Path of the Galloping Horde Barbarian Subclass (Patreon)

While I was designing a backup character for my current D&D campaign, I noticed how little options there were for characters who rely on a mount in combat. Since the character was going to be a warrior from a country largely inspired by feudal age Mongolia, it was essential that he had a horse. This became the inspiration for this subclass, which aims to provide barbarians with more ways to effectively engage in mounted combat.

The Mongolian Empire was formed from many nomadic tribes, so I felt it was a fitting template from which to design a barbarian subclass for mounted warriors. I did a lot of research into Genghis Khan and his tactics, and I've put some of the most interesting bits of research I found into the subclass itself for you guys to read if you're interested. All of the features in this subclass are supposed to reflect the way that the Mongols engaged in warfare, giving you the ability to travel long distances at great speed and encouraging you to swarm and misdirect your enemies. A mount is not required to make all of the features here work effectively, but it is strongly encouraged!

You can find the high quality PDF version of this subclass (as well as everything else I've made) over on my patron only dropbox.