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Lifepaths of Man:

Black Barbarian Setting

Special Rule

Peaceful Childhood

Only two lifepaths have leads to the Black Barbarian setting: Born Peasant

or Born Villager . A character can only come to this setting directly through

one of those two choices.

Lifepath

Time Stat Res

Leads

Ripped from Mother’s Arms 1 yr

—

1 rp

Servitude

Skills: 1 pt: Slaver-wise

Traits: 1 pt: Orphan, Family Horribly Slaughtered Before Eyes, Riddle of Steel

Slave to the Wheel 1

6 yrs +4 P 1 rp

Servitude

Skills: 1 pt: Wheel-wise

Traits: 2 pt: Hardened on the Wheel, Numb, Strength Above All, Depilated

2 yrs +1 P 5 rp Servitude, Outcast

Skills: 8 pts: Brawling, Armor Training, Exotic Weapons, Conspicuous, Pit Fighter-wise

Traits: 1 pt: Brutal

Failed Pit Fighter 3

2 yrs +1 P 4 rp

Servitude, Outcast, Peasant

Skills: 2 pts: Inconspicuous, Betting-wise

Traits: 2 pts: Maimed, Bitter, Lame

2 yrs +1 P 10 rp Servitude, Outcast, Soldier

Skills: 12 pts: Conspicuous, Sword, Axe, Shield Training, Throwing, Reading, Writing, Poetry,

Philosophy

Traits: 1 pts: Taste of Victory, Taste for Women/Men, To Know What is Good in Life

1 yr +1 M 3 rp Servitude, Outcast

Skills: 6 pts: Wasteland-wise, Foraging, Streetwise, Witch-wise

Traits: 1 pt: Fear of Dogs, Sense of Humor, Hot Sex with Demonic Witches

Thief 4

1 yr +1 M 10 rp

Servitude

Skills: 2 pts: Stealthy, Climbing

Traits: 1 pts: Fear and Loathing of Snakes, Comraderie

Drunken Lech 5

1 yr

—

2 rp

Servitude

Skills: 2 pts: Drinking

Traits: — pt: Binger, Groper, Camel Puncher

The Tree 6

1/2 yr —

3 rp

Servitude

Skills: 2 pts: Pain-wise, Vulture-wise

Traits: 1 pt: Rescued: “Owe Them One”, Contemplation, Scarred, Wolverine,

Avenger-Assassin 7

1 yr

—

5 rp

Servitude

Skills: 3 pts: Riding, Cult-wise

Traits: 1 pt: Honorable, Outright Hatred of Snakes and Cults

Mercenary 4 yrs +1 P 8 rp Servitude, Outcast, Soldier

Skills: 4 pts: Merc-wise, Intimidation, Mending, Haggling

Traits: 1 pt

Pit Fighter 2

Champion Pit Fighter 3

Wanderer 3

Mercenary Captain 8

4 yrs +1M/P 16 rp

Outcast, Soldier

Skills: 3 pts: Command, Formation Fighting †

Traits: 1 pt: Unorthodox Brilliance, Aardvark

17 yrs +1 M,P 100rp Outcast

Skills: 5 pts: Hunting, Falconry, Tyranny-wise, Enemy-wise, Subject-wise

Traits: 2 pt: Grey-bearded, Self-Made Man, Bored and Brooding

Requirements

1: Slave to the Wheel requires Ripped from Mother’s Arms

2: Pit Fighter requires Slave to the Wheel

3: These lifepaths require Pit Fighter

4: Thief requires Wanderer

5: Drunken Lech requires Thief

6: The Tree requires Thief

7: Avenger-Assassin requires The Tree

8: Mercenary Captain requires Mercenary and Thief

9: King by his Own Hand requires every lifepath in the setting, except Failed

Pit Fighter of course.

Barbarian Lifepath Traits

Most of the barbarian traits are fairly self-explanatory, Family Horribly

Slaughtered Before Eyes, for example. However, there are a few of the lifepath

traits that have attendant rules that bear explanation.

Hardened on the Wheel

Years spent toiling under the wheel and lash reduce hesitation from pain

by one.

Numb

As the troll trait—ignore superficial wound penalties

Strength Over All

Those who are broken on the wheel learn that only strength can see them

through, nothing else suffices. Characters with this trait must always have

a higher Power and Forte than his Agility and Speed exponents. Starting

character limit for Power and Forte is 7. In addition, Will must also be higher

than Perception.

Depilated

The slavers who run the wheel practice strange rituals of hair-removal. These

barbarians grow no beards nor chest hair.

Maimed

A failed Pit Fighter exits his career in one way and one way only: On his

back and bleeding. Player must choose how character was maimed and

indicate which stat the maiming is tied to. All tests against that stat are at

+1 Ob, max for that stat is 7 rather than 8.

To Know What is Good in Life

What is good in life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you,

and to hear the lamentations of their women!

Sense of Humor

Barbarians tend to develop a sense of humor, especially for those less fortunate

who have a story to tell.

King by his Own Hand 9

Hot Sex

Any Demon Witch worth her salt wants to get into the loincloth of this

barbarian. He’s going places!

Fear and Loathing of Snakes

What is it with cultists and giant snakes? Gah!

Comraderie

The black barbarians tend to be solitary, yet they have a habit of forming

warm friendships centered around their exploits. Befriend them forever, cross

them once!

Rescued: Owe Them One

The Tree of Woe is bad place that unfortunately many barbarians end up

visiting. Unless rescued by their friends, the thirst and vultures finish the

mighty warrior. Should the rescue come, the barbarian owes some mighty

big favors….

Honorable

When sworn to the path of vengeance, the black barbarian learns at last

his code of honor.

Unorthodox Brilliance

A surprise to everyone but himself, the black barbarian makes a brilliant

captain of soldiers. Whenever he personally leads his men on maneuver, the

opposition must make a Steel test to cope with his brilliance.

Designer’s Notes

I developed these lifepaths as an example of what one can do using the

Lifepath Creation guidelines in the course of one evening. All told, it took

me about two hours to design them and type them up. Of course, this doesn’t

include the 120 minute movie these are based on!

An evening of work that leads to a lifetime of enjoyment. The great thing

about developing lifepaths is that it is never throw-away work. They can

be used over and over again, and be used by other players of the game

everywhere.

Obviously, these paths are designed around the character Conan’s exploits

in his epynonymous cinematic Barbarian adventure. They are meant to be

humorous and over the top. Be forewarned: The numbers here are very

favorable. A character taking these paths will start as an extremely powerful

individual—and there is only meant to be one black barbarian in your

campaign at any one time. (Of course a group of them might be fun for a

one off….)

Enjoy!

—Luke, NYC, December 3rd, 2003

are copyrights of Luke Crane, 2003. Conan and all of the attendant intellectual properties

are copyrights of a lot of other people. This work is not for sale and in no way does it intend

to infringe on the profit-making copyrights of aforementioned entities. This is a work of homage.

® The Burning Wheel is a registered trademark of Luke Crane, 2001.

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