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Zen Barbarian
@zenbarbarian.bsky.social
Tabletop Gamer, D&D Homebrewer, Fantasy-nerd, Reader/Writer
https://bio.link/zenbarbarian
They are people you haven't played with YET!
What are "non-D&D friends"?
October 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's been a while, but I'm sharing my latest #dndhomebrew with you — it's a new class, the Rider, where you have a bond with a fantasy creature as your mount.

I post #D&D5e content to reddit regularly, such as this: www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedA... so you can always give me a follow there to keep up!
From the UnearthedArcana community on Reddit: The Rider Class — choose a fantastical mount to bond with
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September 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Reposted by Zen Barbarian
RPG tip: Play with pencil and paper.

#dnd #ttrpg
September 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's ironic how many people think of Legolas as a Ranger and Aragorn as a Fighter. I think it's because of a confusion about Rangers ranging over the land, not necessarily wielding ranged weapons.

Legolas is definitely a Battle Master Fighter; Aragon, Ranger of the North, is a 5e Hunter Ranger.
September 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a great way to lean into a popular fantasy trope, disclose information that the PCs couldn't otherwise have access to, and yet still immerse players in the goings-on of a wider world.
RPG tip: Describe out of character cut scenes as dreams and portents.

#dnd #ttrpg
August 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I've always wanted to be in two places at once.

This is a #dndhomebrew love letter to the #D&D5e Echo Knight: homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/N3gpZC...

Art credit goes to @bravaxxii.bsky.social

As always, constructive criticism is welcome. There's always room for improvement, and keep brewing!
Monk: Way of Spiritual Separation - Zen Barbarian
A subclass that splits you in two
homebrewery.naturalcrit.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Absolutely this. The number of times I have just given up and improvised...
Learning to improvise anything on spot feels so much more important for GMing a ttrpg compared to mere planning. The players are gonna attempt shit you could never have considered in a million years away.
August 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Don't cheat in games, folks.

#D&D5e Rogues are one of my favourite classes to play, so I made this #dndhomebrew subclass for you to use for free!

homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/sVOA6u...

As always, constructive criticism is welcome. There's always room for improvement, and keep brewing!
Cheat Archetype - Zen Barbarian
A dirty-fighting subclass for Rogues
homebrewery.naturalcrit.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Necromanticise"
Verb.
1. (Said of a vampire) to gaze longingly at another's neck, wistfully hoping they can join one's legion of undead.
Somebody told me that the existence of both words "necromancer" and "romancer" implies the existence of a kind of magic called "romancy," and therefore, perhaps, the correct form is "necromanticising"...
August 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Slightly diminish a band:

Just A Touch Fewer Kings

open.spotify.com/track/5hqjb7...
August 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I made this as my namesake!

Here's a free-to-use #D&D5e subclass from my #dndhomebrew collection.

homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/UU8-X6... and I'm always open to constructive criticism!

Art credit goes to @manuelcg.bsky.social for the lovely illustration.
Path of the Shaman - Zen Barbarian
A primal spellcasting subclass for Barbarians
homebrewery.naturalcrit.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"I don't do politics."

"Well, politics is certainly going to do you, regardless!"
Recently told "Politics don't belong in ttrpgs." My brother in dice, ALL art is political, #ttrpgs included. My *existence* & my *marriage* are political. Your straight, white male privilege must be nice; keep your attempts at ignoring the rest of us away from me. Guess whose table I won't join?
August 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I can't be the only one who's bothered that #D&D has such a monopoly on our perception of "a class system", that it's difficult to describe classes in other systems without referring to #5e. "This #Daggerheart class, the Seraph, is like a Paladin," "In #Pathfinder there's a version of... 1/4
August 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Anyone for a game of cards?

Here's another of my free-to-use #dndhomebrew for #D&D5e, a subclass that also implements an actual deck of cards for a unique mechanic.

homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/WCYq4F...

Art credit goes to @hinchel.bsky.social; any constructive feedback is very welcome!
College of Games - Zen Barbarian
A card-tossing subclass for Bards
homebrewery.naturalcrit.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My profile picture is a monk, my username is Barbarian, but I think I'm probably a Rogue in real life.

Maybe a bard while DMing? All in all, that's one heck of a multiclass.
August 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I don't even skateboard.

Here's some of my free-to-use #dndhomebrew for #D&D5e 😊

homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/trBzs7... (As always, all constructive feedback is welcome!)

Art credit goes to the inimitable @jamesturner.bsky.social, who's image partly inspired the subclass!
School of Skate-Wizardry - Zen Barbarian
A Wizard that shreds and ollies as well as they cast
homebrewery.naturalcrit.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
On one hand, we should mark #GaryGygaxDay, as the man was a pioneer of fantasy tabletop role-playing, and had an impactful influence on the modern ttrpg community, as well as video games as an industry, and "western" fantasy as a whole... 1/3
July 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Everyone always dunks on Rogues for being played as the edgy-loner type (fairly so, in a game about teamwork), but the name Monk is literally based on a Greek root meaning "solitary".

Therefore, I propose the existence of a new class based on the Greek for "working together" — the Synergist...?
July 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So wizards do abjuring, conjuring, divining, enchanting, evoking, transmuting...

What are the -ing words for the other two? Illusioning? Necromanticalising???

Someone help me with my wizard nomenclature.
July 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM