Homebrew:Path of Infiltration
(OOC: This is an implementation of the Path of Infiltration subclass from Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else volume 1)
Base Class: Barbarian
To barbarians who follow the Path of Infiltration, rage does not mean battle cries and violent screams. Instead, it means deafening silence and uncertain shadows. Drawing upon magic from the Shadowfell, these infiltrators breathe in sound and light and hold it within, suppressing it as they lay waste to enemies, doors, and any other barriers between them and their goal.
In the world of Ravnica, House Dimir makes ample use of these barbarians. In the Forgotten Realms, the Zhentarim includes such ranks. Thieves’ guilds, cults, or noble houses might also recruit these silent terrors as thieves or assassins.
These powers are usually gained from dark rituals or curses. In either case, obtaining and using these powers is often painful, causing these barbarians to become part-shadow and suffer—and make others suffer—in silence. At your option, you can pick from or roll on the Infiltration Barbarian Quirks table to create a quirk for your character.
| 1d6 | Quirk |
|---|---|
| 1 | Your eyes are pitch black. |
| 2 | You get headaches from bright light and loud noises. |
| 3 | You often wake up screaming, but make no noise when you do. |
| 4 | You blood is black and quickly evaporates into shadowy mist. |
| 5 | You have a habit of unintentionally sneaking up on people. |
| 6 | You rarely talk, preferring to write or gesture instead. |
Breaking and Entering
3rd-level Path of Infiltration feature
You become adept at finding a way past nearly any obstacle:
- You deal double damage to objects.
- You can use a bonus action on each of your turns to make a single weapon attack against an object that isn’t being worn or carried.
- While you are raging, your rage doesn’t end early as long as you end your turn in dim light or darkness.
Silent Rage
3rd-level Path of Infiltration feature
Whenever you enter a rage, you can inhale light and sound to create a magical aura of silence and shadow. The aura extends 10 feet from you in every direction, but not through total cover. Your aura lasts until you dismiss it as a bonus action or your rage ends.
Your aura acts as the areas of both a silence spell and of a pass without trace spell. You can still use your Danger Sense even while you are deafened by your aura.
If you are targeted by a dispel magic spell, your aura counts as a spell with a level equal to half your barbarian level.
Improved Infiltration
6th-level Path of Infiltration feature
Whenever you hit an object with an attack, the hit is a critical hit.
In addition, dim light doesn’t impose disadvantage on your Wisdom (Perception
Wisdom (Perception)skillYour Wisdom (Perception) check lets you spot, hear, or otherwise detect the presence of something. It measures your general awareness of your surroundings and the keenness of your senses. For example, you might try to hear a conversation through a closed door, eavesdrop under an open window, or hear monsters moving stealthily in the forest. Or you might try to spot things that are obscured or easy to miss, whether they are orcs lying in ambush on a road, thugs hiding in the shadows of an alley, or candlelight under a closed secret door.) checks relying on sight.
Traceless Intruder
10th-level Path of Infiltration feature
While you’re raging, you are under the effects of a nondetection spell, and whenever you would trigger an abjuration spell, such as by walking through the area of an alarm or glyph of warding, you can make a Constitution saving throw (DC 10 + the spell’s level). On a successful save, the spell isn’t triggered.
Additionally, while you benefit from your Danger Sense, the damage you take from traps is halved. This includes magical traps, such as the glyph of warding or symbol spells.
Stride of Shadows
14th-level Path of Infiltration feature
As an action on your turn, you can take on an incorporeal, shadowy form. Until the end of the turn, you can move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. If you occupy the same spot as a solid object or creature when the turn ends, you are immediately shunted to the nearest unoccupied space and take 1d10 force damage for every 5 feet you are moved. If you take this action while raging, your rage doesn’t end early at the end of the turn.