The Quintessential Barbarian
The Quintessential Barbarian cover
| Author | Robert Schwalb |
| Series | Quintessential Series |
| Publisher | Mongoose Publishing |
| Publish date | 2003 |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 1-903980-92-5 |
| OGL Section 15 | qbbn |
The material below is considered Open Game Content
Mimic Animal Sounds
Most barbarians have little use for the perform skill. What do they care for the adulation of a loving audience, or the trinkets and flowers awarded for a magnificent performance? Why give in to the fickle desires of the public, when the business end of a flaming axe is a more serviceable solution for getting what one wants.
Although Perform is not typically available to most barbarians, it can serve as a useful skill to these characters while traipsing through the wilds. Through a reasonable use of the Perform skill, barbarians can mimic the sounds of animals of almost any type. While certainly available to druids, rangers and bards, the barbarian excels at this form of mimicry due to the time spent in the primal world of the wilderness.
To mimic the sound of an animal, the barbarian must succeed at a Perform check against a DC 18 to replicate effectively the sound of a bird, wolf, or some other denizen of nature. Mimicking beasts is a little more difficult, requiring a DC 20. Characters having 5 or more ranks in Wilderness Lore receive a +2 synergy bonus to all Perform checks to mimic animal sounds.
