoylan4226]

Been wanting to do a Barbarian, so I think this will be it

[@missmorganblue]

Throwing that clip of Vi in there was enough to convince me to pick magic barb, lol

[@DNDNDumbness]

It's the gym bro jokes that get me

[@Scaramanga7]

Using the Cars for a cutaway gag is winning.

[@Tigerblade11238]

I like that even the DnD Beyond character sheet doesn't have a d3

[@Rakkun_Streak]

In a certain way, this is my favorite Barbarian, doesn't scale for crap, but i still love it. My only Character with this subclass was a Rune Knight / Wild Magic Barbarian. Gotta say PRETTY STRONG. Rune Knight was good at balancing the Wild surges and i loved having to improvise and adapt. My character was like a Magical Battery that was used as an experiment for an Interdimensional Being (long story), he had so much magic funneled through his soul that got infused with magic and could "store" it. Narratively it made sense, he controlled the remnants of his power through Runes (Rune Knight), while the explosive power of Rage served as release.

[@motornoise5830]

Can you rage along side giants might I’ve been trying to find information on it for awhile because I love the idea of being a hulk type

[@Rakkun_Streak]

@@motornoise5830 I mean RAW, it is not a Spell or Spell Effect. Those are the only things that are prevented in the interaction. Giant's Might is never stated as something you would have to concentrate either, so it wouldn't make sense that you couldn't do it at the same time. I see it just like Wild Shape. You CAN Wild Shape and Rage, a special effect that does not work like a spell but does use Magic, per se. So yeah, on my table you could, and there's nothing in the rules that says you can't. But as always, the legally required: "Ask your DM if it's possible".

[@MFAniki6390]

I had an idea for a Duergar Rune Knight/Artificer. I was curious a while back when I was last watching Attack on Titan if I could make a Titan in D&D. With 18 levels of Rune Knight and Enlarge/Reduce from the Duergar, I could theoretically grow to become Gargantuan. I took two level of Artificer since firstly, it fit tonally for the character as I imagine a black smith explorer looking through ancient ruins tied to the Titans of old, the precursors of the Gods, discovering my new runes from completing these dungeons, and secondly, at level two of Artificer, you can get the Infusion 'Mind Sharpener' which gives me four charges that I can use to maintain concentration if I should ever fail a con save on Enlarge/Reduce (very useful since I can only maintain that spell once per day). I just hope I get to use this character some day, just to have the DM say that "A dragon descends onto the party, licking it's lips as it stares down at the party." Only for my character to grow so large it's staring it in the eye.

[@Rakkun_Streak]

@@MFAniki6390 Ohhh, that sounds dope, and you only need like 3 Levels of Rune Knight and 2 Levels in Artificer for actually bring it to life. I will say that if you don't mind losing a Level in Fighter, how about being an Gargantuan Armored Titan?

[@MFAniki6390]

@@Rakkun_Streak While being a literal Gundam sounds fantastic, I need the 18th level of Rune Knight to became ridiculously huge. With Giant's Might at level 18 I become Huge and with Enlarge/Reduce causes me to grow one size larger to Gargantuan. If we play with minis, it would he hilarious for me to have the DM have to put down a figure of my character as large as the boss we're fighting. But I noticed something hilarious when I was looking at feats the other night. With the feat 'Strike of the Giants' you can take a special ability based on the different types of Giants in the game, and for the Cloud Giant you gain the ability to become invisible for a turn to an opponent you attack if they fail a Wisdom save. It's hilarious to me to be a 60ft tall wall of meat that smacks you with a weapon larger than you and suddenly... 'pop', now the boss can't see me. And it somehow fits because the Duergar learns Invisibility at level 5.

[@neon-rc6lc]

Another wild banger keep it up

[@wolfwood770]

I too am a fan of Miyazaki's works. People say that Sekiro might be his greatest work to date but I'm more of an Elden Ring guy myself

[@anigma8962]

Love your stuff man keep it up❤❤

[@calibadgerdude6082]

I once maid a multi class wild magic barbarian/wild magic sorcerer for a high level one -shot my group played. Came up with a system with my DM that he had a chance of any spell failing depending on several factors on top of wild magic surge issues, and a “failed” spell would send him into a rage. Wasn’t as chaotic as I hoped it would be, there were surprisingly few opportunities for spell casting until the final boss fight so nothing triggered, but I did accidentally turn one of my party members into a sheep after the battle was over and I had a wild magic surge happen on a sending or message spell as we were wrapping up. lol. I still think the character could be a lot of fun in a more long-term setting, but haven’t had the opportunity to break it out yet.

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

I could use this subclass for building a Harengon character for my Theros campaign.

[@Siegsoul]

Rune Knight

[@ZooZwaves]

I always wanted to be a barbarian spellcaster in dnd but that always sounded like a too wild idea, but with Wild Magic Barbarian, it just might be possible

[@kmoustakas]

Icarium! The living gate to chaos!

[@xySuperManxy]

I do enjoy this subclass (playing a L11 WM barb in a Planescape campaign), but one element that’s disappointing is that the wild magic effects don’t scale by tier.

[@N1Z1renk0]

Yes, it pisses me off.I also don't like the level 6 ability-being a magic battery is not what I expect from this barbarian.These are two reasons why I want to do a little homebrew-rework the wild magic barbarian in my campaign

[@MFAniki6390]

Honestly, looking at the table, I would just ask the DM if you could give the abilities Cantrip scaling or something. Like each gain a D6 at level 5, 11, and 17. The only one that sounds busted on would be the Necrotic Damage burst since it would be a 4D12 damage with a failed Dex save and 4D12 in Temp HP but it looks like it's a one time effect so it might be okay.

[@ardakaval7264]

I have played Eladrin Barbarian - Path of Wild Magic once. Perfect for roleplaying tho :)

[@AxelYates]

“did your mage character decide to get yoked?” 😂😂

[@WardGray-yo2mx]

Wild magic barbarian/sun soul monk w/ several intelligence& magic increasing items to help me w/ magic turned me into a d&d super saiyan/wizard. I used spells to help emulate other saiyan abilites& turned the puny sun soul qi beams& energy balls into saiyan-worthy skills w/ enlargment spells my name? Kurotgo'ku ka.. The japanese forme of wich is, due to name reversal.. Kakurot Goku-san... My party didnt figure it out untill i met my elf mom (our dm's elves are distinctively japanese)

[@MarcosGarcia-et1qu]

Literally just changed my wyll to wild magic barbarian because I think he needs to let off some steam

[@nerochaos99]

Where is that barbarian art from? He looks bad ass.

[@cavik977]

Well dammit, now I wanna play this subclass

[@kamronjohnson9517]

I love the wild magic barbarian but I will forever hate rolling a 7 on your wild surge

[@Juan-cl8rm]

hahahahaha amazing video man, good as F..k. I have only one questions regarding character selection. Should I buff wisdom inteligence (becaue its magic) or should I proceed with strenght and constitution in character selection for this subclass. Amazing video keep it going!

[@youmightbeadnd]

The saves associated with your magic use your con mod, so if you like having strong magic buff constitution. Otherwise just go strength like a normal build.

[@matte1329]

This feels like it could be Flex Mentallo in DnD

[@Seraphzero0]

LOL and I thought Shepard Druid was broken…

[@2ez710]

Where do I find that awesome artwork used in the thumbnail??

[@EDgarAltar]

I was wondering the same thing!

[@absolutleynotanalien8096]

Im not shure if any sorcerer subclass other than draconic bloodline gains their magic from genes but i know for shure that that's not the case for wildmagic and not always the case for draconic either.

[@williamtodd6614]

What are the best races to choose for a Wild Magic Barbarian?

[@theilluminator89]

Wild magic barbarian aka too swole to control

[@cookiemunsta5420]

I have a player in my campaign playing a wild magic barbarian, and it absolutely rekts everything I throw at them, so it makes for a difficult opponent in combat which I love, but it also has no backstory so it makes for a perfect opportunity for story development and role-playing, it make me want to play a wild magic character just to mess with my next GM😂😂

[@datpolakmike]

Battle rager is more powerful than people give it credit for, if arguably a little bland in flavor but that's extremely subjective

[@spectrumdrakari5300]

Blade Sorcerer next please on the voting line?

[@matiasaranda8210]

Does anyone know the artist or the name of the image so I can search for it 2:48

[@evilemster3047]

Fun thing for my wild magic barb.. my DM let me have 20 effects xD

[@kubiakpella]

Oathbreaker Paladin

[@nebnoswel]

Where is the thumbnail art of the barbarian with the flaming hammer from?

[@warturtle4000]

Will you do totemist?

[@halohawkxx]

"A witch cab smack a bitch" which clip is this?! I must know😭

[@brianwalsh1339]

So basically this is the bloodrager from pathfinder but without the ability to cast spells?

[@Merilirem]

Pretty much. Dnd seems afraid of doing actual gishes. They prefer fake ones.

[@kielhawkins9529]

I cast axe!

[@michaelj.mccall6530]

Hear me out. Aasimar, WM barb, mage slayer

[@redsol3629]

This is some good shit.

[@jeremievivianagriffin9458]

Where do these subclasses ,you cover,come from?

[@wrightcore3367]

I cast FIST!

[@ChoseeComprende]

Why search for D3 ... when you can roll D6 and divide by 2. O-o

[@Thomas_Kubb]

Ashton!?

[@elliotphillips7636]

Unfortunately not exactly. Ashton is a homebrew subclass called ‘path of fundamental chaos’. They saw this subclass and thought that it wasn’t chaotic enough

[@carlosnicolas2009]

I hate to be that guy but while I love the videos, it does bother me a big deal when I see clips from other youtubers that aren't properly credited anywhere (like that "number 4" is from Jontron).

[@zachbahamutson5477]

Kind of tired of how the sorcerer has been casted as someone who it's their magic power from inheritance when only one subclass really does that.

[@blshouse]

Wait! There's tentacle porn in Avatar: The Last Airbender?

[@blshouse]

@4:55

[@louisbermudez5785]

First